Suicide attack on an election event in Pakistan

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, sentenced in absentia for corruption abroad, was arrested on his return to the country and 128 people were killed in Pakistan. Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was sentenced to imprisonment in the absence of corruption abroad, was arrested on his return home.

A bomb attack occurred at an election rally in the village of Mastung, near Kuatta, the capital of Baluchistan province, southwest Pakistan. 128 people, including Navabzade Siraj Raisani, a candidate of the new party Beluisten Avami (BAP), reportedly lost their lives in an explosion that occurred when an attacker blew up the bomb. Pakistani officials said more than 150 people were injured in the attack.

Last week in Pakistan, there were three attacks on election-related activities on July 25th. However, the attack on Mastung has been recorded as the most bloody attack of the past three years in the country. The attack was undertaken by IŞID.

Sheriff stopped at the airport

Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was sentenced to prison for corruption before the elections in Pakistan, was arrested as soon as he landed in the country that He surrendered to capitulation.

Sheriff accused of corruption and taken over as prime minister by Supreme Court decision in 2017, was sentenced to 10 years in absentia in England last week. The Pakistani court sentenced Nairaz Sharif's daughter, Mary, to seven years in prison. Mareem Navaz, who returned from London to Lahore in Pakistan with Abu Dhabi with Navaz Sharif, was also arrested at the airport. Both names were taken from Lahore to the capital Islamabad.

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