- Ilyas Bilour passes away at age 84 at 4am as we speak, says brother.
- Ghulam says deceased was affected by kidney illness.
- Former senator’s funeral to be held in Peshawar on Sunday.
Awami Nationwide Celebration (ANP) chief and former senator Ilyas Ahmad Bilour breathed his final in Peshawar, his get together confirmed on Saturday.
“Brother of Haji Ghulam Ahmed Bilour, Shaheed Bashir Ahmed Bilour, Aziz Ahmed Bilour and father of Ghazanfar Bilour [former] senator Ilyas Ahmed Bilour has handed away,” stated ANP chief Samar Haroon Bilour posted on social media web site X.
Confirming Ilyas’s demise on the age of 84, the deceased’s brother and senior get together chief Ghulam Ahmed stated that the previous lawmaker was affected by a kidney illness and had been receiving therapy at a hospital in Peshawar for a number of months. He handed away at 4am, he said.
The previous was a member of the higher home of parliament from 2012 to 2018, and was affiliated with the ANP for the reason that starting of his political journey.
Nonetheless, he ceased his political actions after his son Ghazanfar joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) — a rival get together of the ANP.
Offering particulars of the funeral, Samar stated that the need happen at Peshawar’s Wazir Bagh at 2pm tomorrow (Sunday) and the deceased shall be laid to relaxation in his ancestral graveyard.
Throughout his political profession, Ilyas had served in numerous capacities together with vice chairman of Standing Committee of IPU on Sustainable Growth, Finance and Commerce for Asia Pacific and Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Business.
As a businessman, aside from being a life member of SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Business, the politician had additionally served as Pak-Asia Enterprise Council chairman and was twice elected because the president of Indo-Pak Chamber of Commerce and Business.
Reacting to the grim information, President Asif Ali Zardari expressed deep grief and sorrow over the demise of former senator.
The president supplied his heartfelt condolences to the members of the family and prayed for braveness for the bereaved household.
Praying for the departed sourl, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif lauded the politician’s providers for representing the general public with excellence.
“Ilyas’s [Ahmad Bilour] exceptional providers for the welfare of the individuals are commendable [….] The late chief’s political contributions shall be remembered,” stated the premier based on an announcement issued by the PM Workplace Press Wing.
In the meantime, KP Governor Faisal Karim Kundi additionally expressed sorrow over the ANP chief’s demise and stated that his political and social providers weren’t hidden from anybody.