PTI announces day of mourning on Haroon Bilour's assassination

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Wednesday  announced to suspend  its election campaign for a day to mourn the martyrdom of  Awami National Party (ANP) leader Haroon Bilour and 19 others in a suicide blast in Peshawar on last night.

"We are suspending our election activities  in KP where party flag  will fly at half-mast to mourn the martyrdom of  Haroon Bilour and ANP workers," a private television quoted  Fawad Chauhdry, PTI spokesman, as saying.

Calling the suicide blast as barbaric and condemnable act,  he said the PTI will share grief  of the Bilour family.

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At least 20 people, including ANP candidate Haroon Bilour, were martyred and    several others sustained injuries in a suicide blast at a corner meeting in Yaka Toot area of the provincial capital.