Balochistan: Attack on two polling stations

QUETTA: Bombers on Thursday blew up two schools designated as polling stations for general election next week, police said.

A boys’ primary school and a middle school were bombed at the village of Chattar in Naseerabad district in Balochistan.

“The school buildings were designated as polling stations for the May 11 general election and we think that they were targeted for this reason,” district police chief Tahir Allauddin told AFP.

Six dead, 40 injured in Tando Allayar blast in Balochistan

NASIRABAD: A bomb blast went off on Quetta road near Tando Allayar district on Friday that left at least six people dead and 40 others injured, Dispatch News Desk (DND) reported.

The explosion took place at a bus station on Quetta road near district of Tando Allayar, leaving at least six people dead and 40 others injured, sources said.

Police and rescue teams have reached the spot and injured are being shifted to nearby hospitals.

The nature of the blast is not known as yet.

Inquiry ordered into use of childrea in bomb blasts

QUETTA: Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani on Tuesday constituted a judicial inquiry into the alleged involvement of 11 children in acts of terrorism.

“The judge of the BHC will conduct judicial inquiry into the issue of alleged involvement of 11 children in bomb blasts and other terrorism-related activities,” Mr Raisani said.