Asfandyar Wali: Demise of Bashir Bilour country's loss

Awami National Party (ANP) Chief, Asfandyar Wali termed the demise of Bashir Ahmed Bilour as the loss of the entire country and nation. Senior Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bashir Ahmed Bilour passed away in Peshawar's Lady Reading Hospital after receiving critical wounds in a suicide attack in Peshawar. Reacting to the assassination of his party's president of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Wali vowed to continue the fight against 'the terrorist mindset'. "ANP is rendering sacrifices for the motherland," Asfandyar Wali said, stressing that all the political forces will have to unite and evolve a joint strategy against terrorism. He said the terrorists are proudly claiming their involvement in terror activities. The ANP Chief said: "We should hold talks with the terrorists but if they refuse to participate in the dialogue, we will be left with no other option but to launch a crackdown on them."