Former NWFP minister killed in roadside blast

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PESHAWAR: A roadside bomb attack targeted a former NWFP provincial cabinet minister on Sunday, killing him and three other people in the country's northwest, police said.

The bomb exploded in Bagto village, about 10 kilometres from the northwestern town of Hangu.

“Four people, including Ghaniur Rehman (a former cabinet minister in North West Frontier Province) have died in the attack,” Hangu city police chief Abdul Rashid Khan told AFP.

“The other three are a bodyguard, his driver and a friend,” he added.

A doctor at the main hospital in Hangu confirmed Rehman and three other people were killed in the attack.

“It was a remote-controlled roadside bomb blast,” police spokesman Fazal Naeem told AFP by telephone.

Bagto village is close to Orakzai, one of the seven districts that make up the semi-autonomous tribal belt.

 

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PPP, ANP and RAW is doing all this...
otherwise i see no objective for killing supporters of Musharraf.
IMO.. FIR should be registered immediately.

 

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President strongly condemns Hangu blast; grieved at death of x-Minister

ISLAMABAD, Jan 3 (APP): President Asif Ali Zardari has strongly condemned the bomb blast in Hangu on Sunday, which caused death of former NWFP Minister for Irrigation, Haji Ghani-ur-Rehman Khan and injuries to others. Ghani-ur-Rehman was killed as his vehicle was targeted with a remote-control device in Hangu district on Sunday afternoon.

The President expressed deep grief and sorrow over the killing of Haji Ghani-ur-Rehman.
He said such cowardly acts will not deter the government’s resolve to fight terrorism and militancy till the complete elimination of this menace.

The President prayed to Allah Almighty to rest the departed soul in eternal peace and grant courage to the bereaved family to bear this irreparable loss with fortitude.

 

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PM strongly condemns Hangu blast; grieved at death of Ex-Minister

ISLAMABAD, Jan 3 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has strongly condemned the bomb blast in Hangu on Sunday, which caused death of former NWFP Minister for Irrigation, Haji Ghani-ur-Rehman Khan and injuries to others. Ghani-ur-Rehman was killed as his vehicle was targeted with a remote-control device at Hangu district on Sunday afternoon.

The Prime Minister expressed deep grief and sorrow over the killing of Haji Ghani-ur-Rehman and ordered an immediate inquiry into the incident.

He said such cowardly acts of terrorism will not deter the government’s resolve to fight this menace with full force.

The Prime Minister prayed to Allah Almighty to rest the departed soul in eternal peace and grant courage to the bereaved family to bear this irreparable loss with fortitude.