Seven killed in blast at MNA Amjad Farooq Khosa's camp office in Taunsa Sharif
PML-N MNA was not present at his office when the blast occurred.
DG KHAN (Web Desk) – At least seven people including a district council and two union council candidates have been killed and several others injured in a blast at camp office of MNA Amjad Farooq Khosa in Taunsa Sharif Tehsil of Dera Ghazi Khan district today (Wednesday).
According to DPO Mubashar Maiken, MNA Amjad Farooq Khosa was not present at his office when the blast occurred.
Police and bomb disposal squad have arrived at the scene to ascertain nature of the explosion.
Eyewitnesses said two attackers drove into the PML-N leader s office and detonated their explosives.
The PML-N lawmaker was in Islamabad at the time of the attack while around 40 people were present at his election office.
Amjad Farooq Khosa was elected as MNA from NA-171 constituency of DG Khan in 2013 general election.
PML-N MNA Amjad Farooq Khosa
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Mamnoon Hussain have strongly condemned the incident.
They deplored the loss of precious lives in the incident and directed the authorities concerned to provide best possible medical treatment to the injured persons.
The incident comes two months after Punjab Home Minister Shuja Khanzada was assassinated in a suicide blast at his house in Attock district.
Khanzada and a DSP were among the 12 people killed when the suicide bomber attacked his political office in his native Shadi Khan village on August 16.
The banned outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) had claimed responsibility for the attack on Khanzada.
