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A nationwide meeting candidate in Pakistan’s election subsequent week was shot and killed on Wednesday within the tribal district alongside the Afghan border, police mentioned, amid fears of an uptick in militant violence across the parliamentary vote.
Rehan Zeb Khan, an impartial candidate within the February 8 election who had claimed to be supported by former prime minister Imran Khan’s get together, and 4 aides had been shot in Bajur district, mentioned police officer Rasheed Khan.
He mentioned Rehan Zeb Khan died at a neighborhood hospital and his aides had been in a vital situation.
Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra had been jailed for 14 years in a graft case, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) get together mentioned on Wednesday.
Khan’s get together has been stripped of its conventional electoral image, a cricket bat, on technical grounds, and its candidates are contesting the election as independents.
PTI’s provincial president Atif Khan mentioned Rehan Zeb Khan was a celebration member however the PTI had one other candidate within the constituency with its official backing.
Within the absence of the get together image on the poll, a number of impartial candidates are claiming to have Khan’s get together assist.
The PTI mentioned it has been subjected to a military-backed crackdown, together with arrests of a whole lot of supporters, get together members and key aides. The navy, which has for many years held sway over Pakistan’s politics, denied the fees.
It was the second killing of a candidate related to PTI within the tribal areas of northwestern Pakistan in current days.
Nobody has claimed accountability for Wednesday’s assault in a area the place Islamist militants function on each side of the border.
