The suicide bomber blew himself up close to the vehicle of the PPP-S's chief Aftab Sherpao who was accompanied by his son Sikandar Hayat Sherpao and MPA Mohammad Ali Mohmand, District Police Officer (DPO) Nisar Marwat said.
"They were returning from Battagram and when they reached Kangra, the bomber pounced on the vehicle, it seems he was hiding in the bushes close to the road," he added.
Marwat also confirmed that there were two civilians and four police officials who were injured in the blast.
An official of the bomb disposal squad accounted for around six kilograms of explosives and ball bearings, which had been used by the attacker.
Naib Khan, a Tehsil counsellor of the PPP-S told The Express Tribune that he was with the convoy when he saw a man approach the vehicle in which the party's chief was travelling. "A person, almost 22 years of age, started moving towards the vehicle and exploded himself. There was only a thick layer of smoke after that," he recounted.
Six of the injured were brought to the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) in Peshawar. A police official succumbed to his injuries while being shifted to the hospital. He was identified as Shabbir. Hospital sources added that one of the injured brought in was in a serious condition.
"We were bound for Peshawar, when the bomber, who ran from a thicket of trees, jumped over the vehicle and blew himself up," said the security officer of the convoy, he had been shifted to the LRH in an injured condition. He told The Express Tribune. Sikandar Sherpao’s hand was injured.
Sherpao had travelled to Charsadda to attend a gathering to celebrate the induction into the PPP-S of cousins to the political secretary of Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti.
This is not the first time that Sherpao or his party workers have been attacked. There have been at least four suicide attacks in as many years, targeting the PPP-S before this.
This is the second attack in less than a week that has targeted a political party in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Earlier, at least five people had killed and 27 others injured when an explosive laden motorbike was detonated close to the venue of an Awami National Party (ANP) public gathering in Nowshera.
COMMENTS (18)
Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive.
For more information, please see our Comments FAQ
1713853507-0/MalalaHilary-(2)1713853507-0-270x192.webp)
For any type of emergncy in peshawar please dial toll free number 1122 .our team will reach to ur help within 5 mints.
at least i would say this man has the courage to stay in his village town (charsadda) and still go and attends public meetings etc. However, if we see his poitical rival in charsadda Asfandyar Khan ( da pukhtano beghairata mashr) he should learn something from sherpao
Its time to eliminate the TTP. Eradicate them like the virus that they are. Vaccine is a bullet in the head!
@Sultan Ahmed: good blogging technique for getting traffic
Large number of innocent people has died in Lahore, Karachi economic hub of the state has remained been carnage, the roads and walls of other parts of country are still smeared with blood of men women and children, there is no end of it. we have leaders with conventional wisdom, but there is no leader who may resolve this issue and get the nation from this horrific crisis.
This fact has embarrassed the whole nation.
Control over the insurgency, invite baloch leaders on the table, strategy maintain then be acted according to law keeping in mind the territorial circumstances.
Harmony is indispensable between all the state institutions, but under the law and institutions.
Armed forces shouldn't involve in politics, put aside all matters relating to civil establishment, and provide assistance to the government in regard to imposition of peace and work leading to welfare of the nation.
There is disputes on the division of power between civil and military establishment, it must be remove through bilateral discussion.
Army operation in Balochistan must be end, it would be favorable to start talk on the matter disputed between Balochistan leadership,it would provide unique assistance in regard to imposing peace in the province and other areas and regions relating to the country.
We have been fighting this war since long, to end this,national unity is essential,without unity failure would be our fortune.
Our leaders ,like Sher pao is our precious national assets their safety is essential.
Mr.Sher Pao is a national leader, his safety is the government duty, and duty is duty.
War is being fought is not our war, should give up,that is better,the same is not in our national interests.
More than ten years on, but this situation still stand, negotiations is better option to ending this carnage.
The whole nation take this as a challenge and unity among the leaders and the parties leads to meet this challenge.
Im glad to see Mr Sherpao has as many lives as a cat. Please remain well and healthy, so that the suicide bombers can be the only casualty.
why always the "ghareeb" has to die ?