PESHAWAR: 13 folks have reportedly been killed and 35 have been injured in a blast at a nook assembly of Awami Nationwide Social gathering (ANP) in Peshawar on Tuesday night time. Barrister Haroon Bilour, son of Bashir Bilour, former federal minister for railways and candidate of 78 has additionally been killed within the blast.
Based on the police, the blast came about in Yaka Toot the place the nook assembly of ANP was underway.
The explosion occurred because the ANP chief, Haroon Bilour, arrived on the stage to deal with his supporters. The incident reportedly came about when he was being welcomed on the venue. He was contesting the election from PK-78 Peshawar.
Haroon Bilour was critically injured within the suicide blast and brought to the hospital the place he died.
His son Danial Bilour, was injured within the blast.
It’s pertinent to say right here that Bashir Ahmed Bilour, Haroon’s father a senior ANP determine was additionally martyred in a suicide blast in Peshawar in 2012.
A minimum of six individuals with vital accidents admitted in Peshawar’s Girl Studying Hospital.
ANP chief Mian Iftikhar Hussain mentioned the funeral of Haroon can be held in Peshawar at Wazir Bagh at 5 pm. “The ANP will take determination concerning the participation in election after his funeral. We’re nonetheless contesting the election. It’s unlucky that not sufficient safety had been offered to us,” he mentioned whereas speaking to the media.
Haroon’s uncle Ilyas Bilour mentioned they’d not acquired any risk upfront.