Senior Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bashir Ahmed Bilour passed away in Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital after doctors failed to resuscitate him. He was critically injured in a suicide attack in Peshawar, Geo News reported.

The blast also left 6 others dead and 18 injured, sources said.

The attack took place when Bashir Bilour was exiting the residence of a local ANP leader following a meeting along with his personal secretary and SHO Kabuli Police Station.

Both the personal secretary Noor Mohammed as well as the SHO, Sattar Khan were killed on the spot while 18 others were injured. According to hospital sources, Bashir Bilour was brought to the hospital in critical condition and was unconscious. 

Bashir Bilour – who repeatedly termed the fight against terrorism as ‘our own battle’ – had received critical wounds to his chest and stomach.

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan have claimed responsibility for the attack.