KARACHI: Attacks on election candidates continued on Friday as an Awami National Party (ANP) National Assembly candidate from Karachi’s Landhi area came under a cracker bomb attack in Karachi whereas a convoy of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) candidate Hashim Shahwani came under gunfire attack in Mach area of Balochistan’s Bolan district.

The vehicle of ANP candidate Abdur Rehman Khan Gul, who is contesting elections from NA-255 constituency in Karachi’s Landhi area, came under a cracker bomb attack in Landhi’s Muzzaffarabad colony area in Karachi.

At least one child was injured whereas the ANP leader’s car was partially damaged in the attack.

The candidate remained unhurt in the incident.

Muttahida Qaumi Movenmet (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain condemned the attack and said that such incidents were part of the terrorists’ conspiracy to keep PPP, ANP and MQM away of the upcoming elections.

Karachi is already under a city-wide closure to observe day of mourning over a call of the MQM after a blast targeted its party office in the city a day earlier, killing at least six persons.

In another incident, four security guards were injured when militants opened fire at the convoy of JUI-F candidate in Mach area of District Bolan levies sources told Dawn.com.

According to Levies sources JUI-F candidate for PB-30 Muhammad Hashim Shahwani was coming from Mach to Quetta when his convoy came under attack.

The assailants opened fire on convoy from near by mountains critically injuring four security guards of Shahwani.

The injured were immediately rushed to Mach hospital for medical treatment.

A large number of law enforcement personnel reached the spot and cordoned off the area as investigations into the incident went underway.