Awami National Party leader Ghulam Ahmed Bilour was injured while 11 party supporters were killed in a blast targeting an election rally in the Yakatoot area of Peshawar.
According to initial information, Bilour and his nephew Haroon Bilour, the son of the late Bashir Bilour, were leaving the rally venue when a bomb struck near Haroon’s vehicle, injuring his uncle Ghulam Bilour. Haroon Bilour escaped the attack. At least 11 supporters of the party are reported dead while 40 others are being treated at the Lady Reading Hospital.
At least four police officials, including SHO Kotwali Abid Khan, were also killed in the blast.
Blaming the Election Commission of Pakistan for the continuing spate of attacks against the ANP, the party’s leader Asfandyar Wali Khan said they would register a case against the ECP and the city’s police officials. “They have taken away the security of our leaders, rendering them vulnerable to a section of society which wants to eliminate liberals like the ANP from the country. But we will not back down as we are the followers of Bacha Khan,” he said.
Wali said that the elections must take place on time or else the situation would further deteriorate. “I have written to the ECP and the caretaker chief minister for security to the ANP leaders but none of them have responded to me request so far,” he added.
It was a suicide bombing and the legs of the bomber were recovered in the aftermath of the attack.
This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.
We condemn it and want that puhtons have giuen alot of sacrifices
Political leaders should invest in their security. Why do they want to be protected using taxpayers' money? When elected, they only serve themselves, therefore, they should cough out money to protect themselves. Problem is that parasites only suck blood.
if bliour would have been killed he worth equal to thousands Pakistanis and billion rupees that we have lost after losing performance of railway But he is again spared to be part of new govt over dead bodies of his family and friends.
How disgusting your comments are. Only Allah (SWT) can judge a person. Your comment reflects the mentality of our nation, and therefore proper change will never come. First improve yourself, make sure you are a model citizen, then criticize. A leader is the reflection of a nation-this is in islam.
When I see conditions of railway nothing feels me disgusting for wasting such word power for him.
Bilour is a person that kept money for cutting the throat of that person who has made film against our beloved prophet that is why i like him very much and i wil offer myself for his protection. Bilour is just like elamden shaheed and nazia plz plz dont talk against our puhton leader
Why I dont talk against your pukktoon or khoon drunk leader.this has been written in constitution of Pakistan via 18th or 19th amendment.
If this puhton leader was not amongst us then we wil be ruled upon by milatants due to them we r breathing . U seem me punjabi
And nazia we have to under stood that anp flag is red due its sacrifices and puhtoons love them very much
By the way improve your general or special knowledge that red color they picked as their late leaders followed the Marxisms or communism so they inherited this or distorted ideas by breaking the laws of corruption.
Though i m the worker of pti but personaly i like the bilour family very much
reaping the sowed
Nazia i m agree with u and wish that a change came in pakistan but asasination is not and its just destruction we have to change ourself throug vote and my vote to pti
In Pakistan changes come with assassination.Zia killing given place to Gen Aslam beg.Bhutto killed made Zardari, Pakistani leading leader and so on so what you need more proofs .
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