Dera Ismail Khan (July 23, 2018): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Ikramullah Gandapur was laid to rest in his hometown Kulachi on Monday in Dera Ismail Khan.
He was among four injured in the attack and succumbed to his wounds at the Combined Military Hospital on Sunday.
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His funeral prayers were offered at College Ground, Kulachi earlier today.
Gandapur, a former agriculture minister in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was said to be leaving his home for an election meeting when his vehicle was targetted in a suicide attack in Kulachi Tehsil.
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Moreover, Dil Nawaz, one of the injured guards of Gandapur, passed away at District Headquarters Hospital today.
The PTI candidate was set to contest the July 25 polls from PK-99 (DI Khan-V) constituency.
Gandapur’s brother, Israrullah, was killed on October 16, 2013 in a suicide bombing while greeting visitors on Eid-ul-Azha in Kulachi.
Terror Attacks In Electoral Campaigns
A spate of terrorist attacks has taken place in the current month. On July 10, a bomb targeted a rally by the Awami National Party (ANP) in Peshawar, martyring local party leader Haroon Bilour along with 21 others.
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An attack on a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) convoy in Bannu on July 13 followed the tragic Peshawar incident. The Bannu incident claimed lives of at least four people, while 10 others were injured in the explosion.
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Later the same day, in what was one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in the country’s history, Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) candidate Nawab Siraj Raisani along with 131 others was martyred when a suicide bomber blew himself up during an election rally in Mastung’s Darengarh area.
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A week after the Mastung blast, on July 16, ANP leader Daud Khan Achakzai was injured after unknown persons opened fire on the guest house of the party’s candidate Zmrak Khan Achakzai in Chaman.
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