Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour son of Bilour Din Khan was born on 25 December 1939 in Peshawar.He is a senior vice President in the Awami National Party (ANP) and present Federal Railways minister in Pakistan. A present and former two time Federal Minister in Pakistan, he has played a significant role in the ANP and its predecessor, the National Awami Party.

Bilour got his early education from the Khudad Model School and Islamia School Peshawar. He did his intermediate from Edwards College and got married soon afterwards. As a youth, Bilour participated in the election campaign of Fatima Jinnah. He, however, joined active politics from the platform of the Awami National Party (ANP) in the 1970s and ever since has remained with the nationalist party.

A Hindko speaker, he was a close associate of non-violent Pakhtun leader Bacha Khan he has been elected from Peshawar as Member of the National Assembly four times. He is also a prominent businessman in Peshawar. The eldest of four brothers, his family is one of many political dynasties in the North-West Frontier Province.

Ghulam Bilour is believed to be an aspirant for the party leadership after the present President Asfandyar Wali Khan completes his term in office. He got elected as MNA by defeating Ayub Shah of PPP from NA-1, Peshwar1.

He is currently federal minister for railways in the cabinet of Makhdoom Yousaf Raza Gilani.