A suicide bomb kills a candidate in the election, a driver in Pakistan

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan – A suicide bombing on Sunday in northwestern Pakistan killed a candidate for a seat in the provincial assembly and his driver, and injured three other people, police

According to police, Zahoor Afridi, candidate Ikramullah Gandapur of Wednesday's presidential election, Pakistanis must elect the National Assembly, or lower house of parliament, and four provincial assemblies . The party of opposition leader Imran Khan was returning from an election campaign when the suicide bomber hit the town of Dera Ismail Khan, wounding him. He died a little later in a military hospital, said Afridi. Three other people, including two policemen, were injured with his driver, who was also killed.

Earlier this month, a provincial assembly candidate was killed in a suicide bombing in Mastung district in southwestern Balochistan. . In addition, in the northwestern city of Peshawar, a suicide bombing killed another provincial assembly candidate and 20 other people.

Israr, Gandapur's brother, was killed in a suicide bombing in 2013. Gandapur was elected member In the polls on July 25, he was to be on the Tahrike-e-Insaf party list, led by Khan, who aspires to become the next party of the country.

Analysts say Khan, a famous former cricketer, enjoys the support of the military, which has ruled Pakistan directly and indirectly for most of its 71-year history.

Also on Sunday, the convoy of another candidate, Akram Durrani, was shot in the northwestern town of Bannu. Durrani survived a suicide bombing earlier this month that killed four people

No group claimed responsibility for one or the other of the two attacks on Sunday, but the bombings – Suicide July in Mastung and Peshawar Claimed by ISIL and Pakistani Taliban

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