*PESHAWAR – The widow of Haroon Bilour returned the Rs0.5 millioncompensation cheque issued to her by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government. Shesaid her husband sacrificed his life for a far greater cause than money.*
The provincial government has issued a compensation cheque of Rs0.5 millionto Bilour’s heirs. He was killed in a suicide bomb blast on July 10 duringhis election campaign for PK-78 Peshawar.
When contacted, his son Daniyal said his father and grandfather’s cause wasfar greater than this and they would not mar that cause by acceptingcompensation.
“The Bilour family will continue its struggle for peace and such cowardlyattacks will not deter our resolve,” he said.
However, the ANP leadership expressed annoyance over the meagre amountoffered to the family. The party said that the family should have beencompensated under the Shuhada package.
“The government issued Rs10 million to heirs of Israrullah Gandapur, a PTImember of the KP Assembly from DI Khan, when he was martyred in a suicideblast and to the family of Fareed Khan, another MPA from Hangu districtwhen he was shot dead,” said Dr Sohail Khan, an ANP leader.