’پرل ہاربر حملے‘ کو 72 سال ہو گئے

    دسمبر کو امریکہ کے بحری اڈے پر جاپان کی جانب سے کیے گئے حملے کو 72 برس مکمل ہو گئے۔ جاپان نے یہ حملہ ہوائی کے جزیروں پر واقع پرل ہاربر کے مقام پر کیا تھا۔

ہر سال ہزاروں کی تعداد میں لوگ اس روز پرل ہاربر پر اکٹھے ہوتے ہیں اور 1941ء میں امریکہ پر کیے گئے اس حملے کی یاد مناتے ہیں جس نے امریکہ کو دوسری جنگ ِ عظیم میں دھکیلا تھا۔

امریکی بحریہ اور نیشنل پارک سروس کی جانب سے اس روز منعقد کیے جانے والی تقریبات میں امریکیوں کی کثیر تعداد شرکت کرتی ہے۔ اس موقعے پر ’پرل ہاربر حملے‘ میں زندہ بچ جانے والے افراد بھی شریک ہوتے ہیں۔

7 دسمبر 1941ء کو پرل ہاربر پر امریکی فوج اور بحری اڈوں رپ جاپان کے جنگی جہازوں نے حملہ کیا تھا۔ اس حملے میں دو ہزار سے زائد امریکی ہلاک ہوئے جبکہ ایک ہزار سے زائد زخمی ہوئے تھے۔    

 

Haleji Lake

Twenty three districts of Sindh, Pakistan. 1. Karachi 2. Jamshoro 3. Thatta 4. Badin 5. Tharparkar 6. Umerkot 7. Mirpur Khas 8. Tando Allahyar 9. Naushahro Feroze 10. Tando Muhammad Khan 11. Hyderabad 12. Sanghar 13. Khairpur 14. Nawabshah 15. Dadu 16. Qambar Shahdadkot 17. Larkana 18. Matiari 19. Ghotki 20. Shikarpur 21. Jacobabad 22. Sukkur 23. Kashmore (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Haleji Lake (Urdu: ہالیجی جھیل‎) is located in Thatta District, Sindh, Pakistan. It is the Asia’s largest bird sanctuary. ^[1]

 History

Originally, Haleji Lake was small. During World War II the then-British Government of Sindh decided to increase the capacity of the lake by introducing a feeder canal from the River Sindh. The work was placed on a war footing and was completed within 24 months. During the war, thousands of American and British troops were stationed in Karachi; the water supply was provided by Haleji Lake….. Haleji originally was a salt-water lake which was formed by seasonal water, collecting in a depression. During World War II, additional water was required for troops stationed at Karