KARACHI: Security forces on Sunday killed the mastermind of a 2018 election meeting bombing that killed over 150 people, including former Balochistan chief minister Aslam Raisani’s brother and Balochistan Awami Party leader Siraj Raisani, and injured hundreds in Mastung district of Balochistan. Mumtaz, alias Mota Pehalwan, was killed in a security operation in the Mastung district, located 50 kilometres (31miles), miles from Quetta, Deputy Commissioner Ilyas Kubzai told reporters. 154 people were killed and more than 200 injured on July 13, 2018, in a suicide blast targeting the election rally of a local politician in Mastung. Raisani became the second electoral candidate to be killed in pre-election violence in 2018. Over the course of the last decade, Balochistan, and especially Quetta, has faced a deadly wave of violence and bombings.

Source: Pakistan Today September 26, 2021 12:00 UTC