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| Attacks in KP leave two councillors dead |
| 2015-09-07 |
| [DAWN] Two councillors and another man were killed and two others injured in a bomb kaboom in Hangu and firing in Kohat district on Saturday. According to police, Hangu district ... Hangu is famous for its greenery, hills, beauty and water. Most of the people of this area are Bangash & Orakzai Pashtuns. Part of the Bangash are Shia. The Orakzai and the Sunni Bangash are determined to kill them... councillor Malik Mumtaz, belonging to the Awami National Party 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.... , and his cousin Javed were killed when an improvised bomb blew up his vehicle in Doaba town. Terrorists had placed the IED on the road between Tora Warai and Doaba and detonated it by remote control, officials said. A guard and another man were severely injured. Nasrullah, a tehsil councillor of Kohat from Shiekhan area, was rubbed out by opponents. According to Jungle Khel police, Mr Nasrullah was affiliated with PML-N and his family had an enmity. Relatives of the victim nominated his suspected killers in the first information report. |
| Posted by:Fred |