Quran Khawani for Haroon Bilour

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PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Olympic Association’s vice president and president of KP Olympic Association, Syed Aqil Shah, office-bearers of various sports bodies and officials of the directorate of sports held a Quran Khawani at the Qayyum Sports Complex on Saturday for Haroon Bilour, who was martyred in a suicide blast on Tuesday night.

Haroon Bilour was also vice president of KP Olympic Association. Besides, members of print and electronic media, KP Sports Writers Association also attended the event.

Aqil Shah, a former sports minister, said late Haroon Bilour had rendered valuable services for promotion of sports in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and always extended support to different associations both financially and morally.

Published in Dawn, July 15th, 2018

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