Demise of Bashir Bilour is a great loss to the Nation – Mr. Tariq Sayeed, VP CACCI and Former President SAARC Chamber Of Commerce and Industry

Islamabad, December 24, 2012 (PPI-OT): Mr. Tariq Sayeed, VP CACCI and Former President SAARC CCI along with a large prominent delegation of businessmen and presidents of various chambers of commerce and industry attended the funeral prayer of Mr. Bashir Ahmed Bilour, Senior Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. On this occasion Mr. Sayeed said Mr. Bilour was a brave politician whose services and struggle against terrorism would always be remembered and his demise is a great loss to the Nation. He condemned the suicide attack on Mr. Bashir Ahmed Bilour and termed it a cowardly act.

Talking to his brothers Mr. Ilyas Ahmed Bilour, Haji Ghulam Ahmed Bilour and Mr. Aziz Bilour, Mr. Sayeed assured the complete support and solidarity that the business community of Pakistan stands by them in this hour of darkness and shares their loss. He prayed to Allah Almighty to rest the departed soul in eternal peace and grant courage to all members of the bereaved family to bear this loss with patience and fortitude.

The Delegation included Mr. Manazir A. Nasir, Mr. Zubair F. Tufail-Fr. VP FPCCI Mr. Haroon Rashid-VP FPCCI, Mirza Abdul Rehman – VP FPCCI, Malik Sohail Hussian, Chairman Media, Diplomatic Affairs and Public Relations FPCCI, Mr. Zafar Bukhtawari – President ICCI, Mr. Munawar Mughal- Former President ICCI, Mr. Muzammil H. Sabri, Mr. Zahid Maqbool- Former President ICCI, and Mr. Zubair Ahmed Malik, Former Vice President FPCCI attended the funeral prayer of Senior Minister and workers of Awami National Party who was martyred on Saturday in a suicide attack in Peshawar.

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