Ilyas Ahmed Bilour Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Senator
Ilyas Ahmed Bilour
Office:Member of the Senate of Pakistan
Term Start:March 2012
Nationality:Pakistani
Party:Awami National Party
Relatives:Ghulam Ahmad Bilour (brother)
Bashir Ahmad Bilour (brother)
Haroon Bilour (nephew)[1]
Birth Date:1 July 1940
Birth Place:Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Ilyas Ahmed Bilour (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|الیاس احمد بلور) is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of Senate of Pakistan, since March 2012.

Early life and education

Ilyas was born into a political family on 9 January 1940 in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from where he got his early education, earning his Faculty of Arts degree from the Edwardes College.[2]

He holds a degree of Bachelor of Arts which he received from the University of Karachi in 1969. He also holds the degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing which he obtained from Al-Khair University, Azad Jammu and Kashmir in 1999.[3]

Business career

Ilyas has served as the managing director of the company Flour and General Mills (Pvt.) Ltd.

Political career

Ilyas was elected to the Senate of Pakistan as a candidate of Awami National Party in 2012 Pakistani Senate election.[4] [5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. News: The unending tragedies of Peshawar’s Bilour family. The News. 16 July 2018. 15 July 2023. Sabir. Shah.
  2. Biographical Encyclopedia of Pakistan: Millennium 2000, Research Institute of Historiography, Biography and Philosophy, 2001, p. 346
  3. Web site: Profile. www.senate.gov.pk. Senate of Pakistan. 28 January 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170707033131/http://senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=810. 7 July 2017.
  4. News: PPP contacts N for unopposed Senate slots election. 28 January 2018. The Nation. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180128155609/https://nation.com.pk/12-Mar-2012/ppp-contacts-n-for-unopposed-senate-slots-election. 28 January 2018.
  5. News: PPP dominates Senate elections. 28 January 2018. www.geo.tv. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180128154748/https://www.geo.tv/latest/40747-ppp-dominates-senate-elections. 28 January 2018.
  6. News: Senate elections: Despite drama, upset, PPP comes out on top - The Express Tribune. 28 January 2018. The Express Tribune. 3 March 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150712123457/http://tribune.com.pk/story/344818/senate-elections-despite-drama-upset-ppp-comes-out-on-top/. 12 July 2015.