PARACHINAR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chairman Imran Khan cancelled his visit scheduled for Friday (today) to Parachinar, the headquarters of Kurram tribal area.

Addressing a press conference here at the press club on Thursday, PTI candidate for NA-46 Iqbal Syed Mian said that Imran Khan had cancelled his visit to Parachinar after the Peshawar suicide attack.

He said that the PTI chairman was due to address a public meeting in Parachinar in connection with his election campaign. He had planned to start his election campaign in tribal areas from Parachinar.

PTI has also allotted tickets to its candidates in other tribal areas, including North Waziristan, Khyber, Orakzai, Khyber, Mohmand, Bajaur and Frontier Regions.

Published in Dawn, July 13th, 2018

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