Federal Railways Minister Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour has refused to withdraw his statement of announcing head money for the US producer of blasphemous film despite strong US reaction and pressure of the government and the Awami Natioal Party.
Sources said that the Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf spoke with ANP Pesident Asfandyar Wali and the ANP took into confidence KPK senior Minister Bashir Bilour and Senator Ilyas Bilour and asked them to persuade Ghulam Bilour to withdraw the statement.
However, according to these sources, the Railways Minister says he was bound by his religion and as a Pakistani Muslim and Pakhtoon there was no question of his taking back the announcement.
He said he would remain committed to his announcement and it does not matter to him if some one was annoyed over it.