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In less than two weeks, more than 100 million Pakistani voters will vote for a new National Assembly and provincial parliaments. But there is a lot of uncertainty in the country.
According to official figures, after the devastating suicide bombing in the southern province of Baluchistan, the death toll has risen to at least 140. 200 people were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up on Friday during an election campaign.
A hospital representative from the provincial capital, Quetta, said he feared that the death toll would further increase as the wounded were in critical condition.
"IS" and the Taliban declared to be under attack
Only hours after the attack, the Islamic State terrorist militia (IS) and the Ghazi group of radical Islamic Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. act for themselves. The attack was for an important rally of the Baluchistan Awami party. Among the dead is also a candidate for the provincial parliamentary elections.
It has been the most deadly attack in Pakistan for years. A similar number of deaths occurred last December during an attack by the Taliban against an army school in northern Pakistan. At that time, about 150 people died, mostly children. After that, the number of attacks in the terrorized country fell sharply due to mbadive military offensives against some extremist groups
Sharif demands imprisonment
By the way, the former prime minister Pakistani Minister Nawaz Sharif was also sentenced to ten years in prison will insert. He was arrested Friday at the Lahore airport in eastern Pakistan. In addition, Sharif will apply for bail on Monday, said one of his lawyers.
Security forces arrested and detained Sharif and his daughter and political heiress Maryam Friday after returning from abroad. The two men were taken to a maximum security prison in the garrison town of Rawalpindi.
A Pakistani court sentenced Sharif, three times prime minister and one of the most powerful politicians in the country, to ten years in prison for corruption a week ago. Maryam Nawaz will be imprisoned for eight years.
Protests for the former prime minister
Sharif's supporters see the trial as a conspiracy. Many suspect that the mighty military, with whom Sharif is crossed, have had their hands in the game. The decision and the public arrest could have an impact on the chances of the Sharif PML-N party in the July 25 legislative elections.
The PML-N is a popular party. Tens of thousands of supporters rallied Friday in many cities for large demonstrations and protest marches. In Lahore, where Sharif's political clan is, there are about 19,000 policemen in action.
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