Deadly Peshawar mosque attack clouds Pakistan election timeline

Leaders ask for unity against terrorism after suicide bombing kills at least 100

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Soldiers and rescue workers survey the damage after a suicide blast in a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan. © Reuters

ADNAN AAMIR, Contributing writer

ISLAMABAD -- This week's devastating suicide bombing in Pakistan's city of Peshawar looks likely to have political reverberations, potentially delaying local polls and undermining former Prime Minister Imran Khan's strategy to force an early national election.

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