Monday, 26 October 2020

What happened after Jinnah walked in to Mosque with his shoes on? The man who tried to kill Jinnah,

 


 What happened after Jinnah walked in to Mosque with his shoes on? 

The man who tried to kill Jinnah, Shakil Chaudhary 


On July 26, 1943, at approximately 1:30 pm, Mohamad Rafiq Sabir Mazangavi, a 25-year-old tall and lean man with a long beard, arrived at Jinnah’s house in Bombay and asked to meet with him. He was from Lahore's Mazang area. 


Jinnah's secretary told him that his boss was a very busy person and that he could not meet him without a prior appointment. Suddenly, Jinnah emerged from his office to speak to his private secretary. As Jinnah turned back, the young man leaped forward and punched him in the face. Jinnah was stunned. 


As he regained his balance, the young man pulled out a dagger from his waistband and pointed at Jinnah’s throat. Jinnah understood the gravity of the situation. The dagger could slit Jinnah’s throat. He grabbed the assailant’s waist with one hand and clutched the wrist holding the dagger with the other hand. 


In the meantime, the blade had cut his jaw slightly. The stunned private secretary rushed to Jinnah’s rescue and held the assailant with his both hands. The other servants came running and overpowered the assailant. 


During the course of the trial, Rafiq decided to cross-examine the witnesses himself when the victim, Jinnah, stood in the witness box, Rafiq started the cross-examination. 


Rafiq: I had sent you many letters and telegrams and you never answered them. Do you agree? 


Jinnah: I don’t know. I receive hundreds of letters every day and I travel a lot. Hence, I am unable to read all the letters. 

Rafiq: You have not clarified the meaning of Pakistan. Please clarify the word Pakistan. 


Jinnah: The meaning of Pakistan is clear to those who want to understand it. No one can explain it to those who do not want to understand it. 

Rafiq: Jinnah Sahib, is there any personal enmity between us? 

Jinnah: No. I do not think so. 


Rafiq: Then can you tell me why I attacked you? 


Magistrate: This question is unnecessary. 


Rafiq: Your honor, can I ask Jinnah Sahib what happened at the time of his daughter’s marriage? 

Magistrate: No. Not at all. 


Rafiq: Is it true that you have received hundreds of copies of the Quran as gifts?

 

Jinnah: Yes. 

Rafiq: Do you know why are gifted to you? 

Jinnah: As per the Islamic tradition, the gifting of the Quran is bestowing an honor. 


Rafiq: These copies are gifted to you so that you could quit the politics of manipulation and study the Quran and lead a better life in your old age. 

Magistrate: This is not relevant to the case. 


Rafiq: Do you remember that you had entered the Shaheedganj Mosque in Lahore with your shoes on? 


Magistrate: We are not here to condemn the behavior of Quaid-i-Azam. We are here to investigate the attempted murder of him.

 

Rafiq: You honor, Quaid-i-Azam has just said that there is no enmity between us. We have no dispute over any property or woman. then why should I attack him? 


Magistrate: All right you can proceed. 


Rafiq: You are not conversant with the real conditions of the Muslims. Have you ever thought about their poverty and illiteracy and why they turn to begging, theft, and gambling? I wanted to meet you only to ask this question. 


Rafiq: Jinnah Sahib, your lifestyle is not in accordance with the principles of Islam. Then how can you be a leader of the Muslims? 

Jinnah: You must put this question to the Muslims of the country. 


Rafiq: You are not conversant with the real conditions of the Muslims. Have you ever thought about their poverty and illiteracy and why they turn to begging, theft, and gambling? I wanted to meet you only to ask this question. (For details, see Dinkar Joshi, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah: 


The Man Behind the Curtain, Pentagon Press, 2012, pp. 259-263) 


Upon hearing the news of the murder attempt, GM Syed tried to commit suicide by jumping off the Sindh Assembly building. Syed Khair Shah, a fellow member of the assembly, saved his life. Subsequently, Mr. GM Syed fainted. 


On November 4, 1943, Rafiq was sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment. The allegation that he was a member of the Khaksar Tahreek turned out to be false. 

