Awami Nationwide Social gathering (ANP) chief and former senator Ilyas Ahmad Bilour handed away on the age of 84 after extended sickness, his occasion confirmed on Saturday.
The announcement was made by ANP chief Samar Haroon Bilour in a social media put up on X, which learn: “Brother of Haji Ghulam Ahmed Bilour, Shaheed Bashir Ahmed Bilour, Aziz Ahmed Bilour and father of Ghazanfar Bilour [former] senator Ilyas Ahmad Bilour has handed away.”
Additional confirming Ilyas’s demise, the deceased’s brother and senior occasion chief Ghulam Ahmed mentioned 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 because the starting of his political journey.
Nevertheless, he ceased his political actions after his son Ghazanfar joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) — a rival occasion of the ANP.
Offering particulars of the funeral, Samar mentioned that the desire happen at Peshawar’s Wazir Bagh at 2pm tomorrow (Sunday) and the deceased might 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, other than 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 provided 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] outstanding providers for the welfare of the individuals are commendable [….] The late chief’s political contributions might be remembered,” mentioned the premier in keeping with 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 mentioned that his political and social providers weren’t hidden from anybody.