Samar Haroon Bilour

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Samar Haroon Bilour

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| office = Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

| term_start = 24 October 2018

| term end =

| constituency = PK-78 (Peshawar-XIII)

| nationality = Pakistani

| otherparty = ANP (2018-2025)

| party = PMLN (2025-present)

| spouse = Haroon Bilour{{cite web|url=https://menafn.com/1097568566/ANP-candidate-wife-of-shaheed-Haroon-BilourSamar-Bilour-wins-PK78|title=ANP candidate, wife of shaheed Haroon Bilour , Samar Bilour wins PK-78|last=MENAFN|date=|website=menafn.com|accessdate=15 October 2018}}

| children =

| father = Irfanullah Khan Marwat{{cite news|url=https://www.arabnews.pk/node/1634406/pakistan|title=First elected female lawmaker in Peshawar carries family legacy|work=Arab News|date=28 February 2020|access-date=15 July 2023}}

| relations = Ghulam Ishaq Khan (grandfather){{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/342321-the-unending-tragedies-of-peshawar-s-bilour-family|title=The unending tragedies of Peshawar's Bilour family|work=The News|date=16 July 2018|access-date=15 July 2023|first=Sabir|last=Shah}}
Bashir Ahmad Bilour (father-in-law)

| term_end = 18 January 2023

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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 the 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/214780-by-election-2018-unofficial-unverified-results|title=By-Election 2018: PTI, PML-N win four NA seats each|author=|date=|website=geo.tv|accessdate=15 October 2018}} With this election, Samar became the first woman to be elected on a general seat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assembly in sixteen years.{{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/381094-samar-bilour-to-be-first-woman-mpa-in-16-years|title=Samar Bilour to be first woman MPA in 16 years|author=|date=|website=thenews.com.pk|accessdate=15 October 2018}}

She became provincial Secretary Information of Awami National Party Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 4 June 2020.

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