History of Pakistan #01| When A General Refused Quaid-e-Azam's Order
War broke out with the creation of Pakistan fewer countries in the world who faced war with their inception Pakistan is among one of those countries Pakistan was dragged an unwanted war when India invaded Kashmir, just two months after freedom Kashmir was among those 560 princely states which had to decide among Pakistan or India Since Kashmir bordered with Pakistan and was Muslims majority state, so accession with Pakistan was natural But Kashmir's Maharaja Hury Singh secretively affiliated Kashmir to India and started massacring pro Pakistanis The Kashmiris revolted Thousands of tribesman from Pakistan came to help their Kashmiri brethren When tribesmen with Kashmir fighters approached Srinagar Maharajah fled to Delhi.
Where he signed accession papers with India After this, India landed his armies in Kashmir and captured Srinagar Douglas Grecy was then head of the armed forces of pakistan in spite of clear directions of Quaid e azam he refused to fight with India However when India strengthened its occupation, Grecy has no objections over sending troops But obviously it was too late Yet the Pak Army managed to secure Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir.
The war was on when India took this issue to the United Nations The UN approved the resolution of plebiscite in Kashmir But resolution was unfair as it did not declared India as Invader, Instead it said Pakistan to withdraw his forces Quid e Azam rejected this resolution saying it unjust However, after his death, Prime Minister Liaqat Ali Khan accepted truce under this resolution so Kashmir war ended on 1 January 1949. Newborn, helpless state, who was facing war had to face another tragedy.
History of Pakistan #02 | Last Moments of Muhammad Ali Jinnah Qaid-e-Azam
In 1948, resource less Pakistan was into war On the other hand founder of Pakistan was ill But illness never stopped him from serving Pakistan In this era problems were huge but people of Pakistan were motivated along with financial crisis, Pakistan was facing the burden of 15 lac refugees Apart from these difficulties, one of the main issues was that there was no constitution of Pakistan then So the British constitution of 1935 was enforced in Pakistan after minor changes Pakistan became the member of United Nations on September 30, 1947.
Iran was first country who recognized Pakistan Pakistan's national flag was first hoisted in France But one thing that maybe few people know there was only one country in the world who refused to recognize Pakistan And the country was the brother Islamic country Afghanistan These were the conditions when Quid e Azam Brought Karachi from Ziarat in critical condition when he arrived at the airport, he was looking very weak A dysfunctional ambulance were sent with a nurse to receive him This ambulance too stopped before reaching to the Quid's house It took an hour to arrive another ambulance Ms. Fatima Jinnah was fanning hand fan in the ambulance this is still mystery that sending dysfunctional ambulance Was a conspiracy or communications gap It is also said that Liaqat Ali Khan was not even aware about the arrival of Quid e Azam.
The other excuse that is offered is that at that time there were only two ambulances in Karachi One of which was sent for Quid e Azam may be it was historical communication error But many people still believe that sending dysfunctional ambulance was actually a conspiracy When Quid e Azam arrived home, he was too week to walk In the last moments there was no one with him except his sister Ms. Fatima Jinnah and personal doctor According to the people present there Quid e Azam's last words were God Pakistan after saying this Quid e Azam passed away 6 lac people were there in Quid e Azam's funeral According to the will of Quid e Azam Allama Shabir Ahmad Usmani paid funeral prayer And Khawaja Nazimuddin was appointed as second governor general of Pakistan.
History of Pakistan #03 | Who Killed Liaqat Ali Khan?
After Quid e Azam's death power games started in political houses If anyone was able to handle all the mess after Quid e Azam , he was Khan Liaqat Ali Khan, first Prime Minister After the founder Pakistan, Liaqat Ali Khan was all in all and started making all important decisions of Pakistan this was the time when on one hand, the Constitution of Pakistan was in being And on the other hand Pakistan had to make one of the most important decisions of its history It was a decision which block to choose in cold war, US or USSR or staying Non-Aligned Pakistan did this historic decision in favor of America Although Pakistan had the option of being neutral like India Liaqat Ali Khan was invited by both Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin and US President Harry Truman. But he prefer to go to Washington instead of Moscow as expected , he was welcomed warmly in Washington.
