Prolonged illness: Ghulam Bilour’s wife passes away
A day earlier, she was rushed to a private hospital when her condition deteriorated rapidly
Ghulam Bilour is brought to a hospital after the blast. PHOTO: MUHAMMAD IQBAL/EXPRESS
PESHAWAR:
Khurshid Begum, the wife of Awami National Party (ANP) leader and former minister for Railways Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, passed away after a prolonged illness on Wednesday.
Ghulam’s brother Bashir Bilour was one of the leading voices against extremism before he was killed in a suicide attack. Bashir was a senior K-P minister and leader of ANP. During his life, the then president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, awarded Bashir Bilour the Tamgha-e-Shujaat for his services.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 7th, 2016.
Khurshid Begum, the wife of Awami National Party (ANP) leader and former minister for Railways Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, passed away after a prolonged illness on Wednesday.
A day earlier, she was rushed to a private hospital when her condition deteriorated rapidly.
Her funeral prayers will be offered 11am at Wazir Bagh on Thursday (today). Ghulam Bilour was a member of the National Assembly from NA-1 Peshawar and served as railways minister on two occasions. The couple lost their only son, Shabbir Ahmad Bilour, in a firing incident at a polling booth in Wazir Bagh during the 1997 general elections.
Ghulam’s brother Bashir Bilour was one of the leading voices against extremism before he was killed in a suicide attack. Bashir was a senior K-P minister and leader of ANP. During his life, the then president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, awarded Bashir Bilour the Tamgha-e-Shujaat for his services.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 7th, 2016.