Grief in Charsadda as blast death toll reaches 15

CHARSADDA: Grief prevailed in the district over the deaths of innocent people due to suicide explosion on the premises of lower courts at tehsil Shabqadar Monday as people are visiting to the martyrs’ residences and offering condolences to the members of the bereaved families.

Lawyers, politicians, civil society activists, government officials and people from cross-section of the society Tuesday visited the houses of head constable Nasimullah Khan and constable Aiman Khan, who embraced martyrdom after stopping the suicide bomber at the main gate and not allowing him to enter the district courts.

The visitors offered ‘Fateha’ and condoled with the family members.Adviser to prime minister Engr Amir Muqam, senior minister Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao, MNA Maulana Gohar Shah, MPAs Arshad Umar Zai, Babar Khan, Misbabullah and a large number of people attended the funeral prayers of the martyred cops the other day and paid tribute to their bravery and sacrifices for the country.

KP Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and PTI chief Imran Khan also visited Lady Reading Hospital, where they inquired after the blast victims and directed best possible treatment to them.

In a bid to register their protest against the brutal attack legal fraternity on the call of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council Tuesday boycotted courts proceedings.Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bar Council Chairman Muhammad Tariq Afridi while condemning suicide bomb blast in Shabqadar lower courts had announced to boycott courts proceedings as mark of protest.

He demanded the PTl government to take pragmatic measures for the protection of lawyers’ community and early arrest of the perpetrators.He asked all bar associations of the province to hold condolence reference in memory of the departed souls of the incident and prayed for early recovery of the injured.