At least 9 dead, scores injured in Pakistan suicide bombing

Published time: December 22, 2012 14:18
Edited time: December 22, 2012 23:16
Pakistani rescues collect evidence at the suicide attack site in Peshawar on December 22, 2012. (AFP Photo/A Majeed)

At least 8 people were killed and 25 wounded in a suicide bombing at a political rally in Peshawar, Pakistan's North-West, police said. Another death was added to the toll as a provincial cabinet minister died of wounds sustained in the attack.

Senior Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour passed away in hospital after getting critically injured in his chest and stomach, local media quote hospital officials as saying. Bilour's personal secretary and a police chief were also killed in the blast.

Bilour had been participating in a rally organized by the Awami National Party (ANP). The demonstration took place at a bazaar, while the blast targeted the nearby house of where another ANP meeting was to take place later in the day, News Pakistan daily reported.

Conflicting reports suggest that Bilour was actually leaving an ANP meeting which was held at a local party leader's residence, when the bomb went off.

Pakistani militant group Tehrik-i-Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. The ANP is their frequent target since it is a prominent regional movement representing the people of Pashtun, the second-largest ethnic group in Pakistan. Bilour, who occupied the post of the Senior Minister for local government and rural development in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa region, was one of the ANP leaders.

Pakistani rescues collect evidence at the suicide attack site in Peshawar on December 22, 2012. (AFP Photo/A Majeed)
Pakistani rescues collect evidence at the suicide attack site in Peshawar on December 22, 2012. (AFP Photo/A Majeed)
Pakistani paramedics treat critically injured senior minister of the provincial government, Bashir Bilour after the suicide blast in Peshawar on December 22, 2012. (AFP Photo)
Pakistani paramedics treat critically injured senior minister of the provincial government, Bashir Bilour after the suicide blast in Peshawar on December 22, 2012. (AFP Photo)
Police officers investigate the site of a bomb attack in the Qissa Khawani Bazaar in Peshawar December 22, 2012. (Reuters/Fayaz Aziz)
Police officers investigate the site of a bomb attack in the Qissa Khawani Bazaar in Peshawar December 22, 2012. (Reuters/Fayaz Aziz)
Awami National Party (ANP) activists carry the coffin of senior provincial minister Bashir Bilour in an ambulance in Peshawar on December 22, 2012. (AFP Photo/A Majeed)
Awami National Party (ANP) activists carry the coffin of senior provincial minister Bashir Bilour in an ambulance in Peshawar on December 22, 2012. (AFP Photo/A Majeed)
Awami National Party (ANP) activists mourn the death of senior provincial minister Bashir Bilour in Peshawar on December 22, 2012. (AFP Photo/A Majeed)
Awami National Party (ANP) activists mourn the death of senior provincial minister Bashir Bilour in Peshawar on December 22, 2012. (AFP Photo/A Majeed)
A man is comforted by his relative as he mourns his brother who was killed in a bomb blast in the Qissa Khawani Bazaar, at a hospital in Peshawar December 22, 2012 (Reuters/Khuram Parvez)
A man is comforted by his relative as he mourns his brother who was killed in a bomb blast in the Qissa Khawani Bazaar, at a hospital in Peshawar December 22, 2012 (Reuters/Khuram Parvez)
 Security forces photograph evidence at the site of a bomb attack in the Qissa Khawani Bazaar in Peshawar December 22, 2012. (Reuters/Fayaz Aziz)
Security forces photograph evidence at the site of a bomb attack in the Qissa Khawani Bazaar in Peshawar December 22, 2012. (Reuters/Fayaz Aziz)
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Sam Houston (unregistered) 23.12.2012 05:42

This is so sad. Before the invasion and subsequent occupation of Afghanistan by Americans, there were no suicide bombings in Pakistan. The cause of instability of the region is the presence of foreign forces, once they leave everything will be peacefull as it used to be before the invasion. The western history books however will narate this differently.

