Third martyrdom anniversary of Shaheed Agha Syed Zia-Ud-Din Rizvi

MEMORABLE, FULLY MOTIVATED AND EMOTIONALLY CHARGED GATHERING OF THE PEOPLE OF GILGIT BALTISTAN IN ISLAMABAD
Report Babar Ali
On Sunday, 27th Jan 2008, from 1500 to 1745 hrs,A historic, fully charged, extremely attentive, disciplined and meaningful gathering was held in Islamabad, G-9/2 Sector, Jamia e Sadiq (AS). This congregation attended by safely close to a thousand people at a short notice was organized to commemorate the third martyrdom anniversary of Shaheed Agha Syed Zia-Ud-Din Rizvi; the valiant peshnamaz of Markazi Masjid, Gilgit. He was a man who withstood all pressures of times, tyrannies, oppressions and six decades old Yazidi tactics of the colonial non local rulers of the Govt of Pakistan and the disloyalties, intrigues and selfishness of some local people on the most tyrannized and oppressed people of Gilgit Baltistan in the World, now being widely recognized as the last colony in the World. He was killed through a combined intelligence agencies and army formed and executed plan in Gilgit. Many religious, political, student, social services leaders and poets spoke on the occasion and participated. Worth mentioning are Allama Amin Shaheedi, Mirza Wajahat Hassan Khan, Allama Mirza Hussain, Syed Tassawar Kazmi, Allama Fakhrul Hassan, Sheikh Alvi, Mirza Nadir Hassan Khan, Mirza Taimur Hassan Khan, Mirza Khurram Hassan Khan, Engineer Manzoor Hussain. The following resolutions were passed :-1. It is ironic that despite passage of three years to the killing of Shaheed Agha Zia and twenty years to 1988, Sate engineered sectarian onslaught on Gilgit Baltistan, no real culprit, murderer, conspirator has ever been apprehended in Gilgit Baltistan.2. All innocent prisoners jailed in Gilgit on fake charges through illegal anti terrorist act be released and this abhorrent act should be finished from district Gilgit.3. The agreement between Ulema and Ministry of Education, Govt of Pakistan to impose a uniformed syllabus acceptable to all sects on 26th April 2005, be implemented forthwith.4. The State sponsored sectarian onslaught and war in Kurram Agency, NWFP was condemned.5. It is a very serious point to ponder that despite passage of sixty years, Gilgit Baltistan disputed land is still without any basic human, economic, educational and political rights. The Federal Govt must grant genuine rights on emergent basis without wasting anymore time. The State Subject Rule be considered enforced and the non local people should be driven away from Gilgit Baltistan according to UN resolution.6. All the non local forces, especially Punjab Rangers, Frontier Constabulary; who are a burden on the limited local budget be expelled immediately and the law and order responsibility be entrusted to local police and Northern Scouts.7. This gathering vows to be loyal to Agha Zia’s successor Agha Syed Rahat Hussain al Hussaini so as to continue with the mission and though of Shaheed Agha Zia to achieve this, a firm determination was aired.