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JUI-F leader dies after blast in Lower South Waziristan
A senior Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) leader, Maulana Sultan Muhammad Wazir, succumbed to his injuries on Saturday after being critically wounded in a bomb blast in Lower South Waziristan.
Police said a remote-controlled improvised explosive device was planted near a madressah in the Wana bazaar area to target Maulana Sultan, who was also the district president of Wafaqul Madaris al Arabia. He was shifted to Dera Ismail Khan for treatment but died on the way.
In a statement, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman expressed deep grief over the killing, calling it part of a troubling pattern of attacks on religious scholars and party leaders in South Waziristan, and urged authorities to ensure the protection of scholars and bring the perpetrators to justice.