Haroon Bilour ہارون بلور | |
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Died | 10 July 2018 |
Occupation | Politician |
Political party | Awami National Party |
Parent | Bashir Ahmad Bilour |
Haroon Bilour(Urdu: ہارون بلور ), (born 1974 – 2018) was a Pakistani Politician from Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He was the son of renowned politician late Bashir Ahmed Bilour. He was killed in suicide bomb blast during party meeting in Peshawar on 10 July 2018.
Death
editBilour was killed in a suicide bomb blast by Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan a terrorist group in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during a party corner meeting in in Peshawar. His father Bashir Ahmed Bilour was also killed by suicide bomber while he was heading towards home after attending a party meeting in Peshawar
Awami National Party was the main target in General Election 2013 as well killing hundreds of party worker consequently losing the General Election 2013 with a big margin from the opponent party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan later claimed the responsibility that they had targeted the party meeting which killed 20 party worker including Haroon Bilour. TTP termed this target a revenge of Operation Rah-e-Haq which was carried out when Awami National Party was the ruling party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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