Tuesday December 2, 2014
QUETTA (BNA) Adviser to Chief Minister on Education Sardar Raza Mohammad Barech narrowly escaped an explosion on Quetta's Joint Road on Tuesday.
Police said two people were wounded in the blast targeting Barech's vehicle. The injured were rushed to Civil Hospital Quetta for medical treatment.
Barech, who belongs to the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMap), is an elected legislator in the Balochistan Assembly. He and his driver remained unhurt in the explosion.
The blast smashed the glasses of Barech's vehicle who later told reporters that he "had no enmity with anyone".
The explosives, which were remotely-detonated, had been planted close to a wall on Joint Road.
"As soon Barech's vehicle approached the spot, the explosives went off with a big bang," said Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti, who strongly condemned the incident and vowed to bring the perpetrators to book.
Bugti said there were no specific threats to the chief minister's adviser.
There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.
