Lahore: Recently, a retired military officer’s remarks against freedom fighter Bhagat Singh caused an uproar in Pakistan. In fact, a Lahore-based NGO on Tuesday criticized the government for renaming Shadman Chowk after Bhagat Singh and scrapping the installation of his statue there on the advice of a retired Pakistan Army officer. plan. Let us tell you that this famous square in Lahore was originally named after Bhagat Singh, but retired army officer Tariq Majeed put obstacles in its way by saying some objectionable words.
Tariq Majeed included in committee
The Lahore Metropolitan Corporation said this on Friday in response to a contempt petition filed by Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi, Chairman of ‘Pakistan Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation’ in the Lahore High Court. , the proposal to name Shadman Chowk after Bhagat Singh and install his statue there has been cancelled. The Lahore Metropolitan Corporation said plans to change the name of Shadman Chowk were scrapped in view of the report submitted by Brigadier General (retd) Tariq Majeed. Majeed was a member of a committee set up by the government to name Shadman Chowk after Bhagat Singh.
“In today’s context, Bhagat is a terrorist”
Nigam said Majeed claimed that “Bhagat Singh was not a revolutionary but a criminal and in today’s parlance a terrorist”. He murdered a British policeman, for which he and two accomplices were sentenced to death. At a press conference in Lahore on Tuesday, foundation chairman Qureshi said Majeed was reminded of Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s speech praising him in the Central Assembly and then calling revolutionary Bhagat Singh “Criminals and Terrorists”.
“Jinnah praised Bhagat Singh”
Qureshi said, “Jinnah not only praised the sacrificial character of Bhagat Singh and his comrades, but also stood up with the strongest intention to support them and questioned the British legal order and principles.” He said the government’s Bhagat Singh’s report is “ridiculous and falsifies history” and distorts Islamic views. He said, “Bhagat Singh was a revolutionary born on the soil of Pakistan. We cannot allow the history of our country to be destroyed for trivial political purposes.” (Language)
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