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Mohammad A Dar (unregistered) 22.12.2012 23:26


 remaining two tribes of Israel were punished for their violation of covenant of Sayadana Abraham pbh, and were enslaved by the hindu's pagans of  Egypt'  Book of Torah, commandments of truth absolute Allah was corrupted to be subordinated to fundamentals of hinduism, racism, called Greek Torah, not in Hebrew language but of Greek language based on hindu corruption of language of truth called Sanskrit. mother tong of hindu corrupted language English.  Few hindered years later, ruling time of Ptolemy the 3rd hindu's pagans of Egypt hindu's pagans entered Philistine with hindu, corrupted Torah and some how managed to marry in to influential fam ily of beni Israel, and started to inter fear in to affairs of Beni Israel. With help of hindu pagan Egypt they started to impose hindu corrupted Torah on Beni Israel by force, By the time of Sayadana Easa. Yahya and zikria pbh, hindu's pagans, pretending to be Israelite  had taken over Beth Theen, house of , CONSTITUTION OF onstitution of truth absolute located in side AlQuds Jerusalem. they established hindu temples, duengen of illegality close to Alquds and worshiped cow along side attending Alquds. On objection's of saydana Zikria, pbh, they wanted him to justify hindu cow worship besides Islamic way of worship by force, upon hid refusal he was dragged by force from Alquds and killed on the way. Sydana Esa and Yahaya pbt escaped and struggled to evict hindu's pagans from Shalom and struggle between hindu corrupted Israelite and their hindu pagans of Egypt  such as today in Pak Afghanistan en sued. Followers of Syadana Easa pbh, defeated hindu's Jew's, criminal seculars of Israelite and their hindu pagan allies of hinduism, racism and freed Alquds from hind, filth of hinduism, illegality, while Sayadana Yahya pbh was snailed fighting hindu's, criminals, in 70 AD, after departure  of Sydana Easa pbh, hindu Jew's, criminal secular s of Israelite helped and spied hindu pagans Romans to destroy Alquds and people of true Israel to be scattered around the globe for violating cove nant between Allah the merciful and Saydana Abraham pbh.  

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Mohammad A Dar (unregistered) 22.12.2012 23:24


Designation Pashtoon is driven from Torah of ten tribes of 10 tribes of Israel  and called Pushta, meaning generations. e the creator
Ten tribes of Israel were enslaved by hindu's of Assyria, also known as Kurd today and brought in to Assyria as slaves.Tribe of Sydana Abraham pbh.  
In 3rd century BC, nation of Assyria was decimated in totality by hindu Majoocies, pagan secular s of Persia, head quartered in central Asia, today known as Azerbaijan,  named after hindu, pagan father of Sayadana Abraham pbh.
Assyrian were driven from their land and they settled on coast of Arabian sea, today known as Baluchistan and in mountains of Koh hindu Kush.
Hindu pagan  Tibetan  Buddha, The self proclaimed wise one, believer of hind, absurdity called hinduism, denial of truth absolute was borne in valley of Swat in village of ouch, a decedent of hindu pagan Egypt, follower of hinduism, racism, foundation of hinduism, illegality, rule of the time, from a pot head  hindu santan goon man god's of hindu's ignorant s cast,  today known as Brahman, title  adopted after 3rd century BC by hindu's pagans of northern sub continent.
T ibetan Buddha, learned truth of absolute Allah, the merciful from tribes of Israel, Pashtoon and modified his beliefs, but denied Theen Allah, constitution of truth absolute, known as Sharia to day. by rejecting hinduism, racism, cast system but keeping hindu pagan belief of King's and Maharajah's and pot head hindu sanatans, criminal goons as god's of humanity.
Pushtun 's converted to Islam, as per commandment in their Pushta, Torah, they heard about syadana Mohammad, spirit of truth pbh, and their leaders traveled to Mekkah and took bait on hand of sydana Mohammad, pbh, traveled back to home land with designated Suhaba,Abp teachers of Theen Allah, constitution of truth absolute and preached Islam among followers of  hindu Buddhism, criminal secular wisdom  of the time. Renown general's of Islam, Khalid bin Waleed, conqueror of Spain was son of blessed Pusthoons. HISTORY OF JEW'S.
Word Jew is based on Hebrew word Yehood, YE, self, Hood, centered or habitat, conjoi ned with hindu, pagan, secular belief of universe be creator of itself and universe be the lord and god of the humanity. such as in Ra Ben hood, the path blessing of the habitat, universe.
 

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