GHALANAI, Nov 19: Jamaat-i-Islami’s former chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed escaped unhurt after a suicide attack by a woman near his motorcade in Mohmand tribal region on Monday. Three people suffered minor injuries. The JI termed the incident handiwork of CIA’s agents allegedly active in the area.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa JI chief Prof Muhammad Ibrahim said in a statement that his party would continue its efforts to end what he called US meddling in Pakistan’s affairs.

According to Assistant Political Agent Jamshed Khan, the JI caravan was going to Haleemzai tehsil where Qazi Hussain Ahmed was to inaugurate the party’s office and announce at a rally the nomination of Qari Fazal Subhan as JI’s chief of Mohmand chapter.

The attacker blew herself up at Ghiba Chowk near a security post manned by Khasadar and Levies personnel on Khapakh Road. Witnesses said Qazi Hussain was in the second vehicle in the caravan while the car hit by the attacker was behind it.

Shoaib, driver of Fata JI general secretary Munsif Khan, and two guards, one of them identified as Sher Zaman, were injured.

The vehicle hit was damaged and windowpanes of Qazi Hussain’s vehicle were shattered.

The APA said the bomber was wearing a white burqa and her limbs had been collected.