Tag: Haroon Bilour

Samar Bilour, five other KP MPAs take oath

PESHAWAR: Six new Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) MPAs took oath on Tuesday including Samar Bilour, the widow of slain Awami National Party (ANP) leader Haroon Bilour,...

Haroon Bilour’s widow’s nomination papers in PK-78 accepted

PESHAWAR: Returning Officer (RO) for PK-78 by-election on Monday accepted the nomination papers of Samar Bilour, widow of Haroon Bilour, for the upcoming election...

Haroon Bilour’s widow to contest Peshawar’s PK-78 by-election

Assassinated Awami National Party leader (ANP) Haroon Bilour's widow will contest the by-election from Peshawar's PK-78. This is the first time that a woman from...

A tale of ‘political martyrs’ in Pakistan

Since its inception in 1947, Pakistan has witnessed several political heavyweights being assassinated at critical junctures throughout the country's history. Here is a list of...

Elections roundup: The unfortunate need for Section 73

When the Election Act 2017 was drafted, the writers would have had in the back of their minds that Section 73 was there in...

Bilour family returns compensational cheque to govt

PESHAWAR: The widow of late Awami National Pakistan (ANP) leader Shaheed Haroon Bilour has returned the compensational cheque of the provincial government and clarified that...

Mastung bomber identified, Peshawar blast suspect arrested

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior was informed on Thursday that the suicide bomber behind the Mastung attack was identified as Hafiz Nawaz, a...

Authority needs to be held accountable for recent attacks in KP,...

ISLAMABAD: National Commission of Human Rights (NCHR) Chairman Ali Nawaz Chauhan and all members of the commission condemned the recent terror attacks on the...

Bilour denies saying attack on nephew was ‘inside job’

Senior Awami National Party (ANP) leader Ghulam Ahmed Bilour on Monday retracted from his earlier statement that the terrorist attack that killed his nephew...

KP police put on high alert after attacks on key figures

PESHAWAR: In the wake of suicide attack on Awami National Party leader Haroon Bilour and remote control blast on the convoy of former chief minister...

Not Taliban, internal elements attacked Haroon: Ghulam Bilour

Senior Awami National Party (ANP) leader Ghulam Ahmad Bilour has alleged that not Taliban but internal elements were involved in the attack on the corner...

Elections in PK-78 postponed after Bilour’s death

ISLAMABAD: The returning officer concerned on Friday terminated the proceedings related to the elections in Peshawar-XIII constituency PK-78 due to the death of Haroon Bashir...

Peshawar blast sparks debate on candidates’ safety

The killing of Haroon Bilour, a prominent politician from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has sparked a debate about the state’s security measures and its ability to...

COAS condoles with family of martyred Haroon Bilour

PESHAWAR: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday visited Peshawar and met Bilour Family to condole the martyrdom of Awami...

Govt to take strict action in Peshawar blast: CM

PESHAWAR: Caretaker Chief Minister Dost Muhammad Khan has said that all those elements responsible for suicide attack on the Awami National Party (ANP) rally in...

Elections roundup: Another election, another Bilour

It was in a sea of red caps, teary eyes and defiant slogans that the ANP’s Haroon Bilour was given his last rites and...

Taliban strike as State NAPs

Death toll in Peshawar suicide bombing reaches 20, as banned terror outfit TTP vows more deadly attacks in run up to general elections ...