GILGIT (The Thursday Times) — Gilgit-Baltistan ne Itwar ko apne tamam 10 zilon mein 79wein Youm-e-Azadi manaya. Is mauqe par parcham kushai ki gayi, 21 toppon ki salami di gayi aur un maqami mujahideen ko khiraj-e-aqeedat pesh kiya gaya jinhon ne 1 November 1947 ko ilaqe mein Dogra raj ka khatma kiya.
Markazi taqreeb Gilgit ke Chinar Bagh mein hui, jahan Governor Syed Mehdi Shah aur Wazir-e-Aala Haji Amjad Hussain ne qaumi parcham lehraya. Police aur security forces ke daston ne salami pesh ki, aur donon rehnumaon aur Force Commander Northern Areas ne Yaadgar-e-Shuhada par phoolon ke haar rakhe. Din ka aaghaz masjidon mein khusoosi duaon se hua.
Governor Shah ne kaha ke ilaqe ke aaba-o-ajdad ki himmat aur qurbaniyon ki badaulat yahan ke log azadi se zindagi guzar rahe hain. Unhon ne kaha ke yeh din un se taqaza karta hai ke woh watan se wafadari ka ahad karein aur is ki taraqqi mein faal kirdar ada karein, aur mazeed kaha ke azadi aik nemat hai jis ki hifazat sab ka farz hai. Unhon ne musallah afwaj ki bhi tareef ki aur kaha ke unhon ne India ke saath haliya tasadum mein 7 se zyada Bharti tayyare maar gira diye.
Wazir-e-Aala Hussain ne kaha ke Gilgit-Baltistan ke awam ne mehdood wasail ke bawajood Dogra hukumat ka takhta ulat diya aur phir Pakistan se ilhaq ka tareekhi faisla kiya.
Skardu, Diamer, Ghizer, Hunza, Nagar, Ghanche, Astore aur Shigar mein bhi isi tarah ki taqareeb, khamosh paidal march aur khelon ke programme hue. Pakistan ke deegar hisson se bhi khiraj-e-tehseen pesh kiya gaya, jin mein PTI aur PPP ke rehnuma Syed Nasir Hussain Shah bhi shamil hain, jinhon ne heroes ki qurbaniyon aur ilaqe ki saqafat aur khoobsurti ki tareef ki, jabke is mauqe par ilaqe ke mazeed aaeeni inzimam ke mutalibat bhi naye sire se samne aaye.
1947 mein kya hua
Taqseem ke baad, yeh ilaqa riyasat Jammu and Kashmir ka hissa tha. 1 November 1947 ko Gilgit Scouts aur maqami quwwatein, jin ke rehnumaon mein Subedar Major Babar Khan bhi shamil thay, Maharaja ke governor Brigadier Ghansara Singh ke khilaf harkat mein aayein, jis ne hathiyar daal diye. Scouts ke Bartanwi commander Major William Brown ne bhi aham kirdar ada kiya.
Us din aik aarzi hukumat ne azad Islami Jamhooriya-e-Gilgit ka elan kiya. Phir us ke rehnumaon ne Pakistan ka intikhab kiya, aur 16 November ko Pakistani hukumat ke numainde Sardar Mohammad Alam Khan Gilgit pahunche aur political agent ke taur par charge sambhal liya.
