The Frontier Post
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information and Public Relations Mian Iftikhar Hussain paid rich tributes to the great Pashto philosopher, intellectual and poet Khan Abdul Ghani Khan and said that he was a national hero of the Pathans possessing all the virtues of a gentleman.
We all, he added were proud of him and this belt could not give birth to such a genius.
This he expressed while addressing at his 16th death anniversary at Nishtar Hall on Thursday.
ANP Provincial President Senator Afrasiab Khattak also addressed the gathering. Provincial Ministers; Syed Aqil Shah, Sardar Hussain Babak, Lady MPAs; Munawar Sultana, Tabasum Katozai, ANP’s Provincial Vice Presidents Tajuddin and Kamila Khan Miankhel, Provincial General Secretary, Arbab Tahir, Secretary Department of Culture and Information, Azmat Hanif Orakzai, notables, intellectuals from all over the province poets, man of letters, Ghani Khan lovers and a large number of ANP stalwarts and office bearers were present on the occasion.
Holy Quran was recited to facilitate and give comfort to the soul of late Ghani Khan.
Prof. Abasin Yousafzai, Prof. Danish and Bashir Pakhtunyar through their poems paid poetic rich tributes to late Ghani Khan.
Mian Iftikhar Hussain said that late Khan Abdul Ghani Khan was a moth of the motherland and nation and love with country and nation is the source of his poetry.
He said that though Ghani Khan has died physically but he is alive ideologically and will remain alive. He said that no stone will be left unturned for generalizing thinking and thoughts of late Ghani Khan.
The Minister Information said that late Ghani Khan worked for social justice and taught us the lesson to love mankind and hatred against unjust compulsion and barbarism.
Special function will be held at Ghani Dheri alongwith two days mela of international level at Islamabad.
To publicize thoughts of Ghani Khan, Mian Iftikahr termed Abdur Rahman Baba, Khushal Khan Khattak, Amir Hamza Khan Shinwari and Ghani Khan four pillars of the pashto poetry and literature.
Expressing his deep sorrow over the murder of SP Rural Kalam Khan at Pishtakharra on the Thursday morning, he lauded the services of the martyred police officer and said that he was a bold and brave police officer, who was targeted because of successful operations against terrorists in the suburbs of Peshawar particularly Mathani and Badhber.
However, he announced that blood of Kalam Khan and such other martyrs will not go wasted and terrorists will be taken into hand and Jihad against terrorists will remain continued till our last breath.
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