Police thwarted an attempt to blow up the residence of PML-N former MNA Anjum Aqeel Khan in Islamabad on Friday.
Officials said unknown miscreants had planted explosive material outside Aqeel’s house, in Golra area of Islamabad’s Sector E-11.
Aqeel’s family informed the police about the bomb which was concealed in a bag. The police said that it was an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing 500 grams and was connected to a remote-control.