- Ghulam Ahmad Bilour
Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour (b. december 1939) is a senior vice President in the
Awami National Party (ANP) and present Federal minister of local government inPakistan . A present and former two time Federal Minister in Pakistan, he has played a significant role in the ANP and its predecessor, the National Awami Party. [ [http://www.dawn.com.pk/weekly/herald/herald116.htm District Profile: Central NWFP – Peshawar] ]Bilour got his early education from the Khudad Model School and Islamia School Peshawar. He did his intermediate from Edwards College and got married soon afterwards. As a youth, Bilour participated in the election campaign of
Fatima Jinnah . He, however, joined active politics from the platform of the Awami National Party (ANP) in the 1970s and ever since has remained with the nationalist party. [ [http://jang.com.pk/thenews/may2008-weekly/nos-11-05-2008/pol1.htm#3 Personifying the art of politics] The NEWS on Sunday 5-11-08. Retrieved 5-11-08]A
Hindko speaker, he was a close associate of non-violentPakhtun leaderBacha Khan he has been elected from Peshawar as Member of the National Assembly four times. He is also a prominent businessman in Peshawar. The eldest of four brothers, his family is one of many political dynasties in the North-West Frontier Province. [ [http://elections.com.pk/candidatedetails.php?id=10796 Ghulam Bilour profile] ]Ghulam Bilour is believed to be an aspirant for the party leadership after the present President
Asfandyar Wali Khan completes his term in office.References
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