Lahore: Observing the 93rd loss of life anniversary of independence battle heroes — Bhagat Singh, Raj Guru and Sukh Dev — right here on Saturday, their supporters and followers demanded to reopen the case to make sure justice to them prefer it was carried out within the case of former prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.
British rulers on March 23, 1931, hanged Bhagat Singh together with Raj Guru and Sukh Dev at Shadman Chowk right here after attempting them underneath the cost of hatching a conspiracy in opposition to the regime.
Bhagat Singh, revered throughout the subcontinent and never simply by Sikhs and Hindus but additionally by Muslims, was initially jailed for all times however later awarded loss of life sentence in one other “fabricated case.”
Holding banners and chanting slogans, contributors on the occasion held to watch the anniversary, demanded justice for Bhagat Singh.
Candles have been lit on the Shadman Chowk to mark the event on the programme organised by the Bhagat Singh Memorial Basis, Pakistan.
A decision was additionally adopted through the occasion urging the Supreme Court docket to reopen the case of Singh and provides him justice prefer it was carried out for Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.
Bhutto was hanged via what many imagine was a sham judicial trial greater than 40 years in the past.
Pakistan’s parliament on March 13 handed a decision, demanding the overturning of the loss of life sentence given to Bhutto, additionally the founding father of the Pakistan Peoples Social gathering (PPP), who was executed by the navy regime of Gen Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq in 1979.
The decision was handed per week after the Supreme Court docket on March 6 opined unanimously that the previous premier didn’t obtain a good trial and due course of in a much-anticipated evaluation of the high-profile case.
On March 18, 1978, the Lahore Excessive Court docket sentenced Bhutto to loss of life for allegedly ordering the assassination of Ahmed Reza Kasuri, one of many founding members of the PPP.
On Saturday, through the occasion, the decision additionally demanded Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to grant the standing of “nationwide heroes” to the trio and Bhagat Singh ought to be awarded Pakistan’s prime gallantry award too, each calls for made in earlier years too.
The decision additionally demanded the renaming of Shadman Chowk after Singh, a matter that’s already sub-judice.
Talking on the event, the Basis’s chairman advocate Imtiaz Rasheed Qureshi mentioned peace is the necessity of the hour between Pakistan and India that may profit thousands and thousands of individuals.
Qureshi mentioned the federal government ought to recognise the sacrifices of the battle heroes and mentioned his Basis would proceed to combat Singh’s case until he will get his due standing right here the place he was hanged.
