Khan Abdul Wali Khan

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Click to listen to a speech of Khan Abdul Wali Khan in Zardari House Karachi on the formaton of ANP - 1987 (http://khyberwatch.com/nandara/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=176&Itemid=9)

courtesy: Omar Khan Marwat; www.khyber.org

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Khudai de Spogmai kaa spogmai kaa wali Khana
Che pukhtana darsaraa sthoree asmaan thaa zeena
Laila watan majnoon wali
Pukhtoon wali pukhtoon wali
Ka Pora wee aw Ka Spora
Saraa Shareeka ba mo wee

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Khan Abdul wali Khan was really a brave leader.I still remember his reply when he was asked by some Journalists that Khan Sab your parliementry seats are too less as compared to other parties. He replied with smiley face that for one truck of watermelon only one knife is enough (Aik truck Kharboozon kay leyay Aik Choree Kaafee Hai).
The other thing about him was that he was predictor of future scienario well ahead, for example he predicted that Zulfiqar Ali Bhotto will be hanged.So he was top class politician.Even other parties leaders were used to consult him for political ups and down.
A great leader with great memories about him.I must say unforgetable and he is still living in the hearts of millions of pukhtoons..

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The last words of Khan Abdul Wali Khan to the nation in Bacha Khan Markaz Peshawar (http://khyberwatch.com/nandara/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=170&Itemid=9)

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The last words of Khan Abdul Wali Khan to the nation in Bacha Khan Markaz Peshawar (http://khyberwatch.com/nandara/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=170&Itemid=9)
Its working zahida...Der Kha Zargia...And one request if its possible change the font colour from blue to red..

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Yara agha paltalk ke rata sta agha mic bane khabare aw warsara sara da khalko agha mssg hum pa zabar zeyr lostal rata yaad shee.tola khabara pa de gada wada shwa che taa khpal aadat aw khalko tatah whisper/possposs na prekhol.hhh

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Afridayaa yara daa jalab/link(dawezay warta hum da noom akhlee) kaar kai.dera manana che yo kha kaar kho de woka.hhhh
Yara agha paltalk ke rata sta agha mic bane khabare aw warsara sara da khalko agha mssg hum pa zabar zeyr lostal rata yaad shee.tola khabara pa de gada wada shwa che taa khpal aadat aw khalko tatah whisper/possposs na prekhol.hhh
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Born on 11 January, 1917, in Utamanzai, Charsadda district, Khan Wali Khan got his initial education at the Azad Islamia High School (as its first student in 1922) established by his legendary father, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan. He was later admitted to the Public School, Dera Dun, wherefrom he did his Senior Cambridge in 1933.
He began his political career as a Khudai Khidmatgar in 1942. He was sent to jail for the first time in 1943 under the Frontier Crimes Regulations without any trial, but released shortly.
He remained member of the NWFP Congress in 1947. He was put behind the bars in 1948, but was released in 1954 as there were no detention orders to keep him detained.
The firebrand nationalist leader was arrested and detained severally before and after the partition of the sub-continent for fighting for the rights of his people.
As a widely-traveled politician, he twice attended the peace conference held by the Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organisation in Stockholm in 1958 and Copenhagen in 1986.
Wali Khan became the president of the NAP in 1967. The party was declared anti-state by the Supreme Court after it was banned by the then prime minister, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, in 1973. He was for the first time elected to the provincial and national assemblies in 1970 on the National Awami Party (NAP) ticket.
His party also entered into coalitions in the Frontier and Balochistan provinces that were subsequently dismissed by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1972 after Wali Khan backed the Awami League in its struggle to form government in 1970. He had been the president of the NAP and NDP for several times.
Wali Khan, who was jailed umpteen times, earned laurels for his principled stand on various issues of regional and even internal political import. Along with many party leaders, he was arrested in 1975 after his NAP was banned and put on trial before the Hyderabad tribunal only to be freed by the court in December 1977.
He remained president of the ANP for many years and was known for his extra-ordinary ability to predict emerging political scenarios of the country. His tense relations with the late Ziaul Haq overshadowed politics that spearheaded a resistance movement against the then military government from the platform of the Movement for Restoration of Democracy (MRD), a conglomerate of the major political parties.
In 1990, when he lost the National Assembly seat in his native constituency to a joint candidate of the PPP and JUI(F), Maulana Hasan Jan, Wali Khan retired from active politics, but continued to guide the party leadership while staying as ideological mentor (Rehbar) of the party.
Khan Abdul Wali Khan has been a long time leader of the ANP and has been politically the most active son of Bacha Khan as well as the most senior politician in the country to date.

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Obituary: Khan Abdul Wali Khan — last man to unite Pukhtoons

By Iqbal Khattak

Veteran politician and Pukhtoon nationalist leader Khan Abdul Wali Khan is among us no more. Let’s pray to God to rest the departed soul in eternal peace. Amen!

As a journalist, I had only one chance to meet Wali Khan when he was at bed at his Wali Bagh residence in June 2005. My interaction with him was short, may not be more than 100 seconds, but that short call on is enough to refresh my memory about him.

After the meeting, I asked Begum Nasim Wali Khan that how she found her husband as politician and what was more striking about him.

