Reactions to Bashir Bilour’s death on social media
People expressed grief over the loss.
@JavedAzizKhan1: Journalist Javed Aziz Khan said in reference to Bilour, ‘the killing of a person can make a few houses sad, but the death of some has the power to sadden nations’.
@asadmunir38: Asad Munir, a former intelligence officer, said ‘sorry Bashir Bilour, we as a national let you down, you as a brave man stood against the terrorists but we bring failed to support you’.
@husainhaqqani: Husain Haqqani, former Pakistan ambassador to United States, changed his picture on the social media site to ‘honour the memory of anti-Taliban ANP leader Bashir Bilour’.
Danish Baber, a drama writer, wrote on Facebook that ‘Bilour’s death is a great loss to the Pakhtuns and no one will be able to fill his space. He always stood up against terrorism and reached the spot of any terrorist incident.’
Published in The Express Tribune, December 24th, 2012.
@asadmunir38: Asad Munir, a former intelligence officer, said ‘sorry Bashir Bilour, we as a national let you down, you as a brave man stood against the terrorists but we bring failed to support you’.
@husainhaqqani: Husain Haqqani, former Pakistan ambassador to United States, changed his picture on the social media site to ‘honour the memory of anti-Taliban ANP leader Bashir Bilour’.
Danish Baber, a drama writer, wrote on Facebook that ‘Bilour’s death is a great loss to the Pakhtuns and no one will be able to fill his space. He always stood up against terrorism and reached the spot of any terrorist incident.’
Published in The Express Tribune, December 24th, 2012.