Four folks including three members of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s celebration Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have been killed on Tuesday, in a bomb blast in the Balochistan area. The blast occurred throughout a rally organised by the celebration hours after Imran Khan was sentenced to 10 years in jail.

“Three workers of Tehreek-e-Insaf are martyred and 7 are injured,” Provincial General Secretary Balochistan for PTI, Salar Khan Kakar, mentioned in a video message shared on PTI’s X account.

However, the medical superintendent of the District Headquarters Hospital in Sibi, Dr Babar, advised Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper that 5 folks have been injured in the blast. According to the report, the injured folks have been taken to a hospital and officers mentioned the situation of most of them was essential, and the dying toll may rise.

The second the bomb blast occurred in the Sibi space of Balochistan was caught on digital camera and exhibits the PTI members scrambling after a loud noise was heard.

PTI chief Salar Khan Kakar mentioned the blast occurred at an election rally organised by party-backed candidate Saddam Tareen. ” We strongly condemn this heartbreaking incident and demand that attention should be given to suppressing terrorists instead of PTI workers,” he added.

The blast occurred simply 9 days earlier than the February 8 normal elections.

The Election Commission of Pakistan mentioned it has taken discover of the incident and sought an “immediate report” from Balochistan’s chief secretary and police chief.