This US visit made PAK-USSR relation troubled Due to the friendship with the US, Pakistan got involved in the maze of global politics and cold war As a result, its integrity and authority was greatly damaged The biggest loss was that Pakistan lost the way of independent foreign policy And turned into a tool in the hands of world powers The last year of Liaqat Ali Khan era was tumultuous In 1951.
Major General Akbar Khan tried to overturn the government This attempt failed and all characters involved got arrested This was the first non-political effort to overthrow the governments in Pakistani history On October 16, 1951, Liaqat Ali Khan came to the stage to address the Muslim League's rally in Rawalpindi one of the participant in rally, Syed Akbar shot a bullet at Prime Minister bullet get into chest and the first prime minister of Pakistan was killed in the middle of thousands of people It is said that Liaqat Ali Khan's last word were... ... Allah protect Pakistan ... the tragedy was that basic evidence present on the field... means the shooter Syed Akbar killed by police on the spot The investigation of this murder was carried very non-seriously One of the proof is that when Lahore High Court ordered to produce file of PM murder case.
The Additional Advocate General gave a surprising response He said, "My lord, The file of Liaqat Ali Khan murder case has been lost." The investigation of this murder never carried But in newspapers, such news published that America and Afghanistan are behind the murder of Liaqat Ali Khan Political experts say that if the investigation of Pakistan's first political assassination was done rightly Pakistan's history would be different Liaqat Ali Khan's death made the PM post of pakistan, a joke puppets came and gone tragedy was that puppet operator was disable and paralysed person, who unfortunately was all in all How did a disable person become the all power full man in Pakistan?
History of Pakistan # 04 | When a paralyzed man was Governor General of Pakistan
How did this happen that after the death of Liaqat Ali Khan, a paralyzed man become all in all of Pakistan The story was that after Liaqat Ali Khan, Muslim league made a decision that proved disastrous After Liaqat needed a dynamic person, responsible of constitution making and handling state affairs for this purpose, Governor General Khawaja Nazimuddin was shifted to the post of PM The Governor General had great powers under British law, but he did not use them officially Therefore, considering harmless, Ghulam Mohammad was promoted as Governor Paralyzed Ghulam Mohammad was a bureauucrat he was never part of Pakistan Movement That's why he was unable to understand the public expectations Furthermore, due to paralysis, no one was able to understand his conversation His
American Secretary worked as his translator Pakistan was constitution less nation still, and country was governed under the British Act of 1935 In this act, Governor General had great powers Ghulam Mohammad decided to take advantage of this, rather to assume the role of the Father of the Nation he used his powers fully, beyond any sense of legality or illegality.
In his era there were two major events occurred in Pakistan first, in east Pakistan protesters were fired, who were protesting in favor of Bangla language Second, martial law was enforced in Lahore to crush the movement against the Ahmadis And this was the first martial law of Pakistan, imposed on a single city Lahore Not only this but by taking undue advantage of his powers, Ghulam Mohammad dismissed PM Khawaja Nazimuddin, Khawaja Nazimuddin appealed to Queen of England to disapprove this decision But unfortunately, the UK, who calls itself the oldest democracy, refused to accept this democratic appeal Ghulam Mohammad appointed Ambassador to the United States Bogra as PM replacing Nazimuddin.
After only one year, in 1954, Ghulam Mohammad also dismissed the Legislative Assembly though the draft of Pakistan's first constitution was almost ready One reason for dissolving the assembly was that under the new constitution, governor's powers had to reduce It is also said that, his act had full support from Army Chief General Ayub Khan. see the irony that sitting Army Chief Ayub Khan was appointed as Minister of Defense And thus, Khakis were first introduced in Power politics.
