Five suspects of Niwani house suicide attack arrested

The Crime Investigation Department (CID) officials have arrested five persons whom they suspect of planning a suicide attack on the residence of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Member of National Assembly (MNA), Rasheed Akber Niwani. The officials said the suicide attack was the result of a monetary dispute.
The arrested were identified as Waqas Hussain, Dr Nazar Hussain, Muhammad Arif Khan, Muhammad Amjad and Saeed Amjad. According to a handout issued by the CID, Waqas Hussain, who it said planned the attack, had a monetary dispute with one Ijaz Hussain. Waqas had borrowed Rs 2,145,000 from Ijaz with a high interest rate to set up a business of sale and purchase of cars.
The CID officials said Waqas suffered serious losses and gave Ijaz seven high-valued vehicles against the debt, but Ijaz demanded Rs 5,400,000 in addition to the vehicles. The officials alleged that both parties tried to involve each other in various corruption cases. Dr Nazar, father of Waqas, requested a notorious local Arif Khan to help them register a case of his son's kidnapping against Ijaz.
The complaint was lodged with the Darya Khan Police Station in Bhakhar District under section 342 and 343 of the Pakistan Penal Code. Ijaz took the matter to Rashid Akber Niwani. The PML-N leader called the two parties at his residence to listen to their case. Meanwhile, Waqas and his father contacted Khan again who suggested hiring a suicide bomber from the Northern Areas to murder Ijaz.
Exploiting sectarian differences, Waqas approached Haji Jaan Muhammad Wazir, resident of Wana to complain against the Shia PML-N leader. Haji Jaan promised to send a suicide bomber and an expert of explosives to plan a suicide attack at Niwani's residence after charging Rs 1,200,000 from them.
Only a day before the attack on Niwani's house, Wazir handed over a suicide bomber with explosive material and an expert to them. On the day of the incident, Waqas confirmed the presence of Ijaz Hussain at the PML-N leader's residence with the help of a local dispenser, Amjad Abbas Shah and led the suicide bomber to Niwani's house. The suicide bomber exploded himself close to Ijaz Hussain, claiming the lives of 26 people.