Zulm Mitney Key Liye Hota Hai
Gen AAK Niazi Ka Zulm Sari Dunya Ney Miittey Dekha
Aisi Ibraatnak Aur Sharamnak
Key Punjabi Qaum Ki Kayi Naslein Nahi Bhula Payengi
A great visionary General- the meritorious who got Record Highest Marks from staff college, competent in 12 languages, advised GHQ not to do Army Operation, But Niazi Tola was there to do Loot-Maar ,forced him to resign- what happened world knows
and only meeting with him which is rekindled in me. It was December 1985 and the first SAARC summit had just concluded in Dhaka. I was one among a team of four journalists from the New Nation and Ittefaq entrusted with the job of interviewing President Ziaul Haq. As we sat down in the lounge of the Pakistani high commissioners residence for the interview, I realized that to my right sat the much admired, insofar as Bengalis were concerned, Yaqub Khan. His refusal to take military action against the people of Bangladesh and his subsequent departure from Dhaka had earned him a special place in our hearts. He had protested where Tikka Khan had killed. His refusal to follow orders led to his being demoted in rank from lieutenant general to major general by General Yahya Khan. The Sahibzada was never to serve in the army again. His lost rank would be restored to him by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.