History of Pakistan #05 | Maulvi Tamizuddin Case Explained
In 1954, democracy in Pakistan was budding up When Governor General Ghulam Mohammad dissolved constitutional assembly which was assigned the duty of making constitution Governor took this step using powers provided in 1935 act of slavery era Maulvi Tameez ud din, speaker of the same dissolved assembly, did practical efforts to put Pakistan on democratic track He went to Sindh High Court against the decision of dissolving the assembly And pleaded that the Governor General's decision to be rejected Because Pakistan is a free and independent country, which can not be run under the act of slavery era Sindh High Court restored the assembly.
Democracy won temporarily and it was hopped that Pakistan would move on a democratic track But this hope died down when Supreme Court Chief Justice Mohammad Munir dismissed the decision of Sindh High Court chief justice and other judges justified Governor General's move under the Constitution of the 1935 act this bleak law of necessity was decided in Court with 4-1 in favor of Governor Judges who justified governor general's move were Justice Muneer, Justice Muhammad Shareef, Justice Muhammad Akram and Justice S.A Rehman And the only judge who contradicted them was Justice Allen Robert Cornelius He wrote in his dissent not that Pakistan is a free and independent country.
His assembly can not be dismissed under the Act of 1935. This decision led to the theory of necessity Which benefited all the dictators afterward But it proved irreparable loss for democracy in the meantime Governor General Ghulam Mohammad's health was also falling down Despite his bad health, he was not ready to let go power in 1955 Skandar Mirza and General Ayub sent him abroad for treatment and forced him to resign. Sikandar Mirza became the new governor general of Pakistan Former Governor General Ghulam Muhammad's health never revived and he died after on year The new Governor General continued the process of destruction started by Ghulam Mohammad he never showed interest in constitution making, nor he tried to improve the worsening situation of East Pakistan Although Mirza was himself from East Pakistan.
History of Pakistan #06 | When Gawadar became a part of Pakistan
In 1955, when Governor General Ghulam Muhammad was dismissed bureaucracy strengthened its hold on country's affairs. Military involvement was at its extreme. Major General retd. Skander Mirza, who was also an ex-bureaucrat, became Governer General thus, practically government went into the control of Military establishment. Skander Mirza was aspirant man who was wishing to rule for longer period He believed that if he involve his friend, Army Chief General Ayub Khan, in his government than his desire can be fulfilled. Hence, he did likewise.
In order to keep the record of history straight, we would like to tell you that Skander Mirza was great great grandson of Mir Jafar. the same Mir Jafar, who, for the sake of giving way to the British in Bengal, deceived Muslim ruler, Nawab Siraj ud Daula. Skander Mirza's period was a era of shame for Pakistan's democracy. Within 3 years, Skander Mirza dismissed 5 prime ministers, making premiership a joke. On this, Indian Prime Minister, Nehru commented that I dont change "Dhooti" as fast as Pakistan changes its prime ministers. The first target of Skander Mirza was Prime Minister Mohammed Ali Bogra He was replaced by a bureaucrat, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali. But this partnership didnt last more than a year. And in 1956, he too was send home.
On Chaudhry's place, Hussain Shaheed Suharwardi was made prime minister But when Hussain Shaheed Suharwardy tried to take power in his hands, he too was forced by skander Mirza to leave the position On Suharwardy's place, Ibrahim Ismail Chandrigarh, also known as I. I. Chandrigarh became prime minister of Pakistan But only aster 2 months, he too was dismissed. On his place, Malik Feroze Khan Noon was made 7th prime minister of Pakistan and he was first Pakistani prime minister who came from Punjab. Before him all prime ministers and governor generals, except Quaid e Azam, were from East Pakistan or Muhajirs. Prime Minister Feroze Khan Noon merged Gawader Port into Pakistan In British era, this port was given to Arab Sultanate of Oman.
Malik Feroze Khan Noon paid $1 crore to Oman and annexed Gawadar into Pakistan. It is said that Akber Bugti played an important role in this deal. From those prime ministers who were being dismissed frequently by Skander Mirza for his own pleasure, one was Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, who, while, leaving PM house, completed the 1956 constitution of Pakistan. With this first constitution of Pakistan, Skander Mirza became Pakistan's first President from governor general And with this same constitution, Pakistan became totally free from British crown and became an independent and a sovereign state.
