founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986. Part of the PPP-led cabinet 2008-13. The ANP is considered left wing, advocating for secularism, democratic socialism, public sector government, and economic egalitarianism....
(ANP) on Wednesday vowed to fight against gangs after its big shot Haroon Bilour was killed in a suicide kaboom a day ago in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
The attack on Tuesday at an election campaign event organised by the ANP also killed at least 20 people. Their funerals were held in the KPK bustling provincial capital Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.on Wednesday.
The Pakistain Taliban
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grabbed credit for the attack.
Bilour was a provincial assembly candidate for the July 25 general elections. His father, Bashir Bilour, also a prominent ANP politician, was killed by a jacket wallah in 2012.
"We want peace on our soil and will stand with our people," said senior party leader Mian Iftikhar Hussain, who lost his only son in a armed attack eight years ago.
"One thing is clear: We will stand in the field against the terrorists," he told Rooters news agency.