Pakistan Election Candidate Shot Dead

A local leader of the jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party was shot dead in Pakistan's restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, a day after an independent candidate contesting for the February 8 elections was killed in a similar incident.

A candidate in Pakistan's general elections was shot dead while campaigning on Wednesday, police said, an incident likely to underscore concerns among political leaders that rising operative attacks could threaten the holding of the Feb. 8 polls.

A candidate standing in Pakistan's bloody general election was shot dead along with two supporters in the financial capital Karachi on the eve of Saturday's polls, officials said.

A candidate running for parliament in next week's historic Pakistani election was shot dead on Friday along with his three-year-old son after praying in a mosque in Karachi, police said.

A Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, who was a candidate for Pakistan's upcoming polls, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in southern Sindh province today, police said.

A local leader of the jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party was shot dead in Pakistan's restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, a day after an independent candidate contesting for the February 8 elections was killed in a similar incident.

A candidate in Pakistan's general elections was shot dead while campaigning on Wednesday, police said, an incident likely to underscore concerns among political leaders that rising operative attacks could threaten the holding of the Feb. 8 polls.

A candidate standing in Pakistan's bloody general election was shot dead along with two supporters in the financial capital Karachi on the eve of Saturday's polls, officials said.

A candidate running for parliament in next week's historic Pakistani election was shot dead on Friday along with his three-year-old son after praying in a mosque in Karachi, police said.

A Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, who was a candidate for Pakistan's upcoming polls, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in southern Sindh province today, police said.