PESHAWAR: Awani National Party (ANP) leader and candidate for PK-74 Ibrar Khalil and his nephew Rashid Khan have been gunned down in the province capital Peshawar.
According to the reports, the incident took place when unidentified motorcyclists fired upon the vehicle of ANP leader in the jurisdiction of Tehkal police station.
The deceased ANP leader had announced to contest by-poll from Peshawar PK-74 which are scheduled on October 14.
In July, ANP’s candidate for PK-78, Haroon Bilour was martyred in a suicide attack that left 21 people dead, sending shock waves across the country.
According to the spokesperson of Lady Reading hospital, as many as 62 people were left injured in the attack. He added that initially 47 wounded persons were brought to the hospital.
The Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) confirmed that it was a suicide blast.
Confirming Haroon Bilour’s death, the spokesman said that Haroon’s son, Danial Bilour, was safe.
Haroon was the son of Bashir Ahmed Bilour, a senior ANP figure who was himself martyred in a suicide blast in Peshawar in 2012.
