The death toll in the suicide bombing
in
Parachinar,
capital
of
Kurram
Agency
in
the
Federally
Administered
Tribal
Areas
(FATA),
on
February
16
has
increased
to
47,
Daily Times reported. As reported earlier, a suicide bomber on February
16
rammed
his
explosives-laden
car
into
the
election
office
of
an
independent
candidate
in
Parachinar
city.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission
(EC)
on
February
17
announced
that
it
had
postponed
the
February
18
polls
in
NA-37
Parachinar.
EC
Secretary
Kanwar
Dilshad
told
Geo Television that the general elections had been delayed after the
provincial
government
requested
the
centre
to
do
so
in
view
of
the
volatile
security
situation
that
had
gripped
the
area
after
the
suicide
blast.
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