RAWALPINDI – Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesdaystrongly condemned the suicide attack on (ANP) corner meeting.
According to a tweet by Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations(ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, Army Chief shared grief of Bilour family andANP on condemnable targeting of Haroon Bilour & victims of heinousterrorist attack.
“We are fighting against nexus of inimical forces which aren’t willing toabsorb a peaceful & stable Pakistan. We remain undeterred & shall IA defeatthem,” maintained the COAS.
The incident was also denounced by caretaker PMlink>Justice(Retd) Nasir-ul-Mulk and other political figures.
The blast in Peshawar’s Yaka Toot area martyred at least 20 peopleincluding Haroon Bilour and injured 30 others.
A suicide bomber detonated his explosives soon after Haroon Bilour arrivedin the area to address a corner meeting of his party. He was ANP candidatefor the upcoming general elections from provincial assembly constituencyPK-78.
The funeral prayers of Bilour will be offered at 5:00pm today in Peshawarafter which he will be laid to rest at the Wazir Bagh Graveyard.
He has left behind a widow and two sons to mourn his death.