As constitution was made so came the electoral phase in the country This was an epic moment for Pakistan But for Skander Mirza and General Ayub it was a great sorrow. Mirza and Ayub both knew that if they did not take some step before elections, then they would never taste the joy of ruling in Pakistan because Ayub Khan was going to retire and from new assembly Skander Mirza wont be able to win the vote of confidence In this situation he did what frightened dictators do On 7 October 1958, Skander Mirza dismissed the government, annulled the constitution and announced Martial Law in the country Skander Mirza wasnt uniformed army man That's why this record of history should remain straight that in Pakistan first ever country-wide Martial Law wasnt imposed by Army rather a bureaucrat President from Bengal He made his powerful partner of strategm, General Ayub, Chief Martial Law Administrator.
When General Ayub realized that Skander Mirza's rule and Martial Law is relying on him he expelled Skander Mirza from rule and send him into exile. Ayub Khan addressed the nation, announced country-wide martial law officially and this is how in Paksitan, democracy was replaced by "Mere Aziz Humwatno!!"(My respected countrymen) Shuja Nawaz wrote in his book, Crossswords ,that the person who implanted General Ayub on Pakistan was this Skander Mirza.
Because when in Pakistan, replacement of British General by a local General as an Army Chief was being discussed then Skander Mirza was Secretary of Defense of Liaquat Ali Khan's government. He convinced Prime Minister that Junior-most General Ayub Khan should be promoted as Army Chief Probably this was the reason that Skander Mirza thought Ayub Khan would be thankful for his benevolence But he forgot that in power games there is no weapon called "morality" See the helplessness of Skander Mirza, that once he used to be all in all in the whole country.
After every couple of months he used to change prime ministers depending on his mood And then what happened after exile, that he was not even buried in his country's land Skander Mirza died on 1969 in London, and was buried in Iran's capital, Tehran Whilst he was alive, he used to receive stipend from Queen of Britain, because he was loyal only to her Now in Pakistan, instead of Skander Mirza, General Ayub's rule had been started Many people consider Ayub's Martial Law's era as Pakistan's Golden Age of progress On the other hand, some people regard this as tale of Pakistan's period of destruction.
History of Pakistan #07 | Ayub Khan's Era, Progress or catastrophe?
In 1958, Pakistan's first Martial law imposed And Ayub Khan became all in all in Pakistan It is very important to know two points about Ayub khan before independence, Ayub was captain Army and worked as secret agent for the British. He used to tell the British officers the names of soldiers who spoke against the British Raj It was probably the reason that Quid e Azam warned the political leadership about him Secondly, General Ayub had hatred for both democracy and politicians He expressed this after taking over, government in an interview with the American journalist In which he said politicians were plundering, so he had to take over.
He was the first dictator who used to say that the people are not mature enough to exercise the right to vote. his hatred for democracy and politician expressed itself in EBDO and PRODA, laws Under these laws seven thousand politicians were disqualified for seven years including names like Hussain Shaheed Sohrvardi and Feroz Khan Nun Corruption charges were accuse disqualifying those people even today when a politician disqualified corruption charges or blamed as security risk, people say that history is repeating it self After disqualifying politicians, Ayub Khan formed a constitution of his own will And declared the election under the same Constitution in 1965 power thirst was so visible that Ayub was President of PML and also presidential candidate.
There was no politician left in the field because all the important politicians were disqualified under various charges The opposition was badly divided Ayub Khan believed that he was very popular and would win easily under these circumstances opposition played a wonderful trick they unanimously nominated as presidential candidate against Ayub Khan In those circumstances, she was the single hope of Pakistan General Ayub Khan was afraid of Ms. Fatima Jinnah Fatima Jinnah was surely popular in both East Pakistan and West Pakistan But Ayub Khan, instead of a healthy competition, started a character assassination campaign against Ms. Jinnah. Ms Jinnah was declared Indian agent and traitor 1965's controversial election were rigged, in which Ayub Khan, won Such a big injustice make Ayub Khan disgraced public figure Nationwide protests started against Ayub Khan And sloganeering against Ayub started in the streets of Pakistan two incidents influenced country's economic condition, which was political blow for Ayub first incident was September 1965 war In which Pakistan defended successfully Indian invasion At this America got angry with Pakistan.
