Pakistan: Militant Attacks Escalate As Election Nears

Expand A political party worker comforts another after a suicide attack during an election campaign meeting in Peshawar, Pakistan, July 10, 2018. © 2018 Reuters (New York) – Pakistan’s interim government should take all necessary steps to ensure the safety of candidates and political party activists who are at risk of attack from the Taliban and other militant groups, Human Rights Watch said today. Nationwide parliamentary elections in Pakistan are scheduled for July 25, 2018. Since July 10, attacks on political party candidates have killed more than 150 people and injured hundreds. “The Taliban…

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