Babajan Hunzai: Latest victim of Pakistani Brutality

Babajan Hunzai is chairperson of Progressive Youth Front of Pakistan occupied Gilgit-Baltistan and member of central executive committee of Pakistan Labor Party. He has remained in the forefront supporting the cause of thousands of neglected flood victims of Hunza who await financial assistance from the occupied regime. Given his popularity, secret service agencies framed him for sedition and tortured for three days, which has caused severe physical and psychological trauma.

According to a local journalist, Akbar Shah, the jail authorities have refused medical treatment to Babajan. His kidneys are severely affected due to beating. Other types of physical torture include forceful removal of toe and finger nails, and body hair, and repeated heavy blows on chest and stomach. The doctor who examined Babajan has recommended transferring him to Gilgit District Hospital but the police continue to resist the move. There are 34 other political and social activists who remain in custody of the police and security forces and face unabated torture and insults.

Meanwhile, several family members and relatives of Engineer Manzoor Parwana, who is the chairperson of Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement, have been suspended from their jobs. Manzoor has recently been released on bail after spending one month in Gilgit jail. He was charged for supporting the refugees who demand opening of the line of control and travel across into Indian Ladakh. The district deputy commissioner is using his influence on voters and family members of Parwana to pressure and discourage him from political activities.



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Gilgit Baltistan: CM of Gilgit Baltistan on Revenge

Manzoor Parwana Welcome in Baltistan

A large number of people in Rondu welcomed Chairman Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement (GBUM) Manzoor Hussain Parwana when he arrived there after his release from the central jail Gilgit.
People from all walks of life including nationalist leaders from other areas of the region garlanded Parwana. Rose petals were showered on his motorcade as it passed through the streets of the town. The GBUM leader addressed public gatherings at two points and said his arrest and honorable release was a victory for the entire people of Gilgit-Baltistan. He said he was put behind bars for raising voice for the rights of the masses and against the injustices of the rulers.
He said when armed security personnel surrounded him outside a hotel to arrest him for his speech in Gilgit city, he realized that the movement launched by the nationalist parties was nearing victory. And your presence here today establish the fact that we will get our rights which have been denied to us for the last over six decades.
He said if raising voice against injustices and for the achievement of people's basic rights was a crime he would continue to commit it. The GBUM chief said that the rulers had thought that by intimidation and arm twisting, they could suppress the people of the region. However, he added, they would never succeed in suppressing the voice of the masses anymore.
Speaking on the occasion, nationalist leader Ghulam Shehzad Agha said that by ordering the arrest of Manzoor the Mehdi Shah government has established its anti-people policies. He said his arrest was aimed at suppressing the truth. He said Mehdi Shah government had failed in all fronts and to conceal his failures he was staging one drama after the other by arresting nationalist leaders.
Muslim League Rondu chapter's president Haji Suleman said that Manzoor was a brave son of Rondu and by remaining in jail he has proved that he will never leave the people of the region alone at times of trial and tribulation.
Balawaristan National Front (BNF) leader Aslam Inqilabi paid tributes to Mr Parwana and said that his sacrifice was a symbol of victory and determination for the nationalist parties in the region. He said people like Manzoor were a beacon of hope for the entire masses of the region.

Manzoor Parwana Welcome in Baltistan

Manzoor Parwana Welcome in Baltistan after his released form Gilgit Prison .

Pakistan will fail to silence me:Manzoor Parwana

Recently released from the prison, chairperson of Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement, Manzoor Hussain Parwana, has stated that he will continue his struggle for an independent Gilgit-Baltistan. He requested the UNO to intervene and take control of the law and order situation in the occupied region.

He was commenting on the targeted killing of two residents of Gilgit on august 29th, which has brought the entire city to a standstill. He said, "Looking at the worsening situation in Karachi, Pakistani regime has failed to maintain law and order in its own country. Yet, it aspires to expand its frontiers into Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Afghanistan and Iran. Targeted killing has become a routine in Gilgit and Pakistani security forces and secret service agencies are directly involved in it. The situation in Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan invites direct intervention from the UNO forces."

Like Manzoor Parwana, hundreds of other political activists of Gilgit-Baltistan remain either in prison or incognito fearing reprisal from Pakistani occupying regimes. Parwana was framed under sedition in 2004 for publishing a magazine called Kargil International, which revealed information about military's mishandling of Kargil war against India. Recently, he was arrested for demanding opening of the line of control and resumption of trade and travel between Ladakh and Gilgit-Baltistan.

Reference:www. rangyul.com

GBUM will continue struggle for free Gilgit-Baltistan: Manzoor Parwana

Washington DC, DC Thursday, August 04, 2011
The Chairperson of Gilgit-Baltistan United Movement (GBUM), Manzoor Parwana, has vowed to continue the struggle for freedom of Gilgit-Baltistan. He was talking to the media from the Gilgit jail, where he is being held indefinitely for demanding cross line of control (LOC) travel and trade between Gilgit-Baltistan and Ladakh and withdrawal of Pakistani security forces from the disputed region. Gilgit-Baltistan is a UN-declared disputed territory which remains in Pakistani occupation since 1947.

He criticized Pakistani rulers for suppressing the voices of local people who have been demanding their constitutional rights since last six decades. He said, "Our freedom struggle will remain peaceful despite government's intentions of using brutal force against us. Our goal is to gain fundamental human rights including political emancipation. We are fighting against an apartheid regime and will be able to liberate this last surviving colony of the world". He thanked his party workers and friends for supporting him and braving Pakistani brutality.

Islamabad: APNA condemns the arrest of Manzoor Parwana

Thursday, 25 August 2011 00:00
Rawalapindi, August 25: The leadership of All Parties National Alliance (APNA), an alliance of nationalist and progressive elements, groups, organizations and political parties of Pakistan-Administered-Jammu Kashmir (PAJK) and Occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (OGB), Mr. Sabir Kashmiri, Advocate, Mr. M. Iqbal, Advocate, Mr. Shahid Hussain, Advocate, Farooq Niazi, Arif Shahid, Prof. MARK Khaleeque, Mirza Nadir Hassan Khan, Mr. Mehmood Baig, Advocate, Wajid Ali Wajid, Advocate, Mehfooz Tahir, Burhan Ullah, Safdar Ali and some others have, in a joint statement, highly condemned the persecution and arrest of Engineer Manzoor Parwana, an activist and leader of APNA, at the hands of agencies, while speaking in a function arranged by the BSO at Skardu (OGB) a few days ago.

They said that Mr. Parwana was just giving voice to his conscience regarding the political, economic, social and human rights of the people of OGB and was not involved in any subversive activity. The leadership of APNA said that OGB, being disputed territory like other units of Jammu Kashmir, could not be considered part of Pakistan and hence its citizens could not be treated like that by the institutions of Pakistan and its puppets at OGB. Any citizen of OGB had a right to speak for and protest against the deprivation of the people of this territory, they said. They demanded immediate release of Mr. Parwana and an impartial inquiry into his persecution and arrest which is quite illegal and unconstitutional.
Issued By APNA