The reason was that Pakistan's deal with US was that Pakistan would not use US weapons against India But obviously, in war, Pakistan used its entire military might against India, but US aid stopped The second incident was Tashkent agreement its impression was like Ayub lost a war which was won on ground Both of these events and rigging against Ms. Fatima Jinnah proved fatal to Ayub era Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was the Foreign Minister at the time and used to call him daddy But when Bhutto saw changing circumstances, he did what is done in power game He took advantage of public emotions against Ayub He founded the PPP, first public party, and became the most popular leader of West Pakistan. In1969, Army Chief General Yahya forced to resign Ayub Ayub Khan ruled Pakistan for ten years and six months these ten years were the most important years of the history of Pakistan's history In those years, Pakistan initially joined the U.S. camp Pakistan received Some positive results With American help, Pakistan started the big dams like Mangla and Turbella for the first time Promoted industries and agriculture The army became strong Pakistan achieved self-sufficiency in wheat production.
The banking sector has improved and relations with China have improved But Ayub Khan's biggest failure was that during his period, gap in East and West Pakistan rose resulted in fall of Dhaka Ayub Khan improved the industry in Pakistan but derailed democratic process The result was simple... as US aid stopped economic development collapsed The Mangala was completed but the money ended for Tarbela dam. Tarbela Dam completed in Bhutto era.
History of Pakistan #08 | Who is responsible for Dhaka Fall?
General Yahya compelled President Ayub Khan to resign in March, 1969 And became Chief Martial law Administrator Now General Yahya was President, Chief of Army Staff and Chief Martial law Administrator at the same time as he knew all the reasons of Ayub downfall Therefore, instead of fights with politicians, he removed all sanctions on political parties General Yahya abrogated Ayub's disputed constitution Yahya held 1970s elections in December 1970 these were first general election of Pakistan history, with one man one vote principle
They are called the most transparent elections in Pakistan's history But the result of these transparent elections was very terrible In these election Shaikh Mujeeb of Bengal clean sweeped in east Pakistan with 160 seats But his political party failed to bag a single seat in west Pakistan On the other side Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto bagged 81 seats in West Pakistan But in East Pakistan, he could not win even a single seat Pakistan has clearly divided into two parts whole East Pakistan was with Shaikh Mujib and constitutionally he was new ruler of Pakistan General Yahya's responsibility was to transfer power to him For this , Yahya called on the National Assembly meeting in Dhaka on 1 February 1971
It was a historic event that Pakistan was getting elected leadership from East Pakistan But Bhutto refused to attend the meeting Not only refused but threatened that "anyone going to attend this meeting, i will break his legs" Bhutto has objections on six points of Sheikh Mujib Bhutto used to think that Sheikh Mujib's six points were anti united Pakistan But political experts have opinion that in spite of all objections, Bhutto should have attended the meeting Bhutto pressurized Yahya to postpone national assembly meeting and Yahya postponed this meeting this postponement enraged the people of East Pakistan Bengali took this as that the elite of western Pakistan does not want to transfer power to eastern wing this started Civil disobedience movement in East Pakistan India, which was seeking any opportunity, started an armed rebellion with the help of Mukti Bahni Mukti Bahni's armed groups started attacking Pak Army and supporters of west Pakistan This was the last chance, where Pakistan can be saved If at this time national assembly session held and power transferred to the winner of election Then may be the history of Pakistan take a different route although It was not so simple now But instead of availing this opportunity
General Yahya missed it And started military operation to crush the insurgency It is a historical fact that all the political parties, including Bhutto, supported this military action Pak Army crushed Mukti Bahni's rebellion in 9 months But this military action created insurmountable gulf of hatred On the other hand, India attacked East Pakistan, seeing the conspiracy failing Pak army was encircled by each and every side Geography was against us, Pak arm was far a 1000 miles from center, and enemy had occupied supply line Pak army has lost its supply lines And the land of East Pakistan was no longer ours, The defeat was written on the wall Despite all this, Pak Army fought bravely Thousands of young soldiers martyred, but it was a lost war
That can be stretched but not won And that's what happened Pakistan had to face the most embarrassing defeat of its history And 90000 Pakistani soldiers became prisoners of India Dhaka fell and now west Pakistan was remaining Pakistan although it is difficult to pinpoint an individual for this debacle as hundreds of reasons were there behind this but if we are to name a single man who can save Pakistan, but not saved, it was General Yahya because as president and commander in chief Yahya was duty bound to transfer power to election winner But he did not do this But it does not mean that east Pakistan debacle was the sole responsibility of Yahya .
