GNS Nowshera, October :Member legislative Council and General Secretary & Spokesperson PCC Mr. Ravinder Sharma-MLC, while paying rich tributes to the evilian and Army personal martyred at Qila Darhal-Nowshera laid foundation stone of a ‘Hall of Fame’ in the memory of martyrs at Shaheedgarh Qila Darhal. Addressing a huge gathering of citizens including the family members of civilians and Army personnel who laid down their lives during 1947-48, Mr. Sharma paid rich tributes to them and announced construction of a hall in the memory of the martyrs. Senior officers of the Army and the civil administration also attended the function and paid tributes. Mr. Sharma recalled that the residents of Qila Darhal created history of bravery when they resisted and repulsed the raiders attacks in their area. The civilian population including women fought against the Pakistani Army in the area for months together till the Indian Army reached the area. The civilians had taken shelter in the fort at Qila Darhal but didn’t leave their native place. Mr. Sharma lauded the role of the Army in the area in extending various kinds of facilities and their support to the local population especially in the border and remote area of the twin border districts and the civilian population is highly appreciative of the Army in these areas. He further stressed up on maintaining the relations and rapport in the larger interests of the people. Responding to the demands for improving the basic facilities in the area, Mr. Sharma regretted that such a place of historical importance has not witnessed proper development so far. He asked the authorities to prepare project for further development of this historical place and the fort constructed during Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s regime. He said that he has already taken up the issue for the preservation of the fort with the centre government.
When the holy Quran was placed before Mohammed Maqbool Butt on the morning of February 11, 1984, he knew that death awaited him in the phansi kothi a few yards away. A high voltage bulb burning outside the grated doors of his solitary cell in the death row was indicative of the outside darkness. If he had had any hopes of living awhile yet, they were dashed by the presence of the” prison doctors. Jail superintendent, A.B. Shukla/had paid Butt a visit in the middle of the previous night. Shukla chatted with him for a long time but cautiously avoided any talk about the execution. “I will see you on Monday”, Butt’s counsel on record, the sallow-complexioned R.C. Pathak, had told him during a brief interview they were allowed on the evening of February 10. In answer, the condemned Kashmir Liberation Front leader, who was awarded the death sentence of the murder of a CID officer in 1966, had meaningfully remarked: “Do you think they will permit us a second meeting?” He was right! Butt was n...
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