Peshawar blast leaves 7 dead‚ several hurt

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister Bashir Bilour is seriously injured in the bomb blast In Peshawar‚ seven people have been martyred and eighteen others injured in a suicide attack in the area of Qissa Khawani Bazaar on Saturday evening. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour has also been seriously injured. According to reports‚ suicide bomber blew himself up soon after Bashir Ahmed Bilour came out of the house of an ANP leader after attending the party meeting. A doctor at the Lady Reading Hospital said the condition of Bashir Ahmed Bilour is critical and he is being operated upon. Personal Secretary to Bashir Ahmed Bilour and SHO Kabli Police Station Abdul Sattar Khan are among the dead. President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf have strongly condemned Peshawar blast. They expressed sympathies with the bereaved families. The President directed the provincial government to provide best medical assistance to the injured. The Prime Minister said the terrorists would not succeed in their nefarious designs. Interior Minister Rehman Malik while condemning the attack has sought a report from I.G. Police‚ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.