31st July, Political Leaders of Pakistan and Kashmir gathered to pay tribute to the father of Kashmir, Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, in Islamabad.

The Seventh Anniversary of the Father of Kashmir

31 July 2010

Political Leaders of Pakistan and Kashmir gathered to pay tribute to the father of Kashmir, Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, in Islamabad.

Senator Raja Zafar-ul-haq (PML-N), Sardar Khalid Ibrahim Khan (JKPP), Raja Farooq Haider (Former PM AJK), Shah Ghulam Qadir (Speaker AJK Legislative Assembly), Amanullah Khan (Chairman JKLF), Shaukat Shah (Former Minister AJK), Ghulam Sadiq (Member of Kashmir Council, Peoples Party AJK), K.B. Khan (Former MLA) and other notable personalities prayed and shared their thoughts about the Father of Kashmir.

Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan was born on April 10, 1915 in Horna Mirah, a village of District Poonch of Kashmir. He obtained his LLB from the University of London in 1943, and began his practice as a prosecutor in 1943 at Mirpur. He did his BVC from Lincoln's Inn and became the first Barrister of Kashmir. He was appointed as assistant advocate general in 1944 by the Maharaja of Kashmir. He left the government job in line with the liberation of Kashmir movement and contested the 1946 election with sweeping victory that made him the Member of Rajiha Sabha.

Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan led an army of Kashmiri Freedom Fighters against the Maharaja of Kashmir, after passing the resolution for Kashmir's accession to Pakistan in 1947. Amanullah Khan recalls those days as the fiercest days for Kashmiri Nation. Amanullah Khan honored and admired the bravery and valor of Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan by citing an incident of his childhood,

“... I remember that I was going towards my home when I saw a policeman of Maharaja’s government. Their Red Turbans were a symbol of terror and fear for the innocent citizens of Kashmir. I was so frightened to see the red turban that I jumped and hide myself in the paddy field…..Sardar Ibrahim Khan retaliated against the Maharaja of Kashmir in those violent days…”

K.B.Khan while sharing his thoughts said that, “…retaliation was a deadly risk. Had it been unsuccessful, Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim khan would have faced death penalty…”

Senator Raja Zafar-Ul-Haq also honored the work and life of the Father of Kashmir. He stated that:

“Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan was an honorable, brave and an honest man. His principles and foresight helped Kashmir as well as Pakistan….I believe that by following the rules, principles and guidelines provided by Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan Sahib, we can achieve prosperity"

Regarding the political situation of Kashmir, Raja Zafar-ul-Haq said that:

“….I realize that Sardar sahib is no longer among us, but I see his principles, his political vision and his foresight in Sardar Khalid Ibrahim Khan and I see Raja Haider Khan's viewpoint in Raja Farooq Haider…”

Raja Farooq Haider Khan, Shah Ghulam Qadir, Ghulam Sadiq, Shaukat Shah and other notable personalities paid tribute to Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan.

At the end of the ceremony, Raja Zafar-ul-Haq requested Sardar Khalid Ibrahim Khan to come up on stage and share his thoughts with the gathering. Sardar Khalid Ibrahim Khan thanked everyone and expressed his feelings and views on the occasion.

The ceremony ended with everyone praying for the Father of Kashmir, Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, who, at the age of 32, retaliated against the Maharaja of Kashmir and became the voice of millions of people.

Sardar Muhammad Obaid Khan
Chief Coordinator
Jammu Kashmir Peoples Youth and Student Council (Pakistan Chapter)

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    Shaukat Latif Best way to remember to father is to fellow his path of scarifice

    August 14, 2010 at 8:28am ·  · 4
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    Anjum Khan no doubt SARDAR IBRAHIM was a gr8 person 

    September 5, 2010 at 12:25pm ·  · 2
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    Anjum Khan he was SELF FACTUALIZED person . he was a man of PRINCIPLES

    September 5, 2010 at 12:27pm ·  · 2
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    Sardar Mehmood Khan Sudozai He was the GREAT & VISIONARY leader,we whole as a nation need to fallow his principles

    September 6, 2010 at 7:13am ·  · 1
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    Matloob Ahmed He was a legend of politics in the state of J&K, a tremendous, straight forward, selflessness, brave, cool minded and disciplined leader who gained respect of his enemies as well. He was first barrister of Kashmir, and resolution of ALHAQ-E-PAKISTAN was passed at his residence in Srinagar during 1947. We miss him alot, may ALLAH rest his departed soul in eternal peace. ameen

    September 13, 2010 at 8:41am ·  · 1
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    Nuzhat Zafar he stood against tyranny and never compromised his principlesl.may Allah rest his soul in peace,ameen

    October 9, 2010 at 3:44am ·  · 2
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    Basharat Khan A brave leader who is still alive

    November 3, 2010 at 1:20am ·  · 1
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    Raja Habib Jalib A great leader ,no doubt about it.

