Pakistan Minister survives rocket attack

July 06, 2017 09:48 pm | Updated 09:48 pm IST - Islamabad

The Health Minister of Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Thursday survived a rocket attack when unidentified assailants targeted his convoy, a media report said.

Unidentified assailants attacked the convoy of Balochistan Health Minister Rehmat Saleh Baloch in Panjgur town, officials said. The Minister and his aides were unharmed, they added. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack as yet.

The convoy was targeted while he was travelling to Prom area from Panjgur, Assistant Commissioner Panjgur Abdul Jabbar was quoted as saying by Dawn .

The militants used various weapons, including rockets in the attack. However, the assailants escaped the scene when security personnel opened retaliatory fire. Upon receiving reports of the incident, security personnel and Frontier Corps officials sealed the area and started a search operation.

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