Nawabzada Nasrullah passes away

ISLAMABAD, Sept 26: Veteran politician and chief of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan died here in the small hours of Saturday. He was 85.

The Nawabzada passed away at 1.05am, according to the Shifa International Hospital where he was admitted after a heart attack on Tuesday night.

The Nawabzada had arrived in Islamabad from Lahore on Tuesday night to attend a meeting of the heads of component parties of the ARD scheduled for Thursday. A few hours later, he suffered a severe heart attack and was rushed to a private hospital where the doctors, after treating him in emergency, admitted him to the Coronary Care Unit (CCU).

A spokesman for the hospital said that doctors had performed emergency coronary angiography and coronary angioplasty.

On Friday, his condition improved in the morning but it began to deteriorate in the afternoon.

The doctors made attempts to stabilize his condition, but all their efforts failed.

Nawabzada Nasarullah Khan played a very important role in the political history of Pakistan and was famous for making alliances against various governments.

He had recently visited Jeddah and London where he held talks with the former prime ministers Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto.

Sources in the ARD said the alliance chief was about to announce launching of a mass contact drive against the LFO and the president's uniform from the first week of October. Political circles said it was Nawabzada who brought two arch rivals, PPP and the PML-N, together under the banner of the ARD.

http://www.dawn.com/2003/09/27/top3.htm

http://www.jang.com.pk/thenews/index.html

A man of political movements

By Syed Faisal Shakeel

LAHORE: The life history of Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan tells that he remained at the heart of the movements, which proved to be in the interest of the country. He not only waged movements against those who usurped power in Pakistan but had been quite instrumental against the British colonialists for freedom.

His imperturbable political career, which spans over more than 60 years, revolved around his conviction that freedom and democracy go hand in hand. When Pakistan came into being, he was heading Awami League of which Sheikh Mujibur Rehman, found at the heart of a political deadlock which led to separation of Pakistan, was an office-bearer.

Later, almost all parties clustered around the Nawabzada and formed Pakistan Jamhoori Party because of his love for the solidarity of Pakistan. Mujibur Rehman had to leave the Nawabzada?s party for his idea of a separate land for Bengali Muslims mismatched with the Nawabzada?s conviction.

He was also a part of talks with Mujibur Rehman which were aimed at keeping Pakistan intact. He was elected as the member of National Assembly in 1962 in the tenure of Ayub Khan. The Nawabzada did not care about who arranged the elections and always participated because he felt it was a step towards the restoration of democracy.

It was the Nawabzada who persuaded Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah to contest elections presidential elections against a person who happened to be an army general. The Nawabzada had participated in round table conference in Islamabad to dislodge Ayub.

It was the Bhuttos strong desire to take the Nawabzada with him to Shimla Conference but he declined. However, he kept his support for Bhutto for his Shimla visit out of his love for the country.

Later, in 1977, the Nawabzada remained the fulcrum of the PNA movement against Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, which brought down (ZAB?s) popularity graph. He was the member of the three-member committee which was formed to negotiate terms with Bhutto.

He did not lose hope and once more rose against Ziaul Haq who had seized power by overthrowing ZAB?s government. He was founded the Movement for Restoration of Democracy (MRD) in 1981, which gained roots when General Zia prolonged his dictatorial rule.

Nawabzada also waged a movement against Nawaz Sharif and formed GDA in 1999, primarily because of his policies to amass powers in himself. His last venture was against General Pervez Musharraf whom the Nawabzada called the worst of his predecessors. The Nawabzada formed Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) in December 2000 and brought together two arch foes together for the sake of restoring democracy.

He had recently travelled to London and Dubai braving his fragile health for the sake of persuading Nawaz Sharif and Benazir to return to Pakistan for strengthening the movement against Nawaz Sharif. The Nawabzada twice met both the leaders out of his faith that it was a high time to invigorate the movement and dislodge the government.

Innah Lillahhay wa innah Alaihay Raj-e-oon.

May Allah rest his soul in eternal peace.

Aameen

Innah Lillahhay wa innah Alaihay Raj-e-oon.

End of an era.

May Allah have mercy on his soul.

Innah lillah hay wainaa alahay rajaaoon
An end of an era, his life is what our Political History has been since 1947 as a country. Very very few politicians in our country can claim to stick to one agenda and Nawabzada was one of them. No wonder he got the title of "Baba e Jamhooriat". Other politicians and political parties have been for and against dictators depending on their needs but Nawabzada always stuck to his ideology.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/news/story...da_adnan.shtml

http://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk/daily/sep-2003/28/ed.htm

http://www.nawaiwaqt.com.pk/daily/sep-2003/28/nk.htm

Innalillahe waiina ilayhee rajeeon...

