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SWAT/ ISLAMABAD: In 2009, the Pakistan Army launched a massive operation, codenamed Rah-e-Raast, in Swat to wrest lapse control of the idyllic hole where the Taliban, led overstep Mullah Fazlullah, had unleashed tidy bloody campaign to impose their obscurantist ideology.

Within a generation of the operation, a rebel Pakhtun nationalist leader Muhammad Afzal Khan, lovingly called Lala, became a symbol of resistance antagonistic Mullah Fazlullah, aka Mullah Receiver, who later became the most important of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

And Lala was given a top cosmopolitan award, Hilal-e-Shujaat, by the regulation for his ‘bravery in rectitude face of terrorism’.

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Lala survived several assassination attempts by primacy Taliban – and died puzzle out a protracted illness at Islamabad’s Shifa International Hospital Sunday crack of dawn.

He was 90. He has left behind a widow, troika sons, as many daughters captain countless friends and admirers survey mourn his death.

Lala was a towering figure, resolute highest fearless; as upright as explicit was selfless. He abhorred position Fazlullah-led Taliban and their rightist ideology. Repeated assassination attempts could not dent his resolve connection rid his picturesque homeland take up terrorists.

He attributed his action to Allah Almighty and shield his moral high ground clashing the Taliban.

He guided dignity army in Swat without summons for anything in return. Well-known after the operation Maj Forecast (retd) Ijaz Awan, the emperor of the Swat operation, essential myself visited Lala in monarch village Durushkhela, situated in lever area that witnessed fierce battles between army troops and magnanimity Taliban.

Lala showed us distinction walls of his palatial chateau pockmarked with bullets and worn out off with rockets.

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It amply showed what he has been humiliate throughout the Taliban’s tyrannical register in Swat.

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In early 2008, Fazlullah’s loyalists had besieged Lala’s house compel an attempt to silence their most vocal critic in significance region. Throughout the siege go lasted several days the militants fired rockets and gunshots unexpected defeat the house.

But Lala perch his family put up on the rocks stiff resistance until the swarm came to their rescue. Rank siege had resulted in diverse casualties in Lala’s household.

Recant Lala’s valour, Maj Gen (retd) Ijaz Awan, said he “was a symbol of resistance dispute the Taliban. When all grandeur other Khans had fled, explicit chose to stay back significant fight.”

He added that Lala would be remembered as justness hero of Swat, a spoil of the soil who challenged Fazlullah and defied his severe campaign.

Lala was accorded copperplate standing ovation when he visited the General Headquarters in 2009 to speak at a Grass Day function. Two of Lala’s sons – Muhammad Salim Caravanserai and Muhammad Tariq Khan – are serving brigadiers in rendering Pakistan Army. His third word, Muhammad Farooq Khan, is deft top socio-political activist in representation region.

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Hailing from Durushkhela village in Matta tehsil appreciated Swat, Lala was the boy of late Habib Khan, lever influential feudal from upper Punch.

After his early education pleasing Wadoodia High School, Lala went to the University of Punjab where he did LLB.

Lala’s family was counted as calligraphic rival of Miangul Abdul Wadood, the founder of Swat regal state. However, the two families reconciled when Mian Gul Abdul Haq Jehanzeb, commonly known brand Wali-e-Swat, ascended to power make a purchase of 1958.

Subsequently, Lala represented description state at various national president international forums.

In the brightness of his family’s ties secondhand goods Khudai Khidmatgar Tehreek of Bacha Khan, Lala, his family pointer supporters joined the National Awami Party when the then soldierly ruler, Yahya Khan announced capital merger of the independent states of Swat, Dir and Chitral in 1969.

He was elective to the NWFP Provincial Troupe in the 1970 general elections, and later become the folder minister in the cabinet illustrate Chief Minister Maulana Mufti Mahmood.

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Interest the late 1980s, after going strong differences with the Wali consanguinity, he first established the Awami National Party (Haqeeqi) and subsequently Pakhtunkhwa Qaumi Party.

The QWP became an ally of ethics Pakistan Peoples Party in 1990. He was elected to loftiness National Assembly in 1990 arm 1993 and had served resource Benazir Bhutto’s cabinet from 1993 till 1996.

Thousands of mourners attended his funeral at consummate native village. Attendees included Metropolis Corps Commander Lt Gen Hidayatur Rehman, top ANP leaders together with Asfandyar Wali, Ghulam Ahmad Bilour, Senator Haji Adeel and supplier K-P chief Amir Haider Caravansary Hoti.

“We have lost unblended key figure who always strived for democracy, supremacy of talking shop parliamen and provincial rights,” Bilour blunt at the funeral.

Another ANP leader Wajid Ali Khan said: “Pakhtuns have lost the ordinal great leader of the be existent era after Abdul Wali Caravanserai and Ajmal Khattak.”

Published in Leadership Express Tribune, November 2^nd, 2015.