Lahore Blast: Minister says Pak PM Sharif's brother was the target

[Indika]

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Lahore Blast: Minister says Pak PM Sharif's brother was the target
Shahbaz Sharif (File Photo)

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Tue, 14 Feb 2017-11:56pm , PTI
Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah claimed the target of the suicide bomber was the meeting of Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, the younger brother of Pakistan's Prime Minister.

Sanaullah had earlier said police personnel were the target of the attack, claimed by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a splinter group of Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. "The target of suicide bomber was the meeting of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif," Sanaullah said, citing intelligence reports. The CM's meeting which was scheduled to be held at 7.30 PM yesterday was cancelled after the blast.

Some 13 people mostly policemen including senior officers were killed when a teenage suicide bomber blew himself up after reaching near the police officers who were negotiating with protesting chemists outside the Punjab Assembly on the Mall Road yesterday. More than 80 others suffered injuries.

On the other hand, some other provincial ministers - Zaeem Qadri and Salman Rafique - and Punjab Inspector General Police Mushtaq Sukhera had claimed that the senior police officers were the target of the suicide bomber. "The meeting of CM was scheduled at 7.30 PM yesterday while the blast took place at 6.10 PM disputing the law minister's claim," a senior Lahore police officer told

 

[Indika]

http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/375034-Who-was-target-of-Lahore-suicide-blast
Who was target of Lahore suicide blast?
Last Updated On 14 February,2017 10:43 am

The blast near Punjab Assembly in Lahore killed at least 13 people and wounded 86 others.
LAHORE (Daily Dunya) – Initial report of Lahore Mall Road blast prepared by security agencies has revealed that the target of explosion was Chief Minister of Punjab (CM) Shehbaz Sharif.

On Monday, a blast near Punjab Assembly in Lahore killed at least 13 people and wounded 86 others.

Seven police officers including DIG Traffic Capt (r) Ahmed Mobin and SSP Operations Zahid Gondal were among the dead when an explosion rocked a protest organized by Pakistan’s chemists and pharmaceuticals manufacturers on Mall Road at around 6:10 pm.

According to report, CCTV footage has shown that the suicide bomber entered the area before 5 pm when Shehbaz Sharif was present at CM House near Charing Cross from where he was scheduled to meet protesters along with mayor and deputy mayor Lahore.

Sources told that Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah advised the CM to reach the venue with delay after clearly inspecting the situation.

It was also mentioned that the bomber exploded himself near police officers on the delay of CM’s arrival.

Moreover, the report has been forwarded to the provincial government.

 

[livingdead]

@Horus why would India want to kill Mr Sharif?

 

[Pakistani E]

@Horus why would India want to kill Mr Sharif?

Army/ISI will get blamed.

 

[livingdead]

Army/ISI will get blamed.

are you suggesting india orchestrated the attack so that civilian govt blames army? I think truth is much simpler, some terror group did it on their own(neither india nor ISI involved)... its not new or unheard of in pak.

 

[Pakistani E]

are you suggesting india orchestrated the attack so that civilian govt blames army? I think truth is much simpler, some terror group did it on their own(neither india nor ISI involved)... its not new or unheard of in pak.

You asked a hypothetical question and I gave a hypothetical answer. Rest, only an in-depth investigation can answer that. The perpetrators are always local actors, who controls the strings however is difficult to prove if the ones giving out orders are sitting in Afghanistan.

 

[livingdead]

You asked a hypothetical question and I gave a hypothetical answer. Rest, only an in-depth investigation can answer that. The perpetrators are always local actors, who controls the strings however is difficult to prove if the ones giving out orders are sitting in Afghanistan.

what will be your hypothetical answer if I say japan is involved in the attack...
political assassination is pretty desperate and dangerous thing to do, one has to have definite advantage to carry out such attack... it also presumes that civilian govt has little or no trust on army/isi ...