Explosion kills K-P minister Israrullah Gandapur, nine others

A suicide bomb targeted Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Israrullah Gandapur, who was killed along with nine other people while 30 others were injured, Express News reported. The attack reportedly took place when the minister was meeting visitors at his traditional village in Kulachi, which is located 45 kilometers from Dera Ismail Khan. Gandapur had been elected during the May elections from PK-67 D.I. KHAN-IV as an Independent but he later joined the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.