The veteran political leader had died on September 26, 2003.
Though
no political party or leader organised any function to mark the death
anniversary of the great democratic leader, yet the family remembered
him with fervour.
Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan remained a champion of democracy and a strong voice against dictators throughout his.
Nawabzada
was son of Khan Bahadar Nawabzada Saifullah Khan born in November 1918
at Khangarh. He was a polite manner leader who had never made any
compromise on democracy and religion. He spent his 70 years from 1933 to
September 26, 2003 in politics and fought a war for democracy against
military dictatorship. He was also a poet and remained chief editor of
Daily Azad newspaper. He achieved his starting education from Khangarh,
Muzaffargarh and Chief’s College (presently Aitcheson College Lahore).
He worked for Majlis Ahrarul Hind with Syed Attaullah Shah Bukhari and
started his politics from there as well as started a campaign against
British military. He hosted the first political procession at Khangarh
but could not utter a single word after “Hazrat” but who knew that this
leader will become a great politician of international level. He was
arrested first time being a member of All India Kashmir committee in
1934 and 1935.He also voted for resolution of Pakistan on March 3, 1940
under the leadership of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. He was
defeated in his first election in 1945 at the ticket of Majlis Ahrarul
Hind.
Later on, he joined Muslim
League (because of admonishing of political wing by Majlis Ahrarul Hind)
and participated in the election in 1951, winning two seats of MLA.
After the death of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the Muslim League
declined near to end due to which Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan constituted
another party with the name of Pakistan Awami League in collaboration of
Huseyn
Shaheed Suhrawardy who became president of the new party and Nawabzada
Nasrullah Khan general secretary. He proactively participated in 1953
Tehreek Khatme Nabowwat. In 1956, Hussain Shaheed became the prime
minister of Pakistan, but Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan did not accept any
post under the presidency of Field Marshal Ayuob Khan. In 1956, Pakistan
Laws was constituted, stating that any judgement, which will against
Islam will not be considered as the law of Pakistan in which Nasrullah
Khan fully participated. After one year this resolution, elections were
conducted but a Marshall law was announced with the conspiracy of
Sikandar Mirza and Field Marshal Ayoub Khan and democracy started to
decline. Ayoub Khan became the president of Pakistan as well as Chief of
join staff and field marshal. Three life attempts were made on
Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan by Field Marshal Ayoub Khan, but he survived
these attacks unhurt. Some culprits also attempted to burn home of the
Nawabzada with the consent of democracy enemies in which Nawab Sahib’s
personal library was burnt due to which his all personal record, poetry
and daily diary were burnt. He was arrested so many times and imprisoned
in different jails. He got united all political parties against martial
law in 1972 and had to suffer defeat in elections due to machinations
of martial law dictator.
He united
all the opposition political parties again with the collaboration of
Begum Nusrat Bhutto in 1981 and created a new party in the name of MRD
due to which Martial Law administrator Ziaul Haq got Nawab Sahib
arrested. After the sad demise of Ziaul Haq in plane crash, Nawab sahib
won election and became MNA in 1988 and Benazir Bhutto became the prime
minister of Pakistan. However, merely after one and a half years,
President Ghulam Ishaque Khan dissolved the National Assembly and later
Nawaz Sharif became the prime minister as a result of massive rigging in
elections but Nawab Sahib started campaign. Ghulam Ishaque Khan again
dissolved the National Assembly in 1993 and elections were announced in
which Nawab Sahib again succeeded and became MNA. Benazir Bhutto invited
Nawab Sahib to join her government, but Nawab Sahib refused to do so.
Nawab Sahib remained a staunch advocate of the Kashmir issue and had
served as president Kashmir Committee in the PPP government on a
condition that the PPP government will work for the implementation of
United Nations resolutions of 1949 in which Kashmiri’s will get the
right to decide their future through a plebiscite. He highlighted the
Kashmir issue on national and international fronts in vociferous manner.
He played a big rule in uniting all the political parties at the
platform of MRD in 2000 against military dictator Pervaz Musharraf. In
which charter of democracy was managed and all political parties signed
that for the restoration of democracy in Pakistan.
Nawabzada
Nasrullah Khan was a great democratic leader who spent entire life for
the restoration of democracy and never compromise with the military
dictators, virtually paying heavily for his principled stance. The
veteran leader died on September 26, 2003 due to heart disease. He will
remain in the memories of the entire nation as no political leader could
be able to fill the void left by the demise of Nawabzada Nasrullah
Khan. The two son of Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan i.e – Nawabzada Mansoor
Ahmad Khan has won MPA election on the ticket of PTI and Nawabzada
Iftikhar Khan won MNA election on the ticket of PPP during election 2018
due to which public of area hopped that the problems of area will be
solved forthwith.
YOUN TO MEHFIL SAY TERI
OTH GAEY SAB DIL WALY
IK DEEWANA THA WO BHI
NA RAHA KEHTY HAIN.
