Sunni politician again receives threat of suicidal attack from takfiri terrorists

The senior politician and ANP general secretary Mian Iftikhar Hussain who has lost a son due to terrorist attack, has once again received a ‘suicide attack’ threat and he says this time it is ‘serious’.

He has received the warning about attempt on his life at a time when he himself and his party leaders and workers have announced to take to streets to protest alleged rigging in the elections and demand fair re-elections.
“I am concerned as this time there was no mention of my name in any recent Nacta briefings, just like late Haroon Bilour, yet I have received this serious threat alert from all the civil and military authorities concerned. This is what worries me,” Mr Hussain said.
ANP leader says this time he is being presented as soft target
“It has been learnt that militant commander Asif alias Kamran Haji, based in Kunar province of Afghanistan, has planned to target ANP leader Mian Iftikhar Hussain. It has been further learnt that a suicide bomber probably a woman/child has been arranged for the said purpose,” says the threat alert. The alert cautions to take extreme vigilance and suggests heightened security measures to avoid any untoward incident.
It is relevant to add here that militants who have been targeting Pakistan and Pakistanis are Wahhabis-allied Deobandi takfiris from Taliban, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi/Sipah-e-Sahaba (ASWJ).
“I feel as if this time I am not mentioned in any lists shared by the government. I think this time I am being presented as an easy target,” said the ANP leader, who seemed helpless with situation as his party that opposed militancy and approved a military operation against militants in the past, lost the elections badly. He alleged that it was done through rigging in which Election Commission of Pakistan, army and caretaker government were in collusion.
Despite threats, Mr Hussian said, he decided like his party to openly go out and campaign as such threats kept them out of the election in 2013.
He said that he was worried in the present situation as he along with other ANP leadership was made to lose the elections. He said that they were being silenced through such threats.
“This is unjust that we were defeated through rigged elections and we also get such threats. I have no clue what to do about it,” said the ANP leader. He said that he would continue to raise his voice.
Mr Hussain had been information minister in the ANP government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during a sensitive time when not only tribal areas but militancy infested Swat, Malakand and other parts of the province.