Wednesday, 21 October 2020

Pakistan Remains in the UN Terror Financing Grey Zone

 


 Pakistan Remains in the UN Terror Financing Grey Zone 

Pakistan has failed in letter and spirit to disrupt and dismantle terrorist financial infrastructure despite repeated warnings. 

By Husain Haqqani 

October 20, 2020 


Although Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has assured his countrymen that Pakistan would soon get off the pre-sanctions watchlist of the U.N. money laundering and terror financing watchdog, it is unlikely that the international community will let Pakistan completely off the hook any time soon. 


The United Nations Financial Action Task Force (FATF), is holding its virtual plenary on Wednesday and Thursday (October 21-22) and once again Pakistan’s case is likely to receive most attention.

 

Pakistan has, for years, not fulfilled the international organization’s standards against money laundering and has failed to shut down financing of terrorist groups operating on its soil. 


But several countries have been reluctant to add Pakistan’s name to the FATF “blacklist,” which entails global economic sanctions currently imposed only on Iran and North Korea. Given the country’s poor track record in shutting down terrorist groups, Pakistan has been on FATF’s “grey list,” which has resulted in “enhanced monitoring” off and on for years. 


The grey list is normally meant to force governments into tightening their legal regimes against money laundering and terrorist financing in order to get off it. But for Pakistan, it has become a way to indefinitely escape the blacklist. Avoiding the blacklist has become a goal in itself for Islamabad and after every FATF meeting that gives Pakistan a reprieve, its leaders celebrate the failure of its enemy, India, in securing the imposition of full sanctions. 


The plenary that starts on Wednesday was originally scheduled for June, but the COVID-19 pandemic helped Pakistan get an additional four months to meet the U.N. task force’s requirements. Still, the FATF’s first follow-up report (FUR) on the mutual evaluation report (MER) about Pakistan suggests that the country has made little progress in creating an effective mechanism to end money laundering and combat terror financing. 


The FATF made 40 recommendations for what Pakistan needed to do and Pakistan fully complied with two of them, up from compliance on one item a year ago. Pakistan was reported as being non-compliant in four areas, partially compliant on 25 counts, and largely compliant on nine recommendations. 


Since June 2018, when Pakistan was last placed on the grey list, Pakistan has had the benefit of three extensions for complying with 27 points. In February 2020, FATF gave Pakistan a four-month grace period to complete implementation of its 27-point action plan against money laundering and terrorist financing. Then, Pakistan delivered on 14 points but missed 13 other targets. 


Pakistan’s compliance is largely technical, coming in the form of legislation or modification of banking rules. But it has repeatedly missed deadlines for shutting down all access to funding of United Nations Security Council designated terrorist groups, especially those with close ties to the country’s security establishment. These include the Taliban, al-Qaida, Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Jaish-e-Mohammad. 


Initiation of a few high profile cases, usually just ahead of FATF meetings, notwithstanding, Pakistan has shown no serious desire to prosecute the leaders of these groups for accessing finance or for actual acts of terrorism. Many of those designated as terrorists by the U.N. have gone through Pakistan’s revolving door. 

One month before the FATF meeting, Pakistan announced the freezing of 964 properties of proscribed groups such as Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) under the United Nations Security Council (Freezing and Seizure) Order, 2019. 


In February an anti-terrorism court sentenced JuD chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed to five-and-a-half years in prison in two cases after finding him guilty of terror financing and affiliation with an outlawed group. In August, three of his associates were sentenced to jail terms by a court in Lahore: Malik Zafar Iqbal and Abdul Salam Bhattvi to five years each in jail, and Abdul Rehman Makki to 18 months. All sentences are under appeal. 

Also in August, the government tried to quickly pass the 2020 Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) and Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) Amendments but they failed to convince the parliamentary opposition, which blocked the move. 


It is impossible for the international community not to notice how terrorist leaders are detained just in time to avoid international sanctions and released once the immediate threat of sanctions subsides. But Pakistan’s status as the world’s only Muslim nuclear weapons power and its strategic location, coupled with close ties with China and a past alliance with the United States, enable it to avoid punishments that other countries receive for similar actions. 


Pakistan has so far successfully managed to avoid the blacklist due to diplomatic support from China, Turkey, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and other Middle East countries. Avoiding the blacklist requires support of fewer countries, but support of 12 out of FATF’s 39 members is needed to exit the grey list. Difficulty in getting that level of support is the reason why Pakistan remains ever on the grey list even when it cannot be put on the blacklist. 