“His power to forecast future scenarios was excellent,” she said after taking a sip of hot tea and cited examples relevant to his strong “political vision”.

Begum Nasim said that Khan Abdul Ghafar Khan, the Red Shirt leader and father of Wali Khan, was fond of listening to Radio Kabul after offering Fajr prayers. “One day Radio Kabul was off air and Ghafar Khan asked Wali Khan to tune the station, who did but could not find Radio Kabul and told his father ‘there is something wrong in Kabul’.”

Hours later, the Wali Khan family had news of coup by Sardar Daud Khan against King Zahir Shah in 1973. On that occasion, Wali Khan forecast “bloody years” for Afghanistan that he loved so much, Begum Nasim Wali said. And Afghanistan bled heavily since then and bloodshed continues even today when ultra-conservative Taliban are trying to fight back after their ouster from power in 2001, she added.

“Daud’s arrival is Afghanistan’s destruction,” Wali Khan reacted to the development that shook Afghanistan and the world when few years later the Red Army landed in Kabul in December 1979. What Wali Khan used to say against Pakistan’s Afghan policy in 80s and 90s was proved later and Islamabad holds the same policy responsible for the problems it is facing today.

Begum Nasim said that late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto met Wali Khan when the country had plunged into a political chaos. “When are you going back, Wali Khan asked Bhutto? The question provoked Bhutto,” she said. “I will fix all of them,” Bhutto angrily told Wali Khan while referring to opposition leaders and army generals, she added.

“Wali Khan told Bhutto to go to Larkana, otherwise his body will be sent,” she said, adding that her Cambridge-qualified husband spoke “better political language than Bhutto”.

Money factor in Pakistani politics is no secret and Wali Khan earned fame with his statement, “If you have Rs 100 million, you can be Pakistan’s prime minister.” The veteran politician’s death may not affect the national political scene but his own party will feel his absence. “Fifty percent of Wali Bagh influence has gone with his death,” observers say.

Wali Khan was the last man to unite Pukhtoons in NWFP and Balochistan and where the Pukhtoon nation will go after his death is a question that only time will answer

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د خان عبدالولي خان په وفات
فضل غني غني

نن ايلم دے د ډېر غمه نسکور شوے
تاتره کې د غمونو دے زور شوے
د بولان درو کې چغې دي سورې دي
په خېبر د مايوسۍ لړۍ خورې دي
که کابل که قندهار دے په کې وير دے
د باګرام هر يو وګړے ډېر زهير دے
د ما بڼ د بڼ طوطيان په ژړا سر دي
لر که بر دے افغانان په ژړا سر دي
د امو نه تر اټکه لوېی ماتم دے
د همه ؤ پښتنو په خونه غم دے
اباسين وهي د سرو وينوموجونه
اے پښتنونه تالا کيږي دې نن خونه
لويې بابا د پښتنو په لويې سفر لاړ
د بې ننګه پښتنو نه مرور لاړ

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د سپينې وېنا ولي
اندېش شمس القمر

د خپل احساس شهيد ، د خپل قام په حالت پوئېدۀ
ولي په طور طريقه ، د سياست پوئېدۀ
هغه سرونه اخستل ، خرڅول نۀ ؤ کړي
هغه د دړد د زړۀ ، په قدر او قېمت پوئېدۀ
نۀ د زندان ، نۀ د زنځيره ، نۀ د داره وېره
هغه ډېر ښه په لېونتوب د محبت پوئېدۀ
هغه به هر رقيب له ورکړه، ائينه په لاس کې
هغه په چل د رقابت ، د سياست پوئېدۀ
د سپين مېدان ، سپينې رڼا ، سپينې وېنا ولي ؤ
هيڅ ګرانه نه وۀ ، د هغه په ولايت پوئېدۀ
هغه هر وخت ؤ ، ددې خاورې د وږمې نه لوګے
ددې جذبې ، ددې عمل په کرامت پوئېدۀ
دغې ښاغلي د وطن پسې به ، څوک نه ژاړي
دغه ننګيال په شرافت د سياست پوئېدۀ
دے اوسېدونکے د ماڼۍ، د خوب او خيال نه ؤ
دے په بنياد اؤ په بلۍ ، د حقيقت پوئېدۀ
مونږ کۀ آزاد يو ، نو خواږۀ د آزادۍ څه شو
دے په تاريخ د خپل واکۍ ، د روايت پوئېدۀ
هغه د سيالو سيال غوښتۀ ، دا پښتانۀ ، دا وطن
هغه په دغه باچايۍ ، دغه دولت پوئېدۀ
دا ولي خان دا د سنګينې زمانې مسافر
دے د لحظې لحظې ، د وخت په نزاکت پوئېدۀ
که د قدم د لارې ؤ ، کۀ د قلم له لوري
په رسولو د پېغام ، د امانت پوئېدۀ

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د ستر رهبر خان عبدالولي خان په ياد کې
عبدالقدوس حساس

د بابا فخر افغان په جدايۍ کې
لامې لوند په خپلو اوښکو کې ګرېوان دے
د غني کفن لا ګرد خوړلے نه دے
بار د زغمه مې بېلتون د ولي خان دے
د دنيا ژوند که خوږ او کله تريخ شي
هره ساه د ژوند حساسه امتحان دے

