Peshawar: Awami National Party (ANP) leader Bashir Ahmed Bilour has been killed in a deadly suicide bombing outside the residence of ANP leader in Peshawar, a metropolitan of Pakistan.
According to sources, the senior minister of Khyber Pakhtunhua (KPK) succumbed to injuries during his crucial operation at Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar.
Earlier, a severe-intensity blast rocked the famous, populous bazaar of Peshawar, resulting in the death of seven people and injuries to 18.
A suicide bomber blew himself up as the minister came out of a house where a meeting of the party was under way. The blast broke glasses of nearby buildings and claimed lives of personal assistant of the minister, Noor Mohammad aka Babu and SHO Kabuli Police Station of the provincial capital, Abdul Sattar Khan.
ANP leader Zahid Khan expressed grief over the demise of Bashir Bilour and said that it was a great loss not only for the ANP but for the whole nation.
Meanwhile, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed the responsibility of the deadly attack.
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