Bashir Ahmad Bilour

Bashir Ahmad Bilour (Pashto: بشیر احمد بلور; 1 August 1943 – 22 December 2012) was a Pakistani member of the provincial assembly of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Senior Minister for Local Government and Rural Development of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

He was a member of Peshawar High Court Bar as a lawyer and took part in active politics from the platform of Awami National Party since 1970.

He remained MPA for 5 consecutive times, from 1990 - 2012 until his martyrdom bashir bilour remained in parliament and was part of the cabinet as minister 4 times for KPK then NWFP, He was the parliamentary leader and was the only MPA of ANP even after the MMA wave when Ghulam Ahmad Bilour[3] and many others lost.

[5] On 22 December 2012, Bilour was leaving after attending a meeting of ANP workers at a private residence in Peshawar, when he was attacked and critically injured by a suicide bomber at 6:15 pm.

[6] The funeral prayer for him was held at Colonel Sher Khan Army Stadium on 23 December 2012 with at least 20,000 people despite threats.