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Quaid-e-Azam meeting with the representatives of non-Muslims in Dera Ismail Khan.
Date: 16 April 1948

 

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Firoz Khan Noon with Khwaja Nazimuddin and Liaquat Ali Khan

 

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[Mirzali Khan]

Chitrali boy wearing Pakol, Chitral, 1918. Photo by J. Sulley.

The older design of Pakol barely resemble Kausia (ancient Macedonian hat). Its a coincidence that the modern design of Pakol happens to resemble Kausia a lot.

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Chitrali boy wearing Pakol, Chitral, 1918. Photo by J. Sulley.

The older design of Pakol barely resemble Kausia (ancient Macedonian hat). Its a coincidence that the modern design of Pakol happens to resemble Kausia a lot.

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Greek, Macedonian as well as Jewish influence is all over the Pushtoon tribes.

 

[Mirzali Khan]

Greek, Macedonian as well as Jewish influence is all over the Pushtoon tribes.

We are children of Bani Israel LOLLLL

 

[TigerOfMysore]

We are children of Bani Israel LOLLLL

Ssssssh!!! It is a part of our genealogy best left quiet. Lol!!!

 

[Mirzali Khan]

1960 was when the secret airbase at Peshawar made headlines across the world, and put Pakistan at risk of attack by the Soviets.

The USAF U2 spy plane refueled at Peshawar before flying over Soviet Union for a reconnaissance mission but was shot down by the soviets.

Its pilot was trialed and sentenced to 10 years but later released in a spy-swap arrangement.

For Pakistan, this episode of the cold war was a realization of the danger and risk it put herself into by allying with the US against the Soviets.

Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet PM at the time, threatened Pakistan with immediate retaliation if such a flight flew from Peshawar again. "Do not play with fire, gentlemen. We have red marked Peshawar on the map of Pakistan" ~ Nikita Khrushchev reported by Dawn May 28, 1960*.

A further embarrassment was when President Ayub Khan denied the Soviets charges that the U2 spy plane flew from Peshawar but the Americans admitted to it and even admitted their presence at the airbase of Peshawar.

The airbase at the outskirts of Peshawar (Badabher) was leased out to the US for 10 years, and owing to the 'disillusionment' of Pakistan, its lease was not renewed in 1969. *There is also an engineering college now at that old base. I taught there about 20 years ago.

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1960 was when the secret airbase at Peshawar made headlines across the world, and put Pakistan at risk of attack by the Soviets.

The USAF U2 spy plane refueled at Peshawar before flying over Soviet Union for a reconnaissance mission but was shot down by the soviets.

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Its pilot was trialed and sentenced to 10 years but later released in a spy-swap arrangement.

For Pakistan, this episode of the cold war was a realization of the danger and risk it put herself into by allying with the US against the Soviets.

Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet PM at the time, threatened Pakistan with immediate retaliation if such a flight flew from Peshawar again. "Do not play with fire, gentlemen. We have red marked Peshawar on the map of Pakistan" ~ Nikita Khrushchev reported by Dawn May 28, 1960*.

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A further embarrassment was when President Ayub Khan denied the Soviets charges that the U2 spy plane flew from Peshawar but the Americans admitted to it and even admitted their presence at the airbase of Peshawar.

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The airbase at the outskirts of Peshawar (Badabher) was leased out to the US for 10 years, and owing to the 'disillusionment' of Pakistan, its lease was not renewed in 1969. *There is also an engineering college now at that old base. I taught there about 20 years ago.

@TNT @akramishaqkhan @ziaulislam @Imad.Khan @Pak Nationalist @PakSarZameen47 @Desert Fox 1 @Muhammad Saftain Anjum

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A well-known fact.

 

[Muhammad Saftain Anjum]

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1960 was when the secret airbase at Peshawar made headlines across the world, and put Pakistan at risk of attack by the Soviets.

The USAF U2 spy plane refueled at Peshawar before flying over Soviet Union for a reconnaissance mission but was shot down by the soviets.

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Its pilot was trialed and sentenced to 10 years but later released in a spy-swap arrangement.

For Pakistan, this episode of the cold war was a realization of the danger and risk it put herself into by allying with the US against the Soviets.

Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet PM at the time, threatened Pakistan with immediate retaliation if such a flight flew from Peshawar again. "Do not play with fire, gentlemen. We have red marked Peshawar on the map of Pakistan" ~ Nikita Khrushchev reported by Dawn May 28, 1960*.

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A further embarrassment was when President Ayub Khan denied the Soviets charges that the U2 spy plane flew from Peshawar but the Americans admitted to it and even admitted their presence at the airbase of Peshawar.

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The airbase at the outskirts of Peshawar (Badabher) was leased out to the US for 10 years, and owing to the 'disillusionment' of Pakistan, its lease was not renewed in 1969. *There is also an engineering college now at that old base. I taught there about 20 years ago.

@TNT @akramishaqkhan @ziaulislam @Imad.Khan @Pak Nationalist @PakSarZameen47 @Desert Fox 1 @Muhammad Saftain Anjum

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I first heard about this incident from Pakistan History series at Dekho Suno Jano.
I was highly disappointed at the decision of Gen.Ayub Khan to allow American spy plane fly from Peshawar air base.
But slowly,l realized that our history is full of mistakes and wrong experiments.

 

[Mirzali Khan]

I first heard about this incident from Pakistan History series at Dekho Suno Jano.
I was highly disappointed at the decision of Gen.Ayub Khan to allow American spy plane fly from Peshawar air base.
But slowly,l realized that our history is full of mistakes and wrong experiments.

Why were you disappointed?

 

[Muhammad Saftain Anjum]

Why were you disappointed?

Because we were playing with fire to please Americans

 

[Mirzali Khan]

Because we were playing with fire to please Americans

2 of our neighbors sided with the Soviets.