    January 7, 2011 at 7:05pm ·  · 1
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    Sardar Zaheen Greatest Leader in Kashmir

    February 17, 2011 at 12:08am ·  · 2
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    Taufiq Aftab He was a man of principal. We should follow him.

    March 1, 2011 at 7:15am ·  · 1
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Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan (April 10, 1915 – July 31, 2003) also known as Bani-e-Kashmir "Father of Kashmir" and Ghazi-e-Millat, is the founder of Azad Kashmir. Born in Horna Mirah, a village of District Poonch of Kashmir, Sardar Ibrahim obtained his LLB from the University of London in 1943, and began his practice as a prosecutor in 1943 at Mirpur. He completed his BVC from Lincoln's Inn and became the first Barrister of Kashmir. He was appointed as assistant advocate general in 1944 by the then Maharaja of Kashmir. He left the government job in line with the liberation of Kashmir movement, and contested the 1946 elections with sweeping victory that made him the Member of Rajiha Sabha. He led an army of Kashmiri guerrillas against the Maharaja of Kashmir, Hari Singh, after passing the resolution for Kashmir's accession to Pakistan in 1947, at his residence. Sardar and his army were unable to capture the whole Kashmiri Territory due to the resolution passed by United Nations on August 13, 1948. However, the captured area was named as Azad Kashmir and Khan was elected as its first President at the age of 32. He represented Kashmir in different capacities in the United Nations from 1948 to 1971.

Bani-e-Kashmir Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan
Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan as the, 32 years old, first President of Azad Kashmir.
President of Azad Kashmir
In office 1947–1950
In office 1957–1959
In office 1975–1978
In office 1996–2001
Personal details
Born	April 10, 1915 Hurna Mera, District Poonch, Azad Kashmir
Died	July 31, 2003 (aged 88) Islamabad, Pakistan
Political party	Muslim Conference, Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party
Spouse(s)	Zaib-un-Nisa Khan
Relations	Sardar Javed Ibrahim Khan Son Sardar Khalid Ibrahim Khan Son Uft-e-Huma Daughter Sardar Farooq Ibrahim Khan Son
Religion	Sunni Muslim
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YOUM-E-SHUHADA-E-KASHMIR(MARTYR'S DAY) IS OBSERVED IN BOTH SIDES OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR.

SARDAR ATTIQ SADOZAI

Youme Shuhada-e-Kashmir (Martyrs’ Day) is observed on July 13 every year on both sides of the Line of Control and all over the world by the Kashmiris to pay homage to 22 Kashmiris who were martyred in 1931 to free Kashmir from the brutalities of despotic Dogra rulers. The day is the milestone in the history of Kashmiri struggle against foreign occupation.

 
A young Kashmiri martyred has a smile on his face

The history of Dogra rule (1846-1947) in Kashmir is replete with tyrannous treatment, meted out to the Kashmiri Muslims by Dogra forces. Under the Dogra rule, they were leading so miserable life that it was difficult to differentiate them from beasts. Slave labour, heavy taxes, capital punishment for cow slaughter, and living under constant terror was order of the day.

In this connection, Yousaf Saraf in his book, ‘Kashmiris Fight for Freedom’ calls it “free forced labour” and “instead of donkeys and horses, Kashmiri Muslims were used for transportation of goods across the far-flung areas”.

Atrocities of the Dogra regime could also be judged from the book of Sir Walter Lawrence, ‘The India We Served’. While describing the pathetic picture of the Kashmiris, he remarks, “army was employed in forcing the villagers to plough and sow, and worse still, the soldiers came at harvest time and when the share of the state had been seized” and “there was very little grain to tide the unfortunate peasants over the cruel winter.”

Under that tyrannical regime, political rights could not be imagined; even the religious rights had been segregated away from the Muslims of the state.

