Offence: Bizenjo was jailed for writing slogan on banknote
Dr Tahirul Qadri’s appeal to write anti-government slogans on banknotes reminded people of Balochistan’s National Awami Party’s (NAP) movement against one unit.
Baloch nationalist leader and founding leader of NAP, Mir Ghaus Buksh Bizenjo, was imprisoned for 14 years in mid-1960s when he wrote ‘Break Up One Unit’ on a Rs100 banknote.
More than fifty years ago Sarawan district’s assistant commissioner had presided over an official jirga following the recovery of a banknote defaced with a slogan from Bizenjo.
The jirga later found Bezinjo guilty and ordered 14 years of imprisonment. The one unit was later abolished and four provinces were revived in 1970s.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 15th, 2014.
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Writing Go Nawaz GO will reduce currency note to zero value. Nawaz is such a bad name that Rs. 5000 has no value after writing his name. What will happen with state of Pakistan whose PM is Nawaz.
ET where is my comment? Unfair! I am sharing the rules from State Bank of Pakistan http://www.sbp.org.pk/Notes/n-multi.asp The values of currency notes are not payable under the Note Refund Regulations if: • Carrying any message of a political character. • Portrait of Quaid-e-Azam is desecrated. Followers of Imran-ul-Qadri will be responsible for their own loss, apart from being jailed!
@karachiwala: "be reminded he was from balochistan, and not considered to be the son of the soil… he is entitled to serve in prison if rebel. otherwise if same thing is done by the son of soil ..it is considered OK, normal, best practice, innovative way to rebel etc etc…"
You take up an interesting aspect of the purity of bloodline. IK, though born in Lahore, is son of a Mohajir from India, an undeniable fact. He links his ancestry to the Burkis of the tribal belt. People of FATA, (the free people) retain their sympathies/loyalties also with Kabul. Please read his book.
be reminded he was from balochistan, and not considered to be the son of the soil... he is entitled to serve in prison if rebel. otherwise if same thing is done by the son of soil ..it is considered OK, normal, best practice, innovative way to rebel etc etc...
@ lol First, two wrongs do not make a right. Second, does ATM accept cash here? Third, the activity(inciting people to write on the notes) itself is anti-state not anti-govt.
Only the "darling" politicians can get away with anything.
This idea was initiated on social media & not by TuQ. Secondly there is no comparison between this movement & that of 1960's, this movement is against the Govt not the state. Lastly, writing with pencil will not render the currency & if somebody has used a pen, he can deposit it in atm. P.S I've seen so many currency notes with things written on it which are useable but SBP only now have realized this? After people started writing slogans against Nawaz? Lol
he wasn't a Punjabi, so it was ok to imprison him but for Punjabi they can call for civil disobedience, hundi and all other ill-legal activities and it is "ok" with establishment and the state.