Pakistan: Independent candidate commits suicide over row with sons
What's the story
An independent candidate contesting in Pakistan's July 25 polls to Parliament and the provincial assembly from the Punjab province reportedly committed suicide over a dispute with his sons. Mirza Mohammad Ahmed Mughal was contesting from NA-103 and PP-103 constituencies in Faisalabad as an independent candidate. He was contesting polls on the electoral symbol of a pickup truck. His body was recovered from a graveyard.
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EC of Pakistan has postponed polls in both constituencies
Following the death of Mughal, the Election Commission of Pakistan has postponed the polls in both the constituencies, Geo News reported.
Previous deaths
Pakistan already witnessing suicide attacks on political candidates
On July 10, senior secular leader of the Awami National Party (ANP) Haroon Bilour and 19 others were killed when a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up in an election rally in Peshawar. Earlier this month, seven people including a candidate of the MMA were injured in an explosion during an election rally near Takhtikhel in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.