MQM declares three-day nationwide mourning in Bashir Bilour’s honour

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has announced three-day nationwide mourning in honour of Pakistan’s provincial minister Bashir Bilour who killed in a suicide blast in Peshawar earlier in the day. Talking to a local news channel, MQM leader Haider Abbaz Rizvi said his party would continue to fight terrorists and praised Bashir for his courage in the face of terrorism in the country. “Bashir Bilour’s martyrdom is a national loss and my leader Altaf Hussain and all party members stand by the Awami National Party (ANP) over the incident,” he said. Bashir and seven other people were killed when suicide bomber struck when the top provincial leadership of the ANP, who gathered at a meeting in the city of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Police said around 100 people had gathered for the meeting when the suicide bomber blew himself up.