Because time nurtures events in years ... even not come sudden fall of Dhaka proved the fall of Yahya as well General Yahya transferred power to Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto by a simple writing a paper Bhutto became the head of Chief Martial Law Administrator and head of constitution assembly He took over the power and issued house arrest for General Yahya General Yahya spend remaining years in house arrest, mostly
After one year of death of Bhutto, this important character of dhaka debacle collapsed on the other side newly established country Bangladesh faced military coup one after the other Even four years after separation, Sheikh Mujib was killed by young military officers So, within ten years, all three major characters of Dhaka debacle died A commission was setup to examine this tragedy The Chief Justice of Pakistan from Bengal, Justice Hamood-u-Rehman, was the head of this commission
This Commission prepared a detailed report on the Dhaka debacle who were responsible of this tragedy? were also defined in this report And factors were also determined This report was completed in Bhutto's era But report not published due to political consideration and never published even to this day Some parts of it were published in India, but it was never publicly appeared in Pakistan The story of Pakistan is on What pressure did Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto exerted on India for returning POWs?
History of Pakistan #09 | How Z A Bhutto managed to release POW from India
after the tragedy of East Pakistan, country faced martial law for few months Bhutto was martial law administrator and head of constitutional assembly Pakistan's 90,000 POWs and 1300 square kilometers area Pakistan was occupied by India For the solutions of these issues Bhutto signed Shimla agreement with India During negotiation he managed to take back 13000 square kilometers from India Now the issue was 90000 prisoner of wars Bhutto managed to stopp Bangladesh in UN, through China Bhutto told India, if India releases POWs , China will not stop Bangladesh in UN This pressure worked and 90000 Pakistani prisoners came back to Pakistan In 1970, because USA did not aided Pakistan, In return Pakistan abandoned SETO and SENTO agreements But Pakistan needed powerful global allies For this, Bhutto started developing alliance of Islamic countries In 1974, summit of muslim countries held in Lahore In the same year Pakistan recognized Pakistan and fresh relations started between the two countries Bhutto's major achievement was unanimously approved constitution
PM powers were increased and Bhutto became the first prime minister of the new Pakistan Another important event of Bhutto's era was Nationalization of industries though this step proved negative and industries started facing downfall for industrial development, Bhutto improved relations with Russia and sought help Pakistan Steel Mills were also established in this era, and Ahub era project Tarbela Dam was also completed After the creation of the Constitution, Bhutto's second major achievement was laying foundation of nuclear program His slogan "will eat grass ... but make Atom bomb" was very popular in masses But his steps like making Islamic countries block and atomic program enraged USA US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger threatened him of dire Consequences In his last days, Bhutto make a blunder elections were scheduled in 1978, but Bhutto was advised to held elections earlier , as his popularity was at its peak and thus he will be able to rule for next 5 years The joint coalition of opposition PNA was there to challenge Bhutto in election.
