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Fall of Dhaka: ‘We should apologise to Bengalis for the discrimination’
By Hassan Naqvi
Published: December 21, 2013
LAHORE:
“Bangla is an older language than Urdu yet in his 1948 speech in East Pakistan Quaid-i-Azam declared Urdu the national language of Pakistan,” Journalist Khalid Chaudhry said on Friday.
He was speaking at a discussion titled Fall of Dhaka Who is Responsible, here at the South Asian Free Media Association auditorium.
Chaudhry said not many countries were established on the basis of religion. “We should apologise to the Bengalis for the discrimination they faced,” he said.
SAFMA Secretary General Imtiaz Alam said the Hamoodur Rehman Commission report should be published and its gist included in the curriculum.
Alam said Bengalis were discriminated against. “Not a single chief secretary was from East Pakistan,” he said.
“The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) acted as an ally of Yahya Khan, who was responsible for the military operation.”
He said it was sad that Pakistan had not learnt from history. “We should apologise to Bengalis for their suffering at the hands of people from West Pakistan,” he said.
Reazud Din Ahmed, a Bangladeshi journalist, speaking via conference call said the people of Bangladesh were not happy with the PTI chief’s statement that Qadir was executed because he had been loyal to Pakistan. “Bengalis want an apology over this,” he said.
Awami National Party (ANP) Central Secretary General Ehsan Wynne said the Bengalis were tolerant people “otherwise East Pakistan would seceded much sooner.”
“The army and feudals in West Pakistan wanted dictatorship, Bengalis were in favour of democracy,” he said.
He said the political leaders of the time were responsible for the military operation of 1970. Wynne said East and West Pakistan had little in common “the way we forced them to seek separation wasn’t right.”
Fall of Dhaka:
Ehsan Wyne, Central Secretary of the pro-Pashtun ANP, though he himself might be an ethnic Punjabi. The ANP has senior non-Pashtun leaders in it.
Ehsan Wyne
- The intellectual elite of Pakistan are fully aware of the need to apologize to Bengalis for the crimes of the Pakistani army and state.
As a Bengali I would like to thank all those Pakistanis who on a personal level have expressed sorrow at the tragedy of 1971, however on a governmental level the state of Pakistan must apologize to Bangladesh.
If the Pakistani government insists on America apologizing for 20+ Pakistani soldiers killed allegedly by accident what about 0.3 million to 0.5 million Bengalis massacred intentionally?
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By Hassan Naqvi
Published: December 21, 2013
LAHORE:
“Bangla is an older language than Urdu yet in his 1948 speech in East Pakistan Quaid-i-Azam declared Urdu the national language of Pakistan,” Journalist Khalid Chaudhry said on Friday.
He was speaking at a discussion titled Fall of Dhaka Who is Responsible, here at the South Asian Free Media Association auditorium.
Chaudhry said not many countries were established on the basis of religion. “We should apologise to the Bengalis for the discrimination they faced,” he said.
SAFMA Secretary General Imtiaz Alam said the Hamoodur Rehman Commission report should be published and its gist included in the curriculum.
Alam said Bengalis were discriminated against. “Not a single chief secretary was from East Pakistan,” he said.
“The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) acted as an ally of Yahya Khan, who was responsible for the military operation.”
He said it was sad that Pakistan had not learnt from history. “We should apologise to Bengalis for their suffering at the hands of people from West Pakistan,” he said.
Reazud Din Ahmed, a Bangladeshi journalist, speaking via conference call said the people of Bangladesh were not happy with the PTI chief’s statement that Qadir was executed because he had been loyal to Pakistan. “Bengalis want an apology over this,” he said.
Awami National Party (ANP) Central Secretary General Ehsan Wynne said the Bengalis were tolerant people “otherwise East Pakistan would seceded much sooner.”
“The army and feudals in West Pakistan wanted dictatorship, Bengalis were in favour of democracy,” he said.
He said the political leaders of the time were responsible for the military operation of 1970. Wynne said East and West Pakistan had little in common “the way we forced them to seek separation wasn’t right.”
Fall of Dhaka:
Ehsan Wyne, Central Secretary of the pro-Pashtun ANP, though he himself might be an ethnic Punjabi. The ANP has senior non-Pashtun leaders in it.
Born in Amritsar (India) on May 3 1938, Ehsan Wyne is currently residing in the city of Lahore....
Ehsan Wyne, who believes in the philosophy of non-violence and non-sectarianism, aspired to become a lawyer and achieved his goal in 1967.He also participated in the movement against the military regime of General Ayub Khan in the same year and formally joined the National Awami Party (NAP) in 1968.
He was impressed by the leadership of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a leader of the Indian National Congress before the independence of Pakistan, who spent 33 years in jail as a freedom fighter, and his son Khan Abdul Wali Khan, late leader of the Awami National Party (ANP) who spent 16 years behind bars for the cause of democracy and provincial autonomy. Currently, Ehsan Wyne is the secretary general of ANP...
Ehsan Wyne, who considers the feudal system the biggest problem in Pakistan, has been in jail numerous times due to his desire to bring about an end to feudalism and military operations in the different parts of the country, particularly in NWFP, Balochistan and FATA, for the restoration of democracy and civil rule, provision of maximum autonomy to the federal units of the countryand a permanent stoppage of military intervention in the political affairs of the country.
He wants the young generation of today to obtain education and also read the autobiographies of famous personalities, no matter which ideology they follow or promote. In this regard, he particularly emphasises the need for reading the sermon of the Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) he delivered at the time of his last pilgrimage and his biographies.
Ehsan Wyne, who believes in the philosophy of non-violence and non-sectarianism, aspired to become a lawyer and achieved his goal in 1967.He also participated in the movement against the military regime of General Ayub Khan in the same year and formally joined the National Awami Party (NAP) in 1968.
He was impressed by the leadership of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a leader of the Indian National Congress before the independence of Pakistan, who spent 33 years in jail as a freedom fighter, and his son Khan Abdul Wali Khan, late leader of the Awami National Party (ANP) who spent 16 years behind bars for the cause of democracy and provincial autonomy. Currently, Ehsan Wyne is the secretary general of ANP...
Ehsan Wyne, who considers the feudal system the biggest problem in Pakistan, has been in jail numerous times due to his desire to bring about an end to feudalism and military operations in the different parts of the country, particularly in NWFP, Balochistan and FATA, for the restoration of democracy and civil rule, provision of maximum autonomy to the federal units of the countryand a permanent stoppage of military intervention in the political affairs of the country.
He wants the young generation of today to obtain education and also read the autobiographies of famous personalities, no matter which ideology they follow or promote. In this regard, he particularly emphasises the need for reading the sermon of the Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) he delivered at the time of his last pilgrimage and his biographies.
- The intellectual elite of Pakistan are fully aware of the need to apologize to Bengalis for the crimes of the Pakistani army and state.
As a Bengali I would like to thank all those Pakistanis who on a personal level have expressed sorrow at the tragedy of 1971, however on a governmental level the state of Pakistan must apologize to Bangladesh.
If the Pakistani government insists on America apologizing for 20+ Pakistani soldiers killed allegedly by accident what about 0.3 million to 0.5 million Bengalis massacred intentionally?
Pak wants US to apologise for Salala - thenews.com.pk
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