Samar Haroon Bilour
Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
In office
24 October 2018  18 January 2023
ConstituencyPK-78 (Peshawar-XIII)
Personal details
NationalityPakistani
Political partyAwami National Party
SpouseHaroon Bilour[1]
RelationsGhulam Ishaq Khan (grandfather)[2]
Bashir Ahmad Bilour (father-in-law)[3]
Parent

Samar Haroon Bilour is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from October 2018 till January 2023.

Political career

Samar was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a candidate of Awami National Party (ANP) from the constituency PK-78 in 2018 Pakistani by-elections held on 14 October 2018. She defeated Muhammad Irfan Abdul Salman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Samar garnered 20,916 votes while her closest rival secured 16,819 votes.[4] With this election, Samar became the first woman to be elected on a general seat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly in sixteen years.[5] She became provincial Secretary Information of Awami National Party Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 4 June 2020.

References

  1. MENAFN. "ANP candidate, wife of shaheed Haroon Bilour , Samar Bilour wins PK-78". menafn.com. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  2. Shah, Sabir (16 July 2018). "The unending tragedies of Peshawar's Bilour family". The News. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  3. 1 2 "First elected female lawmaker in Peshawar carries family legacy". Arab News. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  4. "By-Election 2018: PTI, PML-N win four NA seats each". geo.tv. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  5. "Samar Bilour to be first woman MPA in 16 years". thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 15 October 2018.


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