...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.city of Pakistain.
The incident took place late on Tuesday in Yakatook area of Peshawar targeting a leader of 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....
Haroon Bilour.
Peshawar Capital City Police Officer Qazi Jameel has said Bilour has been killed along with at least nineteen others in the attack and at least thirty others have sustained injuries.
The officials have not confirmed the type of the kaboom however the eyewitnesses in the area have said a jacket wallah detonated his explosives when Mr. Bilour arrived in a gathering organized for the elections.
Bilour reportedly sustained injuries in the attack and later died in the hospital where he was underoing treatment.
Another senior police official Safqat Malik has said preliminary reports indicate it was suicide attack and the target was ANP leader Haaroon Bilour.
No individual or group has so far grabbed credit behind the incident.
A similar attack in 2013 left at least 15 people dead with Tehrik-e-Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
Pakistain claiming responsibility behind the attack.