PTI leader escapes suspected assassination bid in North Waziristan

Security forces cordoned off the area after the incident

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf leader Saeed Khan on Wednesday escaped a suspected assassination bid in North Waziristan.

However, no casualties were reported and the PTI leader remained safe. His vehicle was damaged in the improvised explosive device (IED) attack.

According to sources, unknown assailants planted explosive material on Shana Khawra point of Shehdad Kot area.

Security forces cordoned off the area and initiated a search operation to comb the area of the incident.



Last month, two army soldiers were martyred in an IED blast in North Waziristan.

“Two soldiers Lance Naik Momin Ali and Sepoy Saleem embraced Shahadat while three injured when a security forces vehicle struck an IED planted on track by terrorists near Datakhel, North Wazirstan Agency,” said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement.

“The injured have been evacuated to CMH Peshawar,” the military’s media wing had added.