ANP leader Hanif Jadoon was on his way back after Eid prayers when his vehicle was targeted by a suicide bomber, a senior police official said. He was accompanied by two of his sons, a guard and a worker.
Jadoon's was shifted to Neurosurgery ICU, Peshawar. He is reported to be in critical condition. Sources had earlier said that his son had also been killed in the attack.
"The vehicle he was in came under attack near Malik Abad (a barren piece of land with a ravine) when a suicide bomber dressed as a beggar exploded himself near the windscreen of the vehicle killing Hanif Jadoon and his guard on the spot," said DPO Ijaz Khan while speaking to The Express Tribune.
"We have also recovered two unexploded hand grenades from the site, which shows the bomber had waylaid the path" added Ijaz.
The nine injured were shifted to Swabi Hopital.
Sources said that Hanif Jadoon had recently been elected as ANP President of PF-36 (Swabi) during party elections.
The ANP, ruling party of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has come under attack on several occasions and claims to have lost more than 300 party members in the fight against terrorism.
Party chairperson Asfandyar Wali Khan also survived a similar assassination attempt when a suicide bomber exploded himself, when Khan was greeting guests on Eidul Fitr in October, 2008.
Sher Khan, head of the ANP in Lower Dir, was killed in a bomb attack on September 13 in a district bordering Swat valley.
A makeshift bomb had exploded near the vehicle of Khan.
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@zahid gadoon sandwa:
He will remain in our prayers forever he was in real term man with courage and kind hearted person he was the wel wisher of swabi district may ALLAH rest his soul in peace.AMEEN
@Gul Rukh....excellent point. Talk shows are not interested in the Taliban killing ANP workers and bombing schools. There is a tacit acceptance of the Taliban.
RIP Jadoon. If it was a drone attack then all mainstream Talk Shows would have lamented that how Americans can do drones on Eid Day but alas.....
@Mirza Exactly, but justice is not in the hands of Mullah and as far as i can see nothing is in the hands of Mullah's (govt, courts, police, army etc) . Why not blame the ruling Liberals for their failiure?
Asfandyar Wali has taken refuge in Islamabad and his family lives in Dubai . Why doesnot he come to Peshawar for celebrating Eid ?
@Mard-e-Haq: You comment is crystal clear and goes to the heart of the matter. In the garb of a Jihadi they embark on manslaughter thinking they are at the doorstep of Eternal Peace. But we can only thank the viral village molvi who thinks he is a know-it-all. The diktats of these viral molvis have become a 'pandemic.'
What an undeniable sadness for such a murder to happen on Eid Ul Adha. Salams
if you hit the wall hard with the ball and it bounces back and break the window glass, you should blaim yourself first, before blaiming the ball for all the damage. As for our politicians, as you so so shall you reap. Someone asked if these politicians are asking US to do drone attacks? Yes sir. They are asking and have given permission.
@Khattab: They do not need prayers they need justice. No amount of prayers can bring them back, but justice would give closure to the family. Justice is the main pillar of Islam and most terrorists and mullahs ignore this fact. Regards, Mirza
I think it is a sad happening. Sympathies to the families involved. There is no terrorism in that area at all. Otherwise, targets would be civilians, as always.
There are other facts that no one has mentioned.
1) Hanif Jadoon was one of the most powerful drug dealer in the region as well. I am saying this because I am from Swabi. It can be an act of one of the other rivals.
2) The political rivalary can not be overruled. He was famous for buying his votes in the poor population of Gadoon Amazai. He had won elections previously, and everyone in the region knows the buying of votes.
3) We can not ignore the people who are affected by the drugs that these dealers sell. I have seen youth and their families devastated by drug use. On top of that, people like Hanif Jadoon are sitting in politics and no one can touch them... So God has His way as well.
Why no one is thinking of organizing a rally against these terror attacks? *Can anyone answer one question honestly? India has more muslim population than Pakistan but there are no such suicide attacks by Muslims in India although Pakistan claims that the Muslims in India are deprived and have no freedom as they have in Pakistan. India also has lot of Madrassas and the Islamic charitable organizations in India are much bigger and have more money than the so called Islamic Charitable Organizations in Pakistan. *
This latest attack again reminds us that we are dealing with a barbarously cruel group of criminals who have a no-holds barred approach to committing atrocities. They continue to prove that they will go to any lengths to destabilize the great nation of Pakistan. These terrorists are busy plotting and killing, when Muslims not just in Pakistan but around the world are joyously celebrating the sacred occasion of Eid. It is extremely sad to hear that Hanif Jadoon was attacked and killed right after leaving the Eid prayers. Unfortunately, this is not the first time; they’ve turned a day of celebration into a day of mourning for innocent families of Pakistan. Our condolences go to those who were killed and injured in this shameful act of terror. We cannot place enough emphasis on the need to eliminate this threat as soon as possible. We fully support Pakistan in its fight against terrorism and will continue to work side by side to eradicate terrorism from the region.
The number of Martyers in ANP out number total eligible voters of Imran Khan.
Wow, it makes absolute sense that those fighting the US terrorists would target Pakistani politicians, and will likely never commit another criminal or terrorist act, therefore we don't need to hold them accountable for their current atrocities....sarcasm.
We are infested with militant extremist terrorist scum from pre-2001, who happen to be our own indoctrinated citizens who've turned criminal, but not just criminal, wanting to belong joining ideological gangs or organizations, who want to impose their twisted interpretation and ideological nuttery on the rest of the population by force.
They are the modern day Kharjites.
The US is nothing more than an easy magnet and scapegoat. The criminals existed in the 90's, and yes there were gun and bomb attacks back then, but now have grown exponentially using Afghanistan as pre-text. Too bad some of our agencies continue to cultivate some of them as future proxy militants apathetic to blowback consequences, because of their own political regional ideology and religious sympathy. .
@All And did anyone prayed for the departed soul's rather than shooting your arrows in the dark ?
I think most people know these heartless people are impossible to negotiate with, unfortunately. It makes me sad to say that they have been deprived of their rights for so long that now they have resorted to violence and it seems there is no turning back for them.
looks like peaceful eid.
Negotiate!! Why wont you negotiate! We have already said "give peace a chance" and promised to look America in the eye!
So can Imran Khan tell me which why this ANP nazim was blown to pieces in Swabi? Was it because he had been ordering drone attacks on FATA? How is Imran Khan going to discuss peace with these people.
Why such spate of violence and bloodshed is not to be seen in Vietnam today as it was a daily occurance in the decade of 1960 to 1970? The terrorists who were causing such mindless violence and bloodshed are not there in Vietnam anymore. So why such violence and bloodshed as we see happening in Afghanistan and FATA Areas a daily occurances? Those who terrorised the Vietnamese are to be found today in Afghanistan and FATA Areas where such violent acts occur. Peace returned to Vietnam when the terrorists left Vietnamese on their own. Peace will return to Afghanistan and FATA Areas when the terrorists are thrown out of these areas as were they thrown out of Vietnam.
It is disturbing to note that Eid happens to be one of the most violent days in the Muslim calender throughout the world. Suicide bombers are nothing but despondent criminals from the lowest classes who unfortunately put on the garb of Jihad.
Bad luck for ANP. They are killed and it got unnoticed on mainstream electronic media. 700+ activisits were killed by the Taliban and still Pakistanis are not happy with them :(
Correction needed. It can't be Thursday, but Monday (today). A sad incident but not very strange because ANP is the main target of Islamist miliatants.
@Rafae Niazi
Was He killed or not by a terrorist ? I donot know why you like to confuse pakistani people.
isn't today eid-al-adha, a supposedly holy day???