Sadiq Shaheed Stadium
Full nameSadiq Shaheed Stadium
LocationQuetta
Pakistan
OperatorMuslim FC
Capacity5000[1]
SurfaceGrass

Sadiq Shaheed Stadium is a football arena in Quetta, Pakistan. In 2011, Pakistan Premier League fixtures played here regularly attracted around 5000 spectators.[2]

An assortment of dangerous situations have occurred at or near this arena, one being a hazardous bomb that combusted and injured an innocent passerby back in 2012.[3] Along with that explosion, a lethal suicide attack on JUI-F chief Fazal-ur-Rehman while in his armored-embedded jeep just leaving the Sadiq Shaheed Stadium that resulted in at least one person confirmed dead and 22 Pakistanis injured(unknown if critical). Nevertheless, he wasn't injured.[4]

Marking the 42nd death remembrance anniversary of the Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party leader Mahmood Khan Achakzai's father Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai a gathering was held at Sadiq Shaheed Stadium.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Sadiq Shaheed Stadium - Soccerway".
  2. ↑ "Pakistan needs a good kick - The Express Tribune". 6 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Cracker bomb: Man injured in Quetta blast - The Express Tribune". 28 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "One dead as blast targets Fazlur Rehman's vehicle after JUI-F rally in Quetta - The Express Tribune". 23 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Unprecedented call: Achakzai urges Afghan Taliban to join Pashtun struggle - The Express Tribune". 3 December 2015.


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