A great loss to Pakistan in general, and to politics of country in perticular.

May Allah rest his soul in peace.

A loss to pakistan, who is already starved of politically and morally enriched leaders.

May his soul rest in peace. Everyone dies but not everyone lives.

I dont want to say anything bad about a person who just died, but i dont see how this man gave anything back to pakistan except being against every goverment. People like him have always been untouced by every land reform. They have lived like kings and have indulged in politics for fun. I really dont see how his death is a loss for pakistan. This man wanted the return of the biggest looters NS and BB , now where were his principles.
Any way he might have been a good person privately but his politics dont make sense to me

What he gave to Pakistan is what we lack to a great degree and that is political leaders who have a "principal" and that are not in politics just to get to the presidency or the PM post. Being against all the governments just proves that, we already have established that all the governments during the past 57 were corrupt and incompetent.

Was supporting the return of corrupt politicians also part of his principles? If yes then we can do without such politicians.

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Was supporting the return of corrupt politicians also part of his principles? If yes then we can do without such politicians.

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2 more in the pack won't make a differnce as we already have a cabinet full of the most corrupt associates of the two. Rule of law my friend rule of law is the answer to all of this. If General Musharraf can agree to accept the number two of BB as a PM(I mean Amin Fahim) then forget about being corrupt or not. The only sticking point was the release of Zardari as even arrest warrants for BB herself were ready to be cancelled. So in support of Musharraf don't slander a nice guy like Nasrullah. You may not agree of his stand against Musharraf but don't equate him to the other political leaders including the two he said had a right to return to Pakistan.

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Originally posted by osman
Was supporting the return of corrupt politicians also part of his principles? If yes then we can do without such politicians.

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2 more in the pack won't make a differnce as we already have a cabinet full of the most corrupt associates of the two. Rule of law my friend rule of law is the answer to all of this. If General Musharraf can agree to accept the number two of BB as a PM(I mean Amin Fahim) then forget about being corrupt or not. The only sticking point was the release of Zardari as even arrest warrants for BB herself were ready to be cancelled. So in support of Musharraf don't slander a nice guy like Nasrullah. You may not agree of his stand against Musharraf but don't equate him to the other political leaders including the two he said had a right to return to Pakistan. That in itself was the part of the same principal he followed in his politics and that is that a military dictator or a civilian head of state does not have the right to pick and choose or bar individual Pakistanis to run for public office. Its the right of the 140 million Pakistanis to elect some one.. As i said earlier you might disagree with this but its not a wrong principal if we speak of "true" "grass root" democracy so much touted by Musharraf.

In an ideall world it would be the people who would be rejecting likes of NS and BB but as we live in a world where things tend to work for the rich and corrupt so having PM remove some people by force i would say is an acceptable senario. I think if the PML and PPP get rid of their heads then the lesser evil that is having the number second play a role in national politics is a bearable senario. As to Nawabzada i dont want to say any thing negative now that he is gone but lets not overlook the fact that he hardly played a stabilizing role in pakistani politics.

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2 more in the pack won't make a differnce as we already have a cabinet full of the most corrupt associates of the two. Rule of law my friend rule of law is the answer to all of this. If General Musharraf can agree to accept the number two of BB as a PM(I mean Amin Fahim) then forget about being corrupt or not. The only sticking point was the release of Zardari as even arrest warrants for BB herself were ready to be cancelled. So in support of Musharraf don't slander a nice guy like Nasrullah. You may not agree of his stand against Musharraf but don't equate him to the other political leaders including the two he said had a right to return to Pakistan. That in itself was the part of the same principal he followed in his politics and that is that a military dictator or a civilian head of state does not have the right to pick and choose or bar individual Pakistanis to run for public office. Its the right of the 140 million Pakistanis to elect some one.. As i said earlier you might disagree with this but its not a wrong principal if we speak of "true" "grass root" democracy so much touted by Musharraf.

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let his soul rest in peace, i agree with you

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Was supporting the return of corrupt politicians also part of his principles? If yes then we can do without such politicians.

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I would disagree. He was supporting return of democracy and not of NS or BB. NS and BB would have been washed away ,have we had honest and fair election traditions since 1985.



My thoughts.