ANP remembers its leaders

By Syed Mussarat Khalil JEDDAH — Awami National Party (ANP) Jeddah chapter organized a condolence meeting to commemorate the 29th death anniversary of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan famously known as Bacha Khan and the 11th death anniversary of nationalist leader Khan Abdul Wali Khan recently. Gul Zameen Syed president ANP Saudi Arabia chapter chaired the meeting. Mian Iftikhar Hussain, general secretary ANP who was visiting Saudi Arabia for Umrah, was the chief guest. He also visited the Prophet’s Mosque. Large number of ANP workers and office bearers from different cities of Kingdom attended. The program started with the recitation of few verses from Holy Qur’an by Qari Mujahid Sailaab. Addressing the gathering Hussain paid great tributes to both leaders. He said, “ANP is following Bacha Khan’s philosophy of non-violence. Khan’s philosophy of non-violence is the philosophy of Messenger of God that blood of an innocent is not permissible or excused in Islam.” He added that Wali Khan was also a great and bold leader. He was in the 8th grade when he was arrested for the first time. He never compromised on his principles in politics. Nausherwan Khattak president ANP Jeddah chapter said, “I am happy to see the unity of Pashtun nation today. He hoped that ANP would win national elections in 2018.” Malik Saeed Zaman, president Dammam region, Sahib Shah, president Taif region, Sarfrosh joint secretary Riyadh region, Zahoor Khan senior vice president KSA, Dr. Muzammil Shah, vice president KSA and Iftikhar Bacha, president NYO, also addressed the gathering. Mujahid Sailaab paid tributes to Bacha Khan in a rhythmic verse. Usman Gul Khattak, general secretary ANP Jeddah, conducted the ceremony.