Bhutto won with 155 seats opposition bagged 36 seats The PPP won but the elections were declared as rigged by opposition PNA started protesting this political movement gradually turned in religious And the protests against rigging turned int Tehreek e Nizam e Mustafa as result of this movement, Zia came, instead of Islamic system "Bhutto's government is over, martial law has been imposed in whole country" "The national and provincial assemblies are dissolved, provincial governor and the minister have been removed" Bhutto used to trust Zia ul Haq very much Just like Ayub trusted Bhutto and Sikandar Mirza trusted Ayub irony of history is that Zia betrayed Bhutto, Bhutto betrayed , Ayub and Ayub betrayed Sikandar Mirza it is true that there is no weaponry, naming ethics, in the war of power Zia arrested Bhutto while declaring martial law Bhutto was sentenced to death in a very weak case of assassination of Raza Kasuri Raza Kasuri was the father of Musharraf's close associate Ahmed Raza Kasuri on 4 April 1979 Bhutto was hanged in Rawalpindi district jail cruelty was at its peak, even in departing meeting father was not allowed to embrace his daughter And after execution, no relative was given chance to see dead Bhutto But today, Bhutto's judicial death is considered as a judicial killing.
History of Pakistan #10 | When Bhutto's Hijacked PIA plane
It is 1977 As a result of PNA movement Zia has taken over the regime In the reaction of Bhutto's execution, the PPP divided into two factions Bhutto's daughter Benazir Bhutto decided to take route of political struggle but Bhutto's sons Murtaza and Shah Nawaz went to Afghanistan and set up an armed group Al-Zulfiqar
They also made numerous attempts to kill General Zia Al-Zulfiqar abducted the PIA plane in 1981 and took it to Kabul Al-Zulfiqar demanded the release of his 55 colleagues from Zia government high jacking continued for 13 days mean time, Shah Nawaz's man Salam ullah tippu shooted major Tariq And threw his body down After this Zia accepted all demands of High Jackers But after a while Shah Nawaz Bhutto was found dead in his room in France. And the person who shot Major Tariq was hanged in Kabul Zia promised to held elections in 90 days and promised to transfer the power to democratic government But history proved that Zia's 90 days were in fact 11 years Zia was a clever and cruel dictator clever , because learning from history he never let his army chief post go Because when General Ayub left army chief post, Yahya forced him to leave and cruel, because even after Bhutto's execution, his full attention was to crush the PPP. People's Party workers were flogged publicly
When Nusrat Bhutto came to meet workers at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore, she was baton charged during which she got severe head injury But doctors at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital were stopped from immediate treatment Due to lack of timely treatment, Nusrat 's brain severely damaged, and in last days she lost her memory Benazir Bhutto was also expelled from prison and sent out of country in 1984 Zia also kept journalism in the chains Military men used to to go to newspapers offices and review all the news If any news was against Zia, then it would be removed often Daily Masawat published empty, readers got the fact that all news were against Zia government at last Martial Law Officials decided to shut Masawat and Sadaqat on 15 October 1979.
The well known Urdu poet Habib Jalib also tortured Jalib wrote many poems against Zia dictatorship Why to say Dark as Light? why to say a man, God? why?
General Zia was busy crushing PPP, but on the other side, his new political allies were emerging Ch Zahoor Ilahi and Nawaz Sharif was his strong allies in Punjab Zia is also accused that he promoted racism in Sindh And to weaken the PPP, MQM was created In Zia era, public hangings were also intoduced An important incident took place in Lahore Ejaz Pappu, the only son of Ahmed Dawood, was killed after being raped Ejaz killers were hanged outside Camp Jail Lahore on General Zia's order Many people saw this scene Due to these severe sentences, the crime rate decreased somewhat However, due to the amendment in the laws many innocent people had to suffer A 13-year-old girl named Safia was raped in Sahiwal But the judge, on not providing 4 witnesses punished her for flogging Asma Jahangir fought the girl's case and she managed to release her from jail in 4 months The story of Pakistan is on Zia's story is not over yet In next episode, we will tell about the role of SSG Commandos, when Ka'bah was attacked And will also tell how and why Zia threatened India on his own land?
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