The cracker bomb was thrown from the back gate of the residence, which left the gate damaged.
A contingent of police reached his residence and cordoned off the area where an investigation is underway.
In a separate incident in Mirpurkhas, a grenade wrapped in a plastic bag was recovered from the ablution area in the house of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MPA Haji Hayat Talpur.
While a hand grenade was also found outside the house of Sindh Assembly Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro in Larkana.
Sources told Express News that police have arrested a suspect and transferred him to an unknown place for interrogation.
An unsuccessful grenade attack was also made on Sindh Law Minister Ayaz Soomro’s house in Larkana. Fortunately, the grenade failed to detonate since it fell in a pool of water in the house courtyard.
Meanwhile in Hyderabad’s Qasimabad area (Phase 2), Sindh Assembly member Imdad Pitafi’s house was attacked by unknown assailants on a motorcycle, where they threw cracker bombs in his house.
The explosion shattered windows of the house while injuring two relatives, sitting in Pitafi’s room at the time. They were identified as Asif Ali and Zamin Ali.
Commenting on these attacks, Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said that the PPP members will not be deterred by such cowardly acts.
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