Quaid-e-Gilgit: Advocate Johar Ali One of the earliest rights activists of GB, who along with his comrades had established the region’s foremost political party, “Gilgit Jamhoori Mahaz”, or the Gilgit Democratic Front. Advocate Johar Ali was one of the prominent leaders who mobilized the masses of Gilgit against CFR laws during the seventies. He was also a founding leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party in Gilgit – Baltistan. Speaking at a ceremony organized in memory of Quaid-e-Gilgit, a title used for the late leader, Advocate Ehsan Ali, President of the High Court Bar Association, said that Advocate Johar Ali was a political martyr, because the authorities tortured him to death by curbing his freedom of thought and expressions. He said that Advocate Johar was a legal expert at par who could have made millions by practicing law but he chose to lead the region’s initial struggle for political rights. In early seventies on dismissal of the headmistress of Girls School Gilgit, a local delegation went to see the Political Agent of Gilgit; the officer insulted the local delegation. This triggered violence in the whole area. As a result, a nationalist organization “Tanzeem-e-Millat” was established and violence erupted in the whole area. During the violence one protester Mr. Rajab was killed by the government officials and arrested the top leadership of the organizations. People attacked on Gilgit Jail and set freed their arrested leaders. Some of the top leaders of the organization were re-arrested and placed in Pakistani Jails including Haripure Jail in NWFP. This was a significant mass mobilization and political movement against the FCR and against the powers exercised by the Political Agent. The first lawyer of Gilgit-Baltistan Mr. Joher Ali was the leaders of TEM movement. This moment was diluted through abolition of FCR and introduction of administrative reforms by ZA in 1972. Later Mr. Johar Ali with his comrades established a political organization named “Gilgit-Baltistan Jamhoori Mahaz”. His party started educating local people on their basic political and constitutional rights and staged several demonstrations against the policies of Government of Pakistan. In 1973, Mr. Johar Ali joined Pakistan People Party. He never practiced law in the court and did not recognize the state courts as constitutional setup. In eighties he was isolated from government affairs and official functions because of his nationalist ideology. He died in early nineties but still he is considered as symbol of nationalism in the area and got status of a saint for many people GB Looking for Quaid-e-Gilgit Quaid-e-Gilgit: Advocate Johar Ali One of the earliest rights activists of GB, who along with his comrades had established the region’s foremost political party, “Gilgit Jamhoori Mahaz”, or the Gilgit Democratic Front. Advocate Johar Ali was one of the prominent leaders who mobilized the masses of Gilgit against CFR laws during the seventies. He was also a founding leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party in Gilgit – Baltistan. Speaking at a ceremony organized in memory of Quaid-e-Gilgit, a title used for the late leader, Advocate Ehsan Ali, President of the High Court Bar Association, said that Advocate Johar Ali was a political martyr, because the authorities tortured him to death by curbing his freedom of thought and expressions. He said that Advocate Johar was a legal expert at par who could have made millions by practicing law but he chose to lead the region’s initial struggle for political rights. In early seventies on dismissal of the headmistress of Girls School Gilgit, a local delegation went to see the Political Agent of Gilgit; the officer insulted the local delegation. This triggered violence in the whole area. As a result, a nationalist organization “Tanzeem-e-Millat” was established and violence erupted in the whole area. During the violence one protester Mr. Rajab was killed by the government officials and arrested the top leadership of the organizations. People attacked on Gilgit Jail and set freed their arrested leaders. Some of the top leaders of the organization were re-arrested and placed in Pakistani Jails including Haripure Jail in NWFP. This was a significant mass mobilization and political movement against the FCR and against the powers exercised by the Political Agent. The first lawyer of Gilgit-Baltistan Mr. Joher Ali was the leaders of TEM movement. This moment was diluted through abolition of FCR and introduction of administrative reforms by ZA in 1972. Later Mr. Johar Ali with his comrades established a political organization named “Gilgit-Baltistan Jamhoori Mahaz”. His party started educating local people on their basic political and constitutional rights and staged several demonstrations against the policies of Government of Pakistan. In 1973, Mr. Johar Ali joined Pakistan People Party. He never practiced law in the court and did not recognize the state courts as constitutional setup. In eighties he was isolated from government affairs and official functions because of his nationalist ideology. He died in early nineties but still he is considered as symbol of nationalism in the area and got status of a saint for many people GB Looking for Quaid-e-Gilgit Like · · Share · 7 hours ago ·
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