Musharraf’s convoy escapes blast in Islamabad - it was a powerful explosion

Musharraf’s convoy escapes blast in Islamabad...

پرویز مشرف کی آرمڈ فورسز ہسپتال سے ان کے فارم ہائوس گھر منتقلی کے دوران راستے میں ان کے قافلے پر دھماکہ۔۔۔۔ دھماکہ مشرف کا قافلہ گزنے کے بعد فیض آباد پل ہوا۔۔۔ ذرائع کے مطابق دھماکے میں چار سے چھ کلوگرام دھماکہ خیز مواد استعمال ہواہے اور یہ مواد فٹ پاتھ پر پائپ لائن میں نصب کیا گیا تھا۔۔۔

ISLAMABAD: A powerful explosion on Thursday hit Faizabad bridge just after the convoy of the former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf passed by it, DawnNews reported.

Musharraf was being shifted early Thursday from the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) to his farmhouse when the blast occurred just after the convoy crossed the bridge.

According to sources, almost four to six kilograms of explosive material was planted in a pipeline of a nearby footpath.

The intensity of the blast caused a foot deep hole in the ground at the site of the incident.

The police claimed that the attack was aimed at targeting the former president. However, no casualties were reported in the incident.

Afterwards, Musharraf was transferred safely to his farmhouse in Chak Shahzad.

The former military dictator was admitted to the AFIC on Jan 3 when he was on his way to a special court set up for his high treason trial for abrogating the Constitution and detaining judges in 2007.

However, the general’s convoy took a detour to the hospital in Rawalpindi where he suddenly started suffering from chest pain. Source Dawn