 

Pakistan’s main international benefactor, China, is currently the chief of the Asia-Pacific group of FATF, something that helps Pakistan breathe easy. When China hosted the meeting of the international terror financing watchdog in Beijing in January 2020, its officials praised Pakistan’s “visible progress” in strengthening its counter terrorism financing system, and asked the world to encourage Pakistan. 


For this week’s plenary, Pakistan is also hoping for concessions from the United States in return for Pakistan’s support for U.S. talks with the Afghan Taliban. But the best the U.S. can do for Pakistan is to keep it on the grey list again. It would be difficult for the U.S. and other Western governments to ignore the evidence about the continuing operation of jihadi groups in Pakistan. 


Husain Haqqani, director for South and Central Asia at the Hudson Institute, was Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States from 2008 to 2011. 

https://thediplomat.com/2020/10/pakistan-remains-in-the-un-terror-financing-grey-zone/ 

Monday, 12 October 2020

Are you important?



 Are you important? 

Some people think they are invincible. Some others consider them to be very important and popular. 


Another class of people believe they have good contacts and hold special relationship with friends and colleagues. 

Some of us give most of our time to issues related the community or a national cause, hoping that the community will benefit and praise the effort. 


Whether the community benefits and praise the effort or not let me leave this on one side; and let me explain who suffers most in this unappreciated struggle: 


your parents, wife and children.

 

You could not find sufficient time for them, yet they were the special people in your life. 


I have also given most of my time ,since 1973, to my national struggle and sacrificed my career. Apart from that, at one time, because of the JKLF I got involved in activities which could have resulted in many years of imprisonment. 


I have authored 70 books and booklets on issues related to the former Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir. My most recent books, published in the last two months are: 

1/ Legal Status of Jammu and Kashmir – Realisation of Bitter Facts 

2/ How Azad is Azad Kashmir Government. 


I have attended, and organised dozens of international conferences on Jammu and Kashmir; addressed conferences in the UN Human Council in Geneva, anchored a TV programme on Kashmir for 4 years, and gave hundreds of TV interviews. 


I am also very active social media activist, with around 40,000 following, which include followers from Twitter, Gmail, Facebook, individuals, Groups I manage and my page. 


Because of what I did, I and my family suffered immensely. I don’t want to enumerate my financial losses; sad thing is that I could not even travel with a dead body of my father; and I cannot visit a place where I was born. 


As a social media activist, I normally send 4-5 post daily, and sometimes more than that. I keep my followers busy with posts on different topics, not only on Jammu and Kashmir, but on other issues which may be of interest to them. My purpose is to provide them with knowledge and educate them. 


On last Monday, I had excruciating pain just below the ribs. It was extremely intolerable and very tormenting. Ambulance came and they decided to take me to hospital. Since Covid 19, general perception in our community in England is that people with other ailments (like I have heart condition with 5 stents and one lung 80% dead), they come back in a box, as they have become a burden on the state. 


However, we had no choice as the pain was unendurable. Once in the ambulance, I discovered that my wife and daughter cannot go with me. I believed I will not survive, and sad thing was I could not even say Allah hafiz to my wife and daughter. 


I was diagnosed with a serious infection in my Gall Bladder. I was given two kinds of anti-biotics, general only one is given for infections. In total, I was taking 33 tablets daily, including my normal medicine. 


From Monday to Wednesday evening, every hour, I thought could be my last hour. No email, no Facebook, no twitter, no discussion of any kind on phone as I was not in a position. 


Thank Allah SWT, with prayers of my wife, daughters and sons in law, slowly I started recovering. After this very difficult time, I had this satisfaction in my mind that my friends, followers, well-wishers, those who read and appreciate what I post must have missed my absence and realised that there was something wrong.

 

On Wednesday, I used my mobile for 5 minutes, and to my surprise, there was only one message from a lady who married in to our family. Her husband, my nephew, is a solicitor and his wife is a school teacher. Message was:

 

Uncle, Salam. I have not seen any post from you for the past 3 days. That is not normal. I hope you are OK.

 

On Friday, I had a similar message from respected Abbas Butt, my friend and a political colleague. 

