COLONEL MIRZA HASSAN KHAN’S ARREST PERIOD HAND WRITTEN POLITICAL VIEWS ABOUT
PAKISTANI HOODWINKINGS AND DECEITS ON DISPUTED GILGIT BALTISTAN
FIFTH CHAPTER – ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SCOUTS CORPS AND THE RULE (RAJ) OF
POLITICAL AGENT
- Pakistan had sent a civilian officer here in the third week of
November (1947). The purpose of this appointment should have been that he
should have helped us till the achievements of the higher objectives of the
liberation Jihad (Jihad e Azadi), but we were unaware that he had come to lay
down the basis of a colonial system which was in actual fact a worse copy
(baadtar charba) of the very English colonial system. The temperament of the
people of the area is also such – they ask for imprisonment instead of liberty!
- My stay in Astore after mid December was useless. Whatsoever was to
happen in Gilgit in my absence had happened. One civil servant of Pakistan had
arrived. Our outfit had returned successfully from Gurez, after conducting the
first raid. Bakhtawar Shah had captured the fleeing Sikhs from near Rondu
(Indus Gorge) and had handed over them to me. The high altitude pass of Burzil
was fully covered under snow and there was no threat of any enemy going or
coming across it. From Chitral to Babusar pass (connecting Chilas and Kaghan
Valley of Hazara division) and China to Burzil pass, the whole area had been
liberated. Now the writer (raqim) had to pay attention towards the invitation
letter of Raja Mohammad Ali of Baltistan. In the meanwhile, the Pakistani
representative from Gilgit rang me up, “Asalam-o-alaikum! I am known as Sardar
Alam. I have been sent here on your request. I have to talk few important
things with you. When should I
come?” I was myself preparing to go to Gilgit (par toal raha tha). So; I
replied, “I am myself coming to Gilgit. We will meet there”.
- After this telephone conversation and before my reaching back
Gilgit; the drama which was played there was this. On the winks of Brown and
Matheison, who had been freed; Babar had got Shah Raees Khan, who was President
of the interim government, agreed; to vacate the presidential official
residence (since then uptill now occupied by Pakistani non local PA / resident
/ Chief Secretary) and come down to his private home. He had taken up Sardar
Mohammad Alam, who was a low ranking official of the rank of EAC (Lower then a
DC and little above tehsildar); in the form of a procession to the vacant
president’s residence and thus these toadies had made him their all in all
ruler. (In nadeedun ne usay apna mutlaquannan hukumran bana dia tha - Nisar
main teri galliun ke aey watan, kea jehan chali har rasam, kae koi na sar utha
kar chalay). The ultimate aim and the highest possible desire of these subedars
was to become subedar major and
display utmost loyalty to all the new bosses. After attainment of this
appointment, they also use to become Mirs. When Babar and Ghulam Haider were
bringing down President Raja Shah Rais Khan from the presidential palace, then
at that very time, Brown was escorting Sardar Alam up towards the palace. The
people of Gilgit have no parallel in welcoming all new regimes. They lack the
ability to differentiate between profit and loss for themselves, as well as
political foresight. Babar and his cohorts were deposing his paternal cousin
Raja Shah Rais Khan from presidentship on the instigation of Mir Hunza. In this
very operation many national and inherent inbuilt (Qaumi and milli) interests
were sold out (sauda ho chukka tha) and in this the very question of the
continuation of the liberation of Kashmir war was also included.
- Afterwards Sardar Alam himself narrated this episode to me that
while he was going up to pay respect and regards to the President, he was
coming down with his tied up bag and baggage and in the way; they had briefly
talked and the first wish (Salam udhar he say huwa tha) was said from that
side! After narrating this he became frightened (seham gaya), that perhaps I
may not advise him to again house himself in the dak bungalow! When, every
person there on the scene is spoiled (bigrra huwa) and colleagues have also
reliablility like this then the high figment of imaginations become
meaningless. Every colleague was a sell out at every step. Anyhow, my future
and my hopes were tied up with my army. Therefore, I was able to swallow this
bitter experience with not much difficulty. If only false reputation and a
government in the name only was my motive then for this purpose the Azad
Kashmir government based only on “Radio Tararrkhel”
was existing there for display to the World.
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