ANP remembers slain Bashir Bilour on 7th death anniversary

The Awami National Party on Sunday paid homage to its slain leader Bashir Bilour who was killed in a suicide attack in Peshawar seven years ago.

Addressing a condolence reference at the Baacha Khan Markaz, the party’s provincial secretariat in Pirabad, ANP leaders maintained that their party’s unparalleled services for peace and harmony in the country would not go in vain and always be remembered. A large number of party workers attended the event.

Shahi Syed, the ANP Sindh president, said Bilour was a man of great character who achieved martyrdom for the cause of motherland and represented the party’s true face.

He said the ANP had been a target because it raised voice for the rights of people and against terrorism.

Criticising the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led federal government, Syed said “the days of the selected government are numbered”.

“The present rulers do not have the ability and capability to run the government,” he said.

Younas Bunairee, the ANP’s provincial secretary-general, said: “Bilour was a true follower of Baacha Khan, the party’s ideologue whose non-violence philosophy had now been widely applauded”.

“The ANP have had a long list of martyred workers and leaders. However, it could not have been silenced,” he said.