[DAWN] An important leader of the Awami National Party (ANP) was bumped off in the city's Kohati area on Tuesday.The murder of Anwarul Haq, the party's organising secretary for Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), 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.
district, sparked protests in the city.
The ANP condemned the murder and termed it continuation of liquidation of leaders and workers of the party.
A large number of ANP workers placed the body of Mr Haq on the Grand Trunk Road and demonstrated against the murder.
Former provincial ministers Syed Aqil Shah, Sardar Hussain Babak and other ANP leaders took part in the demonstration.