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د پښتون د زړۀ ارمان - ولي خان
محمد اقبال اقبال

پښتنه مينه به په چا ماتوم
نشته د سترګو خوږېدو ښاغلے
نشته د زړۀ د ارمانونو ښکلے
ستا په بېلتون مې د زړۀ کور وران شو
لې په لې تا پسې نظر ګرځوم
ستا په لټون پسې لېواله ارمان
کلي په کلي ، ښار په ښار ګرځوم
اوتر اوتر د پښتنو کوڅو کې
د زړګي سر د سترګو تور ګورم
د پښتنو د ژوند ارمانه څۀ شوې
اے د زخمي زړونو درمانه څۀ شوې
تابه د کوم پښتون په در ګورم
تا به د کوم يو دار په سر ګورم
ما نه زما د ځوانۍ رنګ واخله
مانه مستي مانه غورځنګ واخله
ما لولپه کړه د غمونو اور کې
ستي پتي دې شم د ننګ پېغور کې
خو د خيالونو په يو لار راشه
زۀ به دا خپله زندګي درکړم
په تا ودان ؤ د پښتون کورکے
چې دا ودان وي نو ژوندے به يمه

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مشتاق مجروح يوسفزے

هوش رانه لاړو چې مې واورېدلو
دغه خبر چې ولي خان وفات شو
وۀ شپږويشتم د جنورۍ مشتاقه
دغه يې کال شۀ (( اف افغان وفات شو))

(( اف افغان وفات شو)) = ٢٠٠٦

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د ولي خان صاحب په نامه
لېلا شبنم

زمونږ مشر هم سردار ؤ هغه لاړۀ
د غېرت ښکلے معمار ؤ هغه لاړۀ
له هغۀ په زړۀ کې څۀ ؤ خبر نه شوم
ډېر خاموشه څۀ اسرار ؤ هغه لاړۀ
نه چمن نه يې باغ کې زړۀ خوشحال وۀ
غم يې څۀ په زړۀ انبار ؤ هغه لاړۀ
ډېر د غم په بستره ؤ خوبولے
له مودو نه نا قرار ؤ هغه لاړۀ
نوې نوې حوصلې به را پېدا شي
حوصلو نه چې بېزار ؤ هغه لاړۀ
د شبنم د سترګو اوښکې پسې درومي
چې د اوښکو خريدار ؤ هغه لاړۀ

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نوحه
سيد محمود احمد

شپږويشتم د جنورۍ د غم خبر لاړ
چې په ژوند ټيټ شوے نه ؤ هغه سر لاړ

د امو نه تر جهلمه ماتم جوړ شو
پرېوت لاړ د سياست د افق نمر لاړ

د چترال نه تر بولانه وير وېنا شوه
د کابله اسوېلے تر پېښور لاړ

د مانکيال څوکه شوال ته په ژړا شوه
د غم تور لوګے د سره د خېبر لاړ

اباسين په ژړغوني آواز اووې
چرته ډب نشم ولي د هشتنغر لاړ

لا پړاؤ د کامرانۍ راغلے نه دے
سپاهيان پاتې شو د فوځ سر لښکر لاړ

اسفنديار ، سنګين يواځې غمژن نه دي
هر پښتون ژړا کوي زمونږ رهبر لاړ

ولي نه مري ددۀ ژوند جادواني وي
په دا څۀ که پټ زمونږه د نظر لاړ

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قطعه تاريخ وفات
محمد زبېر حسرت

درست پښتون ژاړي خپل رهبر پسې نن
شوه سياه پوشه پښتونخوا بابا
حسرت ئې ووې تاريخ دغه شانې
((فخرافغان)) نه شو جدا ((بابا))

فخرافغان = ٢٠١٢
بابا = ٦

٢٠١٢-٦=٢٠٠٦

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نوائے وقت
محترمي! سلام مسنون

آپ کے عظيم والد خان عبدالولي خان کي رحلت بلاشبه ايک بړا صدمه اور ايک قومي سانحه هے.
وطن عزيز اصول پرست اور قد آور سياست دان سے محروم هوګيا هے ليکن الله کي رضا کے سامنے انسان بے بس هے. زندګي ک. زندګي کے سفر کا اختتام بهي اسي خالق حقيقي کي مرضي سے هوتا هے.

ميرا خان عبدالولي خان مرحوم سے خاص تعلق تها. اور وۀ بهي مجهے عزيز رکهتے تهے. نوائے وقت کي راست ګويي اور حقائق پر مبني رپورټنګ کو سراهتے تهے. مجهے افسوس رهے ګا که مين انهين سفر اخرت پر رخصت کرنے حاضر نه هوسکا. سخت سردي کے باعث ميرے معالجين نے سفر کي اجازت نهين دي. تاهم مېن بهت جلد آپ کے پاس حاضر هونے کي کوشش کرون ګا. ميري دعا هے که الله مرحوم کو جوار رحمت مېن جګه دےاور پسماندګان اور ان کے پيروکارون کو صبر جميل عطا فرمائے.

