The All India Pakhtoon Jirga-e-Hind (Template:Langx , Template:Langx), commonly known as the Jirga-e-Hind (Template:Langx , Template:Langx), is an organisation representing the interests of Pashtuns in India. It is chaired by Yasmin Nigar Khan.[1]
Activities
The All India Pakthoon Jirga-e-Hind seeks to provide 3,200,000 Pashtuns living and workingTemplate:Clarify within the Republic of India with Indian citizenship.[2][3][4] It appeals to an agreement made between Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Jawaharlal Nehru that would enable Pashtuns who wished to stay in India after its partition to do so;[2] Abdul Ghaffar Khan and the Khudai Khidmatgar had strongly opposed the partition of India.[5]
The organisation wishes to see the creation of two universities in Delhi and Calcutta in honour of Indian independence movement activist Abdul Ghaffar Khan.[2] These universities would provide an education for the Pashtuns of Afghanistan who wish to study in India, although others would receive admission as well.[2]
The All India Pakthoon Jirga-e-Hind has advocated for the merger of the North West Frontier Province in Pakistan with the country of Afghanistan.[6] It argues that the NWFP was leased to the British for one hundred years by Afghanistan and so it should be returned to Afghanistan.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ Bacha Khan's great-granddaughter says Pakistan was behind attack on university. The Khaama Press News Agency(23 January 2016).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan's great granddaughter seeks citizenship for 'Phastoons' in India(15 February 2018).
- ↑ Frontier Gandhi's granddaughter urges Centre to grant citizenship to Pathans. The News International(16 February 2018).
- ↑ Frontier Gandhi's granddaughter urges Centre to grant citizenship to Pathans. The Indian Express(15 February 2018).
- ↑ Muslims against the Muslim League: Critiques of the Idea of Pakistan{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Cambridge University Press(2017). ISBN 9781108621236
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Now Frontier Gandhi's descendant to urge Modi to stand by Pakhtunistan(30 September 2016). Retrieved 21 February 2019.