Suicide blast rips through Pakistan election rally, killing 132

A Pakistani mourns over a dead body of his family member who is killed in a bomb attack, at a mortuary in Quetta, Pakistan, Friday, July 13, 2018. (ARSHAD BUTT/AP)

• Nawabzada Siraj Raisani was killed in the explosion
• Former provincial minister Dr. Ruqya Hashmi confirmed Raisani’s death to Arab News

ISLAMABAD: Nawabzada Siraj Raisani, a candidate for the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) who was running for the provincial assembly, was killed in an explosion that targeted an election meeting in the town of Mastung on Friday.
Dr. Ruqya Hashmi, a former provincial minister, confirmed Raisani’s death to Arab News. Siraj was the brother of Balochistan’s former chief minister, Nawab Aslam Raisani.
At least 132 others were killed and more than 100 injured in the attack, police officials said. This was the second attack targeting an election candidate on Friday.