Staff Reporter:
QUETTA: The Manager of the Pakistan Minerals Development Corporation (PMDC) was killed in a bomb explosion in the Sorange area of the provincial capital on Sunday morning. Police sources said the vehicle of Shabahat Mirza, the Manager of the PMDC was targeted through a blast in the colony.
The injured driver was rushed to hospital
The manager was dead on the spot. However, his driver sustained serious wounds. The injured driver was rushed to the hospital for medical treatment. Police and personnel of Frontier Corps reached the spot and started an investigation into the incident.
Blast heard far and wide
The vehicle was completely destroyed in the attack. Security was tightened in and around Sorange in the aftermath of the blast, which rocked the entire mountainous area of Quetta. The area houses rich coal reservoirs and thousands of coal miners have been working in coal mines in the area.
