ZHOB, 03.02.2011 :  The 23rd death anniversary of Khudai Khidmatgar Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and 5th of Rahbar-i-Tehreek Khan Abdul Wali Khan celebrated with honor and respect on Feb 2^nd here in Zhob.

   A public gathering was organized to mark the death anniversaries of Pashtoon nationalist leaders Bacha Khan and Abdul Wali Khan. Central Joint Secretary Muhammad Anwer Mandokhail presided over the gathering.

   Addressing the participants Provincial Deputy Convenor Sardar Asghar Khan Achakzai, Central Deputy General Secretary Abdul Malik Panezai, Central Joint Secretary Muhammad Anwer Mandokhail, Provincial Convening Member Haji Sahib Jan Kakar, Former Provincial General Secretary Haji Nizam u Din Kakar, District Convener Sherani Malik Amanullah Hariphal, District Convener Zhob Abdul Rashid Sial and Muhammad Ibrahim Sherani said that Bacha Khan 37 years while Wali Khan had spent 17 years of their lives behind the bars for the Pashtoon rights and to up hold the banner of democratic system in Pakistan. They had never compromised over the Pashtoons rights. Both leaders disseminated a message of peace, adding late Wali Khan had further conveyed his father’s philosophy of non-violence. They added.

   ´´ANP believes in the philosophy of non-violence of Bacha Khan and would never try to seek solutions to conflicts through wars and guns.´´ They said.

   The speakers praised Bacha Khan and Wali Khan for their services for the independence of the Sub-continent and their fight for Pashtoons rights.

   They further said ´´Pashtoons are leading a backward life in 21^st century and they are deprived of all their genuine rights. Pashtoons do not have control over the recourses lying in their homeland´´. They maintained.

    Renaming the province as Pashtoonkhwa and burying the idea of controversial Kala Bagh dam forever were some of the achievements of Awami National Party, they added.

   The speakers lashed at MQM and termed it as a terrorist organization, adding MQM is responsible for the deteriorating situation of law and order in Karachi . The role of Pashtoons in development of Karachi could not be ruled out. They maintained.

   They also condemned the target killing of Pashtoons in Karachi and asked the governments to stop it forthwith otherwise the fire would engulf other parts of the country.

   There is a dire need for the government to ensure the equal rights of Pashtoons, as Balochistan is the province of Baloch and Pashtoons. They added.

   They demanded of the government through various resolutions to bane MQM, Construction of Zhob-Killa Saifullah, Zhob-Qamar Din and Zhob-Mir Ali Khail high ways and to maintain law and order situation in the area.

   They also condemned terrorism in the country particularly in Khyber Pashtoonkhwa.

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