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27th death anniversary of Bacha Khan

[21.Jan.2015 - 11:44]

27th death anniversary day of Great Bacha Khan

By: Mehfooz Jan

The day I will never forget.I Performed sleepless and restless duty day and night along with other PSF friends like Shehzad,Riyaz Khattak,Shah Hussain Bangash and many more.we spent the whole 2 nights with the coffin of Bacha Khan in the freezing cold in Cunningham park Peshawar under the supervision of Mian Ifthekhar Hussain the then Central president of PSF.Farid Toofan,Provicial press secretary ANP, and Qaisar Khan Lala central Press secretary ANP were controlling the emotional and bereaved mourners using loudspeakers.
on the same day at around 2:00 pm we were told that Prme Minister of India his Excellency Mr Rajeo Gandhi,who was in the air travelling to America,diverted his flight to Peshawar, was gonna visit Peshawar for condolence and to pay his last respect to Bacha Khan.Upon his arrival at the Park I witnessed an exemplary discipline in the crowded Park.no one chanted any slogan and no one even dared to move from his place.Rajeo Gandhi along with his wife Sonia,son Rahul and daughter Priyanka arrived a bit late than expected time.with Wali Khan he stood silently for 3 minutes beside Bacha Khan coffin in a very graceful manner.I was lucky to have a duty place very close to them.
the next day was a stormy cold and rainy day.I witnessed hundreds of thousands people flooding towards Cunningham Park to pay their last respect to their great leader.Beside President Zia ul Haq and Prim Minister Mohammad Khan Jonejo,Arbab Jahngir Khan chief minsiter Pukhthoon khwa,Fida Mohammad Khan governor Pukhthoonkhwa,Qaiz Husain Ahmad,Maulana Fazlurahman,Nawab zada Nasrullah and all other high political and govt official attended the Jinaza of my Malang Baba.Janaza Prayer was led by Saab e Haq sb of Rajjar.
The next day, early in the morning, the jinaza procession led by Khan Abdul Wali Khan set out for Jalal Abad,Hundreds of thousands of the mourners and followers of Bacha khan joined the procession.we reached Jalal Abad at around 3 Pm.
Dr Najeebullah President of Afghanistan himself came to join the jinaza procession in Jalalabad.
I was again very lucky to have the chance to escort Wali Khan and Dr Najeebullah along with Afghan Army official who were on their duty with their President.they were so kind and welcoming that they didn't object on our presence very close to their President.
while burial ceremony was in progress we heard a big bang.that was a bomb explosion in the parking area of the jinaza procession.19 people were killed and many injured.I,along with my friend Shehzad and his father(Agha Gul), picked up the dead bodies from the muddy parking and helped those, who had lost the dear ones and their cars,transported to Peshawar.what a horrible night that was.

- Mehfooz Jan
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