Rational of this is: care for those who are really special, your parents, wife and children. 


I shall be taking my last dose of anti-biotics, I feel much better today, however, the knock my system has endured in the last 7-8 days will take weeks to recover. 

May be you are very important, but do look after yourself and those who deserve your attention.  

Wednesday, 30 September 2020

Before the tribal invasion officer of the no 1 army at work


Who killed Babar Qadri Advocate?

Who killed Babar Qadri Advocate? 

Dr Shabir Choudhry 30 September 2020 


When Baber Qadri was killed, I was among those who condemned it, and demanded very strict punishment for the assassins. Also in my TV programme, My Voice, Abbas Butt and I condemned this targeted murder and demanded that the culprits must be caught and punished. 


Baber Qadri was not the first innocent person to die because of his political narrative, and sadly he won’t be the last one. His father in Law, Dr Ghulam Qadir Wani Sahib, a good friend of mine with whom I had lengthy discussions on various aspects of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in Islamabad, was also murdered on his return to Kashmir. 


He was killed because he advanced a narrative that was abhorred by Islamabad and their foot soldiers. They wanted to silence all sane voices, and especially voices of dissent that they can impose their agenda on Kashmir. 


While talking on this subject and expressing my sentiments with a thinking Kashmiri from the Valley of Kashmir, I said, ‘We both are also among the killers of Baber Qadri’. He was stunned by my remarks, and asked me for clarification. 


I said, although I was never part of militancy, however, we both were part of the JKLF. In our own way, we strengthened the JKLF and promoted its ideology. The JKLF, in turn, collaborated with the ISI and introduced a gun culture in Kashmir with disastrous results for the polity of Jammu and Kashmir and people of Jammu and Kashmir, especially people of the Valley. 


Hizb ul Mujahideen took the gun culture introduced by the JKLF to the next level. Militancy and gun culture became a lucrative business for some people. Subsequently Al Umer Mujahideen, Jaish e Mohammed, Lashkar e Taiba and other militant organisations took control of the gun culture. 


India had obligation to protect life, liberty and property of the people. They failed to do that; and innocent people were killed by men in uniform and militants. No one was safe in Kashmir. 


In my opinion, all those who supported militancy, I mean political parties, APHC, Jihad Council, other groups and individuals are also indirectly culpable for death and destruction that is going on since 1988. 


We cannot shun our responsibilities by pointing finger at others or by using abusive language. Every human life is valuable, and we have to protect human lives rather than supporting those who want blood and dead bodies to advance their agenda. 


Mian Abdul Qayuum and High Court Bar Association. 

Generally members of the Bar associations are affiliated to political parties, alliances or groups, but the Bar associations as an organ do not subscribe to any political ideology or become a member of any political alliance to advance a particular ideology. 


Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association is unique in some ways that it officially subscribes to a political ideology, and actively advances the political programme of APHC, which people believe was created by ISI to advance their agenda on Jammu and Kashmir dispute. 


Is it not better for the Bar Associations to defend rights of citizens and dispense their responsibilities in accordance with the law rather than advancing a particular ideology? Won’t this prejudice rights of those who do not ascribe to this particular ideology, for example, members of National Conference, PDP, Congress and many others. 


Coming back to the tragic killing of Baber Qadri, it must be noted that he was very outspoken and courageous man. He did not hesitate to confront and expose those who, in his opinion, were agents of India or Pakistan. Just like political culture of Pakistan, in political culture of Jammu and Kashmir, no evidence is required to accuse people of treason and labelling them as traitors and agents. 

Baber Qadri also accused some prominent people, groups and parties. In his view, some known political leaders of Kashmir were ISI agents and some were Indian agents. He accused Jamat e Islami and also accused APHC leaders and Mian Abdul Qayuum, the President of Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association. 


Baber Qadri contested Mian Abdul Qayyum in the election for the post of President of High Court Bar Association, and badly lost. After 5 August 2019, in protest against what India did, Mian Abdul Qayyum, as the President of the Bar Council declared to boycott the courts. 


Baber Qadri defied that by taking up a case of a 12 years old child who belonged to a poor family. They could not afford the court fees. Baber Qadri, on humanitarian grounds (he did not charge any fees) fought his case. 


