Col NN Bhatia Today at 11:48 AM 54 Indian prisoners of War (POWs) of 1971 War still hold up in Pakistan Dear Mr Amir Khan, I am a retired miltary veteran fond of your movies and initiatives to eradicate deformities in our society. But one of the greatest over 42 year old human tragedy has been overloked by the insensitive society and callous country that liberated Bangladesh. While we released nearly 96,000 Pakistani POWs who had surrendered in liberated Bangladesh, we failed to resolve issues like Kashmir, River Water Dispute, Siachin and Mal-treatment to minorities in Pakistan; what to say release of our 54 bravehearts captured by Pakistan in 1971 War. The families have learnt from odd letters and inputs given by other prisoners released from time to time and human right activits in Pakistan like Awais Sheikh (now taken asylum in Sweden), Ansar Burney, a leading Pakistani human rights and civil rights activist, Ms Jasbir Uppal, Indian origin human rights and civil rights activist and lawyer, Dr Simmi Waraich, Mr Gill, some released Indian POWs and my own reserch efforts. But efforts to get them released have been weak knee jerks, isolated and uncoordinasted by our politicians,social and human activists, jurists, foreign service, diplomats and military as the centeral goverments from time to time failed to take any initiatives. The Pakistani Government is equally insensitive with dead conscience to admit having our POWs. If that be so, how late Dr Suri from Faridabad died due to shock when he got letter from his son (Maj Ashok Suri, a POW) posted from Pakistan? No confidence building meassures (CBMs), track 2 diplomacy or normalisation of relations between two countries can be possible unless such issues are resolved and people to people transparent contacts are maintained and minor irritants like releasing of POWs/prisoners undertaken! On our part NDTV ,TIMES NOW and some other channels highlighted the issue but follow up by the Government or any NGO was NOT there. we need to raise issue internationally through UNO, International Court of Justice, Red Cross, diplomacy, media blitz and forcind aid donor counties to Pakistan of its failing human right actions. I request that you kindly take this issue in right earnest to ignite insensitive dead conscience across the border so that our nrave sons languishing in Pakistani jails living under sub-human conditions are released at the earliest. Please imagine the pains of the wife of Flt Lt Vijay Vasant Tambay 7662 -F(P), daughter (Dr Simmi Waraich) of Maj Waraich, late father of Maj Ashok Suri and the families of the all 54 POWs in Pakistan. Let SatyamevJayte TV initiative started by you, light the candle of conscience across the borders to remove darkness of insenstivity. Your programmes Mr Amir Khan have LONG reach to kill insenstivity, injustice and failed human rights. I will willingly give any help and support needed. I must admit one director from Bollywood contacted me for making a movie on POWs issue BUT I requested him,, their release is my prime objective and not his commercial angle solely! At my initiative, I have requested for a meeting with the PM as evident from below, but nothing has materialised so far. Let us put together our best foot forward Mr Amir Khan! Col NN Bhatia (Retd) Industrial Security Consultant & Human Rights Activist.. A-27 sector 30 Noida (UP-201303 India Mob +919818044762
Posted on: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 10:32:33 +0000
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