*ISLAMABAD – The prime suspect behind the Peshawar blast has been arrestedand the Mastung bomber has been identified, a Senate standing committee wastold on Thursday.*
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s additional IG told the meeting that the prime suspectin the attack on an ANP rally in Peshawar has been arrested. He belongs toHingo, said the police official.
ANP leader Haroon Bilour and 21 others were killed when a suicide bomberdetonated a bomb at the party’s rally in Peshawar.
A Balochistan government official also briefed the Senate committee. Hesaid that the suicide bomber who bombed the BAP’s election rally in Mastunghas been identified. According to him, he belongs to Abbottabad. At least149 people lost their lives in the Mastung carnage.