Although what Baber Qadri did was purely on humanitarian grounds, Mian Abdul Qayyum did not appreciate his sentiments, and regarded his action as non-compliance to the decision of the Bar Council and suspended his membership. This further aggravated the situation and embittered already bad relationship. 


Baber Qadri did not hesitate to call Mian Abdul Qayyum and Jamat e Islami ISI agents. Baber Qadri and supporters of Mian Abdul Qayyum and Jamat e Islami publicly spoke against each other. 


Baber Qadri and his friends felt that his life was in danger. Sources close to Baber Qadri’s family confirm that there was a serious threat to his life. He talked to his friends about the threats and intimidation. He shared nature of these threats on the social media; and he twice requested the concerned authorities for security. 


It is believed that the concerned authorities were seriously evaluating the situation to provide him some security. Alas, those who were responsible to provide security were still deliberating on the issue, and assassins silenced another dissenting voice. 


One Kashmiri person from the Valley of Kashmir said, no one came from Delhi or Islamabad to kill Baber Qadri. Someone from here did this. We need to stop accusing India or Pakistan for every murder that takes place in Kashmir, and find the culprits who live among us. 

Some critics point fingers towards supporters of Mian Abdul Qayyum, others accuse Jamat e Islami and other local outfits. The authorities need to investigate this matter and arrest the culprits and punish them in accordance with the law. 


If this gun culture and terror infrastructure is not eradicated, I am afraid more innocent people will die unnecessarily. We need to rethink wisdom of our policies and rectify mistakes of the past. 


Writer is a renowned writer and author of many books. He is also President Foreign Affairs Committee of UKPNP; and Chairman South Asia Watch, London. 

Email: Drshabirchoudhry@gmail.com Twitter: @Drshabir 

Saturday, 26 September 2020

Monday, 21 September 2020

Another attack of Pakistan on Jammu and Kashmir State, by Dr Shabir Choudhry

Another attack of Pakistan on Jammu and Kashmir State, by Dr Shabir Choudhry

Pakistan has started another operation against former Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir. This operation is designed to annex Gilgit Baltistan. Capturing of Gilgit Baltistan will make this region fifth ‘Province of Pakistan’; and may start a new war or a cold war in the region.

“After consultation with all stakeholders, the federal government has decided in principle to give constitutional rights to Gilgit-Baltistan.” He accentuated that ‘deprivation of the people of Gilgit-Baltistan of 73 years would come to an end. Besides the constitutional rights and the provincial setup, important steps were also being taken for the development of the region’. 1

Is India responsible for the ‘deprivation’ of these people. Did India oppress them and treated them like sub human beings?

Mr Gandapur, it was your Pakistan who has ruled this region with an iron fist since 1947. Pakistani rulers oppressed people and denied them of their fundamental rights; and no one stopped Pakistan to empower these people.

Yes, India has to share some responsibility. The Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, after the Pakistani military attack on Jammu and Kashmir on 22 October 11947, was forced to accede to India. India acquired responsibilities under the accession treaty and the UNCIP Resolutions. India had a duty to protect life liberty, property and honour of all citizens of Jammu and Kashmir, including Gilgit Baltistan and so called Azad Kashmir.

India failed to discharge this responsibility honourably, and left people of these two regions at the mercy of rulers of Pakistan. Furthermore, India even failed to protect life, liberty and property of people in the areas of Jammu and Kashmir under their control. However, this is a topic for some other time.

It is difficult to predict what will happen after Pakistan provide a ‘legal’ cover to its invasion of Gilgit Baltistan. Some people think Pakistani brand of Islam and the redundant Two Nations Theory can only survive if their country has five provinces. Sadly, they lost East Pakistan due to their oppressive and unfair policies, and one way of compensating for that loss is to make Gilgit Baltistan part of Pakistan.

Since their first attack on Jammu and Kashmir on 22 October 1947, they have fooled people of Pakistan and Jammu and Kashmir in name of religion. Because of that, all their attacks on Jammu and Kashmir and wrong doings are perceived as halal – legitimate, justified and appropriate.

