Overview
- Police and party officials said the senior JUI-F leader died while being taken to Dera Ismail Khan after sustaining critical injuries.
- The blast targeted him near the Konra Cheena Madrassa in the Wana bazaar area and wounded his young daughter, according to police.
- Lower South Waziristan’s DPO said evidence from the scene is being analyzed as part of an active investigation to identify the perpetrators.
- JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman condemned the killing, urged a transparent probe, and called for stronger protection for religious scholars.
- The attack was reported as part of a broader pattern of assaults on clerics in South Waziristan and a wider surge in violence across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during 2025, with additional incidents in the tribal districts under review by authorities.