Loud Thinking September 28, 2014 at 01:43PM
LETTER TO EDITOR
September 28th, 2014
Resignation
In March 1969 burning of a private transport bus by the students of the Polytechnic School, Rawalpindi, led by the then student rebel rouser Shaikh Rashid was a minor incident from the present day standards, but it made President Ayub Khan” decide to resign. Khawaja Shahabuddin – his cabinet minister, advised him against it saying, “ Sir, just hold a referendum and you will see that the people are with you”. “What referendum?”, he asked, “Referendum is already on the roads !” He addressed the nation the same evening – 25th March 1969 – on the TV and resigned saying that he could not preside over the destruction of the nation. Such has been the conduct of honourable men in history.
Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
30 Westridge 1
Rawalpindi 46000
Pakistan
Tel: (051) 5158033
E.mail: jafri@rifiela.com
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