Minister of Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan Affairs Ali Amin Gandapur, while talking to
media said:

Pakistani attack of October 1947 was designed to capture Jammu and Kashmir. It resulted in death and destruction, loot, plunder and rapes of women and forced division of our motherland. Sadly, still many Muslims of Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan believe that Pakistani attack was designed to liberate Jammu and Kashmir and help Muslims.

All subsequent attacks were also designed to grab Kashmir. They showed no interest in empowering people of Jammu and Kashmir living under their control, but they never stopped shedding crocodile tears for the people of the Kashmir Valley.

How many times Pakistan has attacked Kashmir, I don’t know. However, I can safely say that they have beaten the record of Mahmood Ghaznavi, Afghan warrior who attacked India seventeen times. His each attack resulted in death and destruction and loot and plunder.

India was building some infrastructure in Ladakh. The Pakistani secret agencies believed that this new infrastructure will help India to attack Siachin and endanger the CPEC route. They persuaded the Chinese that if India is allowed to go ahead with their plans then there will be serious consequences for the Pakistani and the Chinese interests in Gilgit Baltistan.

It is believed that after some serious consultations between Beijing and Islamabad, it was decided that China should engage India in Ladakh and in other areas that they forget their plans to attack Gilgit Baltistan.
Experts who keen interest in the region are of the opinion that China agreed to engage India at various points on LAC for multiple objectives. However, they urged Pakistan to annex Gilgit Baltistan by making changes to their constitution, most likely by amending article 257 of the Constitution of Pakistan, as that will provide a legal cover Pakistan.

China can intervene to protect areas which are ‘legally’ part of Pakistan; but it will be unwise for China to intervene in Gilgit Baltistan if the status of these remain disputed.

All the signs are that Pakistan will go ahead with its plan to annex Gilgit Baltistan. They will find many foot soldiers and mental slaves to welcome this action, and regard it as halal action, which is designed to enhance quality of life of the people.

India is unlikely to take any risks in view of the Chinese and Pakistani collaboration and vested interests in the region. People of Kashmir Valley have their own problems, and at best, they can issue a statement opposing this action.

Like other imperial powers, Pakistan has also a strong network of collaborators, foot soldiers and military might, and in my opinion, subjugated people of Gilgit Baltistan

will not rise up and they will acquiesce. People of so called Azad Kashmir will strongly oppose this on the social media, and in accordance with their past history, will accuse each other and call each other a traitor.
The Pakistani action will, once again provide a solid evidence that they are only interested in territory and resources of Jammu and Kashmir State; and welfare of the people is not on their priority list.

Sadly, this action of Pakistan could prove to be the last nail in the coffin of Jammu and Kashmir dispute, which is now known as India Pakistan problem. It will give more credence to this theory that both India and Pakistan are on the same page as far as division of Jammu and Kashmir is concerned. Dr Nazir Gilani, in his recent article on the topic wrote:

‘The action would bring Pakistan at par with Indian actions of 5 August 2019, would be a violation of UN Resolutions on the future of the State, would be a departure from Pakistan’s stand on Kashmir and above all would be considered as a betrayal by the people who have sacrificed a generation of their loved ones. Pakistan would lose trust of the people of the State and there would be unfolding challenges in the courts, at the UN and it would dislodge the Pakistani constituency in Kashmir.’ 2

Constitutional experts believe that India has a legal title in Jammu and Kashmir, because the Ruler of the State acceded to India. Pakistan has no such title. They had a Standstill Agreement with the Jammu and Kashmir State, which they violated and attacked the State with intention to capture it.

In view of this, legal positions of both countries cannot be same. Therefore, all actions of Pakistan, for example, to give away Shaksam Valley to China or to annex Gilgit Baltistan are illegal, and against the UN Resolutions of Jammu and Kashmir.

In conclusion, Pakistan created this dispute by attacking the Jammu and Kashmir in October 1947; and Pakistan will kill the dispute now by Euthanasia. Of course, to give respect to the dead body, and to honour sufferings of other victims, Pakistan will wrap them in the required constitutional changes.

Writer is author of many books on Jammu and Kashmir, TV presenter and a political analyst. Also he is President of Foreign Affairs Committee of UNPNP.

Reference:
1. https://r.tribune.com.pk/…/…/g-b-to-be-made-province-soon-1/ 2. https://dailytimes.com.pk/…/dont-burn-your-fingers-in-gilgi…
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