QUETTA: The provincial government of Balochistan has announced two-day mourning across the province over the deadly suicide Mastung Blast that killed 128 people including Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) candidate for elections Siraj Raisani.<br /><br />During the period of mourning, the national flag will fly at half-mast at the government buildings while all the offices and schools will be closed today.<br /><br />The markets and transportations will also remain closed during the mourning days.<br /><br />A suicide bomber killed 128 people at an election rally in Mastung on [July 14] in the second election-related attack on Friday.<br /><br />The bombing was the most deadly attack in Pakistan in over three years and is the third incident of election-related violence this week.<br /><br />Raisani is the second electoral candidate to be killed in pre-election violence this week.<br /><br />Earlier in the same day, a bomb blast killed four people in Bannu when it struck the campaign convoy of Akram Khan Durrani of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA).<br /><br />A suicide bomber blew himself up at a rally by an anti-Taliban political party in the Peshawar on Tuesday, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province killing 20 people including Haroon Bilour who was hoping to win a provincial assembly seat in July.