On April 19, 1931, the ban of Eid Khutba ignited widespread demonstrations in the Jummu city for a number of days. It was followed by desecration of the Holy Qur’an at the hands of Dogra forces, which resulted into outrage among the Muslims throughout the state. In Srinagar, people gathered in Jamia Masjid to denounce this blasphemy. One such get-together was held in Khankah-e-Muella Srinagar, which was addressed by prominent Kashmiris. When the meeting was concluded, a youth, Abdul Qadeer, pointing his finger to the Maharaja’s palace, raised slogans “destroy its every brick”. With the accusation of sedition, he was arrested forthwith. Abdul Qadir was to be tried in the court but due to large public resentment, the court was shifted to Central Jail Srinagar.

On July 12, 1931, in response to the shifting of court, intense public protests were held throughout the city. The next day, on July 13, 1931, thousands of people thronged the Central Jail Srinagar to witness the in-camera trial of Abdul Qadeer. As the time for obligatory prayer approached, a young Kashmiri stood for Azan. The Dogra Governor, Ray Zada Tartilok Chand ordered soldiers to open fire at him. When he got martyred, another young man took his place and started Azan. He was also shot dead. In this way, 22 Kashmiris embraced martyrdom in their efforts to complete the Azan.

The people carried the dead and paraded through the streets of Srinagar, chanting slogans against Dogra brutalities. Complete strike was observed in the city, which was followed by weeklong mourning. This incident shook the whole state and the traffic from Srinagar to Rawalpindi and Srinagar to Jammu came to halt from July 13 to 26, 1931. The 22 martyrs are buried in Martyrs’ Graveyard at Khawaja Bazar, Srinagar.

The atrocities against the Kashmiri Muslims did not stop even after the partition of India. The human rights record of Indian government in the occupied Kashmir has been terrible and is characterized by arbitrary arrests, torture, rape and extrajudicial killings.

Since 1989 when liberation of Kashmir entered a new phase, Indian military troops have been using all inhuman tactics of ethnic cleansing to disturb the majority population of the Kashmiris.

Today’s Kashmir presents the worst possible case of state terrorism where Indian forces threaten to eliminate entire masses engaged in demanding implementation of the United Nations resolutions. Various methods of state terrorism such as breaking the leg, burning of a village, custodial killings etc., are mercilessly used against the innocent Kashmirirs, demanding their legitimate right of freedom. More than half million people have been massacred by the Indian troops so far.

In the recent past, discovery of nearly 3000 graves of the unmarked Muslims in the 18 villages of Indian controlled Kashmir surprised the international community, displaying new evidence regarding New Delhi’s state terrorism there.

 
Graveyards are full but India wont listen

It is notable that ‘composite dialogue’ between India and Pakistan took place on a number of occasions, but produced no outcome, prolonging the agony of the subjugated people of the occupied Kashmir due to Indian intransigence.

Nevertheless, observance of Kashmiris’ freedom struggle on the Martyrs’ day every year is reaffirmation of the fact that Kashmiris will continue to fight against Indian illicit occupation. In this respect, Youme Shuhada-e-Kashmir is an ideal day for Kashmiris to seek inspiration to carry their struggle for freedom to its logical end. At this time of distress, the people of Pakistan side with the oppressed ones in sharing the grief of Kashmiri freedom lovers. Pakistan also observes Youme Shudaha-e-Kashmir on July 13, launching a protest against the oppressive polices of Indian occupation, which has continued against the hapless Kashmiris.

However, on July 13, all over the world, Kashmiris renew their pledge to continue the ongoing war of liberation for the accomplishment of their right of self-determination and for the independence of occupied terroritoris from the despotic Indian rule.

Woman ‘gang rapped’ in front of family in Gujarat

Sardar Attiq Sadozai 
Thursday, 20-October-2011

Gujarat: Nephew of an ex member Punjab assembly and his friends, allegedly  gang raped a woman in front of her husband and children in Dhalian village, Dinga City of Gujarat District of the Punjab province.
Sources told TheNewsTribe that Asma was sleeping at her home with her family members on October 11 when in the midnight Mian Jahangir with his friends Naveed Ilyas and Munazir Hussein barged into the house by scaling the wall.
They made them hostage on gun point and allegedly raped the woman for three hours. Later they fled away threatening the poor family dire consequences if they told anyone about the incident.
The villagers have strongly protested against the incident and demanded of the government to arrest the accused involved in the heinous crime.
Local police have arrested Naveed Ilyas and Munazir Hussain but the main accused Mian Jahangir stated to be still at large.
Local people said that the accused Mian Jahangir was hiding in the Member of Provincial assembly’s House.
Human rights organizations, civil society and villagers have demanded of the government to provide   justice to the poor family.
They demanded of the Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif to take action against this gruesome incident of gang rape.
Source: The News Tribe