ISLAMABAD: Expressing sorrow over the loss of precious lives in the recent suicide attack in Peshawar, the caretaker PM Justice (R) Nasir-ul-Mulk on Thursday directed for enhancing security of political leaders.
He issued this directive during a meeting with Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Iqbal Zafar Jhagra and Caretaker Chief Minister KP Dost Muhammad Khan in Peshawar. The Caretaker Interior Minister Azam Khan was also present on the occasion.
The governor and chief minister briefed him about the steps taken for maintaining peaceful atmosphere in the province.
A deadly attack at an election meeting of the Awami National Party on Tuesday in Yakatoot locality of Peshawar killed Haroon Bilour and over a dozen others.
Bilour was contesting the upcoming general elections from the PK-78 constituency of Peshawar.