Pakistan election: Siraj Raisani, candidate contesting polls from seat in Balochistan, killed in blast

A Pakistani official says a bomb has exploded near the election rally of a politician running for a seat in a provincial legislature in the southwest. The candidate — Siraj Raisani — has died in the blast, ARY News reports. At least 33 people have been killed in all,  ANI  reported. [caption id=“attachment_4736401” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of Pakistan police. AP[/caption] Qaim Lashari, deputy district commissioner, says Friday’s attack targeted Raisani, a candidate from the Baluchistan Awami Party running for a seat in the legislature in the 25 July elections. Lashari says the bombing took place in Mastung, a town in southwest Baluchistan province. It was the second election-related bombing on Friday in this Islamic nation. Earlier, four people were killed and 20 others wounded in a bombing near the rally of Akram Khan Durrani, who is running for a seat in parliament from the northwestern city of Bannu. With inputs from AP