Security Analysis on the International, Regional and Domestic Fronts

摘要

At least eight people, including three contestants of the upcoming Local Government (LG) elections and a suicide bomber, were killed and 13 others were injured when the suicide bonoer targeted the camp office of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Member of National Assembly (MNA) Sardar Amjad Khosa in Taunsa Sharif city of Taunsa tehsil (revenue unit) in Dera Ghazi Khan District on October 14, reported The News. The Police said that there were no security arrangements at the office. Khosa said that he had been contesting elections from the constituency for the last 27 years. At least 22 persons including eight children were killed in a suicide blast targetting a 9th Muharram(Shia mourning period) procession near a park in the Lashari area of Jacobabad District in Sindh in the evening of October 23, reports The News. Police confirmed 40 others including several children, have been injured in the attack. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Zafar Malik said, "It appears from the evidence collected that it was a suicide attack." He added that a pistol has also been found from the site of the blast.