Islamabad/Lahore, August 16 (ANI): Pakistani Punjab province Home Minister Shuja Khanzada and at least eight others were killed in a blast on his political office in Shadi Khan village near Attock on Sunday. Police said the blast appeared to be a suicide attack, and it had caused the roof to cave in as the home minister of Punjab province, Shuja Khanzada, held meetings with around 20 people in his hometown of Attock in northern Pakistan. Khanzada, who assumed charge of the Punjab Home Ministry in October last year, had been actively involved in major operations against terror outfits. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan have condemned the attack. Rescue workers at the scene said nine bodies had been recovered so far. In Islamabad, the Pakistani capital, the hospitals were on alert to receive injured.
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