مجيد نظامي
مدير

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Demise of a dream
Adil Zareef“


Only a dead nation remembers its heroes when they die - the real nations respect them when they are alive.” These were the golden words famously uttered by the great Bacha Khan of the Pukhtoons - Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan as known to the rest of the world - also nicknamed as “Sarhadi Gandhi” by his admirers and foes alike.

But I learnt about this quote when Baba (Wali Khan) confided to me in one of his lengthy discourses on the freedom struggle, and what became of the subcontinent after the birth of India and Pakistan. This “special relationship” was conferred upon a few others, besides me, as we happened to be class fellows of Dr Gulalae Wali Khan, who was herself an idealist and dreamer like the rest of our generation. Che Guevara’s icon was our trademark as it was a symbol of resistance for the rest of the world.

So many times I had thought about writing a biography of this great and dignified man who shaped my political and social thought during my growing up years. But the exigencies of this world took me away from this indulgent idea and today I am left vexing to write an obituary to this legend known to the world as Khan Abdul Wali Khan. What compels me to write this - as the various cable networks scramble to make headlines news of this sad news - reminding me of the quote mentioned above.

It is indeed a difficult task to accomplish - especially for a political titan who shared his thoughts and ideas so earnestly and whose courage and principled life will serve as a beacon to many who watch political pygmies and charlatans straddling the political horizon that change colours and shades more easily than any biological chameleon.

But again the section of national press will lavish praise on this great legend for standing stiff against a string of dictators right from Ayub Khan, Yahya Khan, Zia ul Haq and lastly President Musharraf - perhaps it was in his blood - as was the resistance to the Kalabagh dam and the Afghan war and the detente with India and resolution of the Kashmir dispute - that diverts precious human and economic resources away from the development and progress of the subcontinent.

True these causes symbolised Bacha Khan’s struggle for justice and fair play as it did Wali Khan’s political career and the legacy seems to carry on the political heirs of ANP in the future.

Analysing it closely one can identify the unifying strain of resistance against injustice and inequality in all these struggles. As Kalabagh dam seems to unify nationalists of all hues and strains against the World Bank-led hegemony of international consortium to plunder the resources of Third World nations in the name of development and progress, giving them in return a legacy of debt as the dollar-driven consultants have enriched themselves. Long after the profiteers of this international gang of Big Business and Big Money have enriched their coffers and bestowed environmental and social catastrophes - besides perpetual enslavement that shall linger on for generations to come.

Kashmir and Pak-India détente was Wali Khan’s theme as was Bacha Khan’s. Now with the end of the Cold War, the subcontinent offers an opportunity for a big market for the Western world. For nationalists, the perpetual conflict in the region kept them from their due position as major players in the world scene. Strangely enough, with Western prodding, India and Pakistan are dancing the proverbial foxtrot (despite a few missed steps) but ironically the Iron Wall on the western (Afghan) border remains as high and even more pronounced after the end of Cold War. In other words, one can dance the bhangra with fellow Punjabis across the border - but Pukhtoons will remain divided along the Durand line and cannot do the Atanh together! Bacha Khan’s or Wali Khan’s dream of a united Pukhtoon nation remains unfulfilled despite their Punjabi compatriots, jump-frogging the Wagah border.

Finally, the Afghan conflict came to have been a defining moment in Afghan politics as well as Pakistan’s. Wali Khan, like his compatriots, had objected to the superpower meddling in the region, which in his words will bleed the Pukhtoons. Watching Waziristan and Bajaur and the rest of NWFP, this prophecy seems to have come true. Now the religious right seems more vociferous in anti-Americanism than the left was during the bygone Cold War years - but the lesson of non-violence and peace was never a Pukhtoon trait - otherwise ours would have been a happier world.

Wali Khan said goodbye to politics after his defeat to Maulana Hasan Jan during the 1990 elections. He simply left the political scene - a graceful act in this dastardly world of politics.

Fifteen years on, one wonders who has had the last laugh. Perhaps Wali Khan is no more with us but his sagacity and vision shall guide the future generations - that is if we can avoid the follies and traps that he and the great Bacha Khan warned us about - but we did not heed their advice because Pukhtoons are a too greedy, impatient and unprincipled lot as a nation. Wali Khan never surrendered or bowed down to power intrigues - so he shall never die.

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Editorial

Great leaders are unforgettable. They are remembered for long. So will it be with Khan Abdul Wali Khan, a leader of sterling qualities, who departed us on this doleful day a year ago to mourn his irreparable loss for a long time to come. But greatness has both foes and friends. And so was it with the great Khan. He had admirers and detractors alike. Yet, the tirades of his revilers didn't throw him off balance. Nor did the adulation of his fans throw him off the track. Unswervingly, he remained what he was: a man deeply committed to his ideals, beliefs and principles. And a hardnosed democrat he was to the bone, not susceptible to any temptation, no matter how seductive, or to any threats, no matter how menacing, to compromise on his dedication to democracy and civilian rule. When, in 1972, late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who had then become the first-ever civilian in the country's annals to wear the mantle of the chief martial law administrator, offered to lift the martial law in lieu of an interim constitution, the Khan as the leader of the parliamentary opposition went for it. Even a sham democratic rule that the interim constitution provided for was better than the rule of the baton and the jackboots, he said. And he signed up to the 1973 constitution, even though he found it falling far short of the people's popular aspirations, hopes and expectations. A constitutional dispensation, no matter how flawed, was, in any case, preferable to an authoritative or autocratic order, he maintained. But his love for democracy and civilian rule was not cost free. For this, he was always at the receiving end of the autocratic rulers, both uniformed and civilians alike. And every time, he had to pay a heavy price for it. Nonetheless, for him the crunch came when in a patently politically vindictive move he was implicated in the infamous Hyderabad conspiracy case, a cooked-up sedition charge, in the mid-1970s. His National Awami Party was summarily outlawed and he, along with his top party leaders, was bundled away to the Hyderabad jail to keep languishing for years without indictment. Yet, even that searing experience didn't eat up his passion for the people's rule, nor did it slow down in any manner his commitment to democratic order. He stayed, unwaveringly, a staunch democracy enthusiast, out-and-out until his last breath. And he was decidedly a great patriot, though often misunderstood, and not infrequently tendentiously misrepresented as well. Yet, his wilful denigrators couldn't stop him from speaking up honestly, sincerely and boldly whenever a felt that something was underway that in the long run would hurt the nation and its supreme interests incurably. When after the 1970 national polls, he vehemently called for respecting its outcome and for listening intently to the party that had scored a decisive majority, failing which he forewarned a political crisis of unmanageable proportions and unforeseeable consequences would inevitably precipitate, his detractors pooh-poohed his fervent pleas. They mischievously give them the meanings he had not meant at all, and maliciously read in them his own fissiparous intents which were not there at all. Subsequent events proved he was absolutely right and they were totally wrong. And when the Pakistan government unnecessarily got involved on the side of the United States and its western allies to humble down the Soviet invaders in Afghanistan, he cautioned it again and again that it was putting its hands in the hornets' nest that would bite the nation for the long time to come. His slanderers kept dubbing him even as a Soviet agent and what not. But undeterred he kept reminding the powers-that-be of the inevitable horrendous consequence of their involvement, often alluding to the famous Pashto saying that when two elephants fight the frogs get crushed. Yet no heed was paid to his pleas, which the events have shown to be very valid and very true. The nation is yet to get out of the hurtful religious fanaticism, gun culture and drugs addiction which that involvement infested it with. Throughout his life, Khan Wali Khan remained a constant target of vindictive politics and character assassination of the establishments, political foes and ideological adversaries. Yet he never caved in to their machinations nor ever caviled at their ploys. For the most part, he would just shrug them off; and quite often, with the robust Pashtun humour, he would just laugh away the hostile tirades of his denigrates. By every account, he was leader of great eminence, vision and foresight. And it will not be easy to fill the vacuum he has created with his departure. May Allah rest his soul in eternal peace. Amen.


Editorial of Daily The Frontier Post Peshawar (http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=ed&nid=28)

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Zahid thanks for uploading such nice pictures.Some of them i have never seen.Deraa Mananna

[Shamshatu]

Tributes paid to Wali Khan, Bacha Khan | Fencing, mining border can split Pushtoons: Asfandyar

Vows to follow political philosophy of late ANP leaders | Says APC to be attended with party’s reservations

Qaiser Khan Afridi

PESHAWAR: More than 50,000 followers of Bacha Khan while paying rich tribute to late Khan Abdul Wali Khan at his first death anniversary pledged to follow and pursue political philosophy of their great leaders.

Wearing red caps, scores of people from across the province and Fata Friday gathered at the main square of Charsadda bazaar and covered all four routs on the eve of the first death anniversary of late Wali Khan.

All the roads leading to Charsadda were decorated with red flags and banners inscribed with slogans in favour of the Pushtoon nation and late Abdul Wali Khan.

The leaders of ANP including Ajmal Khattak, Begum Nasim Wali Khan, Afzal Khan Lala, Afrasiyab Khattak, Abdul Latif Afridi, Ghulam Ahmed Bilour, Bashir Ahmed Bilour, Main Iftikhar and others attended the gathering.

Speaking on the occasion, Awami National Party (ANP) Central President Asfandyar Wali Khan while showering glowing tribute to his father said late Wali Khan had contributed to the cause of democracy, provincial rights and Pushtoon cause.

“He is not with us but he is alive and his political thoughts are alive,” the nationalist leader asserted and pledged to follow the footsteps of late Bacha Khan and Wali Khan. Pinpointing various problems being faced by the Pushtoon nation, Asfandyar said Pushtoons had been passing through a very critical time as they were being made scapegoat at all fronts, which he added now was unbearable for them.

Lashing out at the federal government for its proposed plan to mine and fence the Afghan border, the nationalist leader warned nobody could dare to divide the Pushtoons living on both side of the Durand Line.

“We will resist it at all front like we in past to compel the government to draw the decision of constructing Kalabagh Dam. We are one and nobody can divide us,” he shouted with full-throated slogan along with the other participants.

Unfolding a letter, he sent to Nawaz Sharif regarding the All Parties Conference (APC), he informed “In my reply to the invitation I had pinpointed some reservations over some issues which are not included on the agenda including the Fata, Balochistan and right on resources.” He added the ANP would not participate in the APC unless and until their demands were addressed.

About the alliance with the Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI) in the upcoming general election, he said “We both can’t go together unless JUI sever its alliance with the PML (Q) in Balochistan.” Wining the recently held by-election in Bajaur Agency by the ANP leader was a first drop of the rain; he said and vowed to sweep the upcoming election in the province.

Begum Nasim Wali Khan on the occasion said late Khan Abdul Wali Khan had dedicated his whole life for the Pushtoon cause rather than for his self-interest. “He was an intellectual, an orthodox Muslim, writer and a forecaster and I spent 51 years with him but never had I noticed a negative point of his personality,” she continued.

About the current situation, she said killing the innocent Pushtoons had become a routine matter. Quoting an American newspaper, she said Pakistani agencies were involved in the worsening situation in Pushtoon belt.

Ajmal Khattak, Afzal Khan Lala, Ghulam Ahmed Bilour, Bashir Ahmed Bilour and Main Iftikhar also spoke on the occasion and lauded the efforts of Bacha Khan and Khan Abdul Wali Khan for their struggle for the Pushtoon nation. The nationalist leaders called upon the people to follow and pursue the political philosophy of their great leaders and struggle for their rights which were being denied.

[Shamshatu]

A very moving article


Like father, like son
Makhdoom Javed Hashmi
My dear daughter Ma-moona: The death of Khan Abdul Wali Khan has left my heart achingand. Khan Sahib throughout his life struggled for democracy and did not know such a thing as compromising on his principles. He spearheaded the struggle for the independence of Pakistan. Hatred for the colonial rule ran in his blood and he used to say that “first we fought against the division of Hindustan and now are struggling against those who wants to divide Pakistan.” The great father of Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Bacha Khan) considered the division of India a conspiracy by the Britishers but after the independence of Pakistan, he swore in the National Assembly loyalty to newborn country. The great Bacha Khan had also invited Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnnah to Peshawar and had arranged a very warm reception for him. But why was this visit cancelled? Bacha Khan is not the one to answer this. It was due to the cancellation of that visit of Jinnah that to this day Pakistani politics has been seeing its negative impacts. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan spent twenty eight years of his life in different jails of Pakistan and Hindustan. This imprisonment is a year more than the jail term served by Nelson Mandela. Khan Abdul Wali Khan was clapped into jail for the first in 1943 and the last time he was imprisoned in 1977 in Hyderabad. This makes it thirty four years of his going into and out of different jails. While Khan Abdul Wali Khan was imprisoned his wife Begum Naseem Wali Khan used to look after party affairs. The true leadership qualities of Khan Abdul Wali Khan came into limelight in 1977 during the struggle for democracy. He never considered imprisonment a hurdle to his struggles and now his son Asfandyar Wali Khan has become an icon of Pakhtoon politics. Wali Khan’s brother Ghani Khan too had spent some time in prison. In 1977 when we were in Hyderabad jail, Mian Mahmood Ali Qasoori told me that once during court proceedings he had asked Wali Khan to sign some document. Wali Khan started reading the paper very carefully, Qasoori told him jokingly “ Khan Sahib, its not divorce papers, so don’t read it so carefully,” Wali Khan replied in a serious tone “ Qasoori Sahib, if our women asks us for divorce, they are not to be blamed, because when I was born my father was in jail and my mother wished that her husband was with her in that hard time but instead my mother passed away while my father remained in jail. I saw my father for the first time when I was seven years old. And when Asfandyar was born, I was in jail and I saw my son for the first time when he was three years old. Asfandyar’s mother, my wife passed away while I was in jail, so we have only given pain to our women.” Bacha Khan’s through his “Khudai Khidmatgar” movement started to improve the lives of Afghans and asked the Pakhtoons to come out of backwardness, illiteracy, and to stop the tribal feuds with each other. Bacha Khan strongly believed in a peaceful world and his independence was dearer to him than his life. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Wali Khan, Begum Naseem and Asfandyar Wali Khan considers democracy as their faith and none of them have ever accepted any ministry or power. Once Mujeeb Ur Rehman Shami and I went to meet Wali Khan at Shahi Bagh. Wali Khan told us “we have even appointed your Muslim League member as governor of NWFP.” At that time Arbab Sikander Khan Khalil was the governor of NWFP, he had spent his entire life in ANP and his father was from Muslim League. By this statement of Wali Khan, one could very well understand the differences between NAP and the Muslim League. A person whose father was a Muslim League member and his entire life time association with NAP could not even get him the status of being a complete “Khudai Khidmatgar.” It was 1972, when I first got the opportunity to property see Wali Khan, he was leader of the opposition in the National Assembly and he use to completely dominate the assembly with his presence. His party had partial government in the two small provinces, just like MMA has these days. At that time Pakistan army had recently been defeated, ninety thousand of its troops were hostage with India and there was no sight of constitution. Zulfiquar Ali Bhutto had created other hurdles for Wali Khan as well, which later became to be the reasons for dissolution of NAP’s governments. At that time Wali Khan truly proved to be a statesman. Wali Khan came out as a conqueror with regard to provincial autonomy issue, while Zulfiquar Ali Bhutto was leading towards individual style of government. Wali Khan was facing tough time during those days and he even comprised his provincial interests for the sake of Pakistan. In my opinion, Khan Abdul Wali Khan displayed more maturity then Zulfiquar Ali Bhutto with regard to having a national constitution and that is what had made Pakistan stronger and stable at that time. For opposition the attitude of Zulfiquar Ali Bhutto was intolerable and under the leadership of Wali Khan we all fastened our struggle for democracy. At that point, when racial war was about to take time, all the opposition parties formed a combined platform and I was appointed as Convenor. Wali Khan not only appreciated my appointment as Convenor but he had also used great words for the sacrifices which I had rendered for achieving democracy. I am very fond of Asfanyar Wali Khan but it not only due to his personality. It was my right to disagree with his elders on some political issues and even now in many issues our ideas are ways apart from each other, but one thing is for sure which can not be ignored and that is since the Independence of Pakistan, the attitude of Punjab towards smaller provinces has been very unfair and whenever somebody raises the issue of provincial autonomy, he is being victimized for being a traitor. And since I have been declared a traitor, others who have been declared traitors seems near and dear to me, but Wali Khan in particular was always very dear to me. When I contacted Asfandyar Wali Khan to condole the death of Wali Khan, he said “you know very well how much “baba” use to love you” after he had said that tears started flowing from my eyes. I remembered all those time when he was kind and courteous to me. Begum Naseem Wali also repeated the same words that “Khan Sahib use to love you a lot.” I consider the death of Wali Khan as passing away of my close family member and it is a fact that his death has brought about grief not only for his family and me but it’s a grief for the entire Afghan nation, a grief for all those with conscious and a grief for all those around the world who are struggling for democracy and freedom. Did Ghaffar Khan spend 28 years in prison for no reason? Did Wali Khan struggle out of his stubbornness? Asfandyar Wali who only owns a hundred kanal of land and having financial constrains is struggling without a goal? I believe in third world countries there is hardly any example of such a family, a family to whom their principles and values matter the most. Now all the responsibility lies on the shoulders of Asfandyar Wali Khan and my best wishes are with him. Once Wali Khan told me “Javed, keep the flag flying.” I had considered this a big honour for myself. Now I would like to say the same thing from my jail cell in Kotlakhpat that “Asfanyar; keep the flag flying.” In 1972, when I was being framed in a murder case, while sitting in Kotlakhpat Jail I was thinking, “what did I do wrong by participating in university election to in the president seat? Why am I being implicated in a case in which I could be hanged to death? I don’t want to live in this death cell all my life. I was thinking about running away from Pakistan. My love for the homeland had nose-dived.” But once my concept changed, I have stopped giving a certificate of patriotism to others. For half a century, Wali Khan and his family rendered sacrifices for the greater glory of Pakistan but simultaneously endured all trials and tribulations with stoicism, Have we taken a leaf out of their book in terms of patriotism? The question does beg an answer. Salam, your father Makhdoom Javed Hashmi

[malak_junior]

A very moving article


Like father, like son
Makhdoom Javed Hashmi
My dear daughter Ma-moona: The death of Khan Abdul Wali Khan has left my heart achingand. Khan Sahib throughout his life struggled for democracy and did not know such a thing as compromising on his principles. He spearheaded the struggle for the independence of Pakistan. Hatred for the colonial rule ran in his blood and he used to say that “first we fought against the division of Hindustan and now are struggling against those who wants to divide Pakistan.” The great father of Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (Bacha Khan) considered the division of India a conspiracy by the Britishers but after the independence of Pakistan, he swore in the National Assembly loyalty to newborn country. The great Bacha Khan had also invited Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnnah to Peshawar and had arranged a very warm reception for him. But why was this visit cancelled? Bacha Khan is not the one to answer this. It was due to the cancellation of that visit of Jinnah that to this day Pakistani politics has been seeing its negative impacts. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan spent twenty eight years of his life in different jails of Pakistan and Hindustan. This imprisonment is a year more than the jail term served by Nelson Mandela. Khan Abdul Wali Khan was clapped into jail for the first in 1943 and the last time he was imprisoned in 1977 in Hyderabad. This makes it thirty four years of his going into and out of different jails. While Khan Abdul Wali Khan was imprisoned his wife Begum Naseem Wali Khan used to look after party affairs. The true leadership qualities of Khan Abdul Wali Khan came into limelight in 1977 during the struggle for democracy. He never considered imprisonment a hurdle to his struggles and now his son Asfandyar Wali Khan has become an icon of Pakhtoon politics. Wali Khan’s brother Ghani Khan too had spent some time in prison. In 1977 when we were in Hyderabad jail, Mian Mahmood Ali Qasoori told me that once during court proceedings he had asked Wali Khan to sign some document. Wali Khan started reading the paper very carefully, Qasoori told him jokingly “ Khan Sahib, its not divorce papers, so don’t read it so carefully,” Wali Khan replied in a serious tone “ Qasoori Sahib, if our women asks us for divorce, they are not to be blamed, because when I was born my father was in jail and my mother wished that her husband was with her in that hard time but instead my mother passed away while my father remained in jail. I saw my father for the first time when I was seven years old. And when Asfandyar was born, I was in jail and I saw my son for the first time when he was three years old. Asfandyar’s mother, my wife passed away while I was in jail, so we have only given pain to our women.” Bacha Khan’s through his “Khudai Khidmatgar” movement started to improve the lives of Afghans and asked the Pakhtoons to come out of backwardness, illiteracy, and to stop the tribal feuds with each other. Bacha Khan strongly believed in a peaceful world and his independence was dearer to him than his life. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Wali Khan, Begum Naseem and Asfandyar Wali Khan considers democracy as their faith and none of them have ever accepted any ministry or power. Once Mujeeb Ur Rehman Shami and I went to meet Wali Khan at Shahi Bagh. Wali Khan told us “we have even appointed your Muslim League member as governor of NWFP.” At that time Arbab Sikander Khan Khalil was the governor of NWFP, he had spent his entire life in ANP and his father was from Muslim League. By this statement of Wali Khan, one could very well understand the differences between NAP and the Muslim League. A person whose father was a Muslim League member and his entire life time association with NAP could not even get him the status of being a complete “Khudai Khidmatgar.” It was 1972, when I first got the opportunity to property see Wali Khan, he was leader of the opposition in the National Assembly and he use to completely dominate the assembly with his presence. His party had partial government in the two small provinces, just like MMA has these days. At that time Pakistan army had recently been defeated, ninety thousand of its troops were hostage with India and there was no sight of constitution. Zulfiquar Ali Bhutto had created other hurdles for Wali Khan as well, which later became to be the reasons for dissolution of NAP’s governments. At that time Wali Khan truly proved to be a statesman. Wali Khan came out as a conqueror with regard to provincial autonomy issue, while Zulfiquar Ali Bhutto was leading towards individual style of government. Wali Khan was facing tough time during those days and he even comprised his provincial interests for the sake of Pakistan. In my opinion, Khan Abdul Wali Khan displayed more maturity then Zulfiquar Ali Bhutto with regard to having a national constitution and that is what had made Pakistan stronger and stable at that time. For opposition the attitude of Zulfiquar Ali Bhutto was intolerable and under the leadership of Wali Khan we all fastened our struggle for democracy. At that point, when racial war was about to take time, all the opposition parties formed a combined platform and I was appointed as Convenor. Wali Khan not only appreciated my appointment as Convenor but he had also used great words for the sacrifices which I had rendered for achieving democracy. I am very fond of Asfanyar Wali Khan but it not only due to his personality. It was my right to disagree with his elders on some political issues and even now in many issues our ideas are ways apart from each other, but one thing is for sure which can not be ignored and that is since the Independence of Pakistan, the attitude of Punjab towards smaller provinces has been very unfair and whenever somebody raises the issue of provincial autonomy, he is being victimized for being a traitor. And since I have been declared a traitor, others who have been declared traitors seems near and dear to me, but Wali Khan in particular was always very dear to me. When I contacted Asfandyar Wali Khan to condole the death of Wali Khan, he said “you know very well how much “baba” use to love you” after he had said that tears started flowing from my eyes. I remembered all those time when he was kind and courteous to me. Begum Naseem Wali also repeated the same words that “Khan Sahib use to love you a lot.” I consider the death of Wali Khan as passing away of my close family member and it is a fact that his death has brought about grief not only for his family and me but it’s a grief for the entire Afghan nation, a grief for all those with conscious and a grief for all those around the world who are struggling for democracy and freedom. Did Ghaffar Khan spend 28 years in prison for no reason? Did Wali Khan struggle out of his stubbornness? Asfandyar Wali who only owns a hundred kanal of land and having financial constrains is struggling without a goal? I believe in third world countries there is hardly any example of such a family, a family to whom their principles and values matter the most. Now all the responsibility lies on the shoulders of Asfandyar Wali Khan and my best wishes are with him. Once Wali Khan told me “Javed, keep the flag flying.” I had considered this a big honour for myself. Now I would like to say the same thing from my jail cell in Kotlakhpat that “Asfanyar; keep the flag flying.” In 1972, when I was being framed in a murder case, while sitting in Kotlakhpat Jail I was thinking, “what did I do wrong by participating in university election to in the president seat? Why am I being implicated in a case in which I could be hanged to death? I don’t want to live in this death cell all my life. I was thinking about running away from Pakistan. My love for the homeland had nose-dived.” But once my concept changed, I have stopped giving a certificate of patriotism to others. For half a century, Wali Khan and his family rendered sacrifices for the greater glory of Pakistan but simultaneously endured all trials and tribulations with stoicism, Have we taken a leaf out of their book in terms of patriotism? The question does beg an answer. Salam, your father Makhdoom Javed Hashmi

salam malgro

Shamshatu grana thanks lot to bring this article forward as it is not only moving but a tribute from someone who himself is known to be a man of principle. Indeed he speak from his experience as he has seen it from very near.

Indeed shamshatu grana, its a very good article and it shows the other side of Wali khan baba. One realy feel proud that Wali khan baba was a principled man and politician who never compromised on principles. And even those who politically apposed him all their lives, have paid tribute to him. That is the sign of greatness and pride for pukhtoon nation. We are proud of him.

manana.