Durrani, who was heading back from an election rally near North Wazoo, remained safe in the remote control blast, District Police Officer (DPO) Bannu Khurram Rasheed said.
The injured were taken to District Headquarter (DHQ) Hospital Bannu for treatment, where officials confirmed the corpse count had risen to four while 32 injured were undergoing treatment.
KP Inspector General (IG) Mohammad Tahir said that three police personnel were also among those injured in the attack which occurred within the limits of Haved cop shoppe.
Caretaker Chief Minister Dost Mohammad Khan condemned the incident and summoned an emergency meeting to discuss the security situation in the aftermath of the attack.
Durrani is contesting the election on NA-35 (Bannu) against Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is
Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) Chairman Imran Khan
... aka
Taliban Khan, who ain't the sharpest bulb on the national tree...
on a Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) ticket.
This is the third major attack in KP during electioneering, just days ahead of the general election 2018. On Monday, 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....
(ANP) candidate from 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.'s PK-78 Haroon Bilour, and 19 others, were killed in a suicide kaboom
.The attack was claimed by the Tehrik-e-Taliban
...Arabic for
students...
Pakistain (TTP) which had also grabbed credit for 2012 attack that killed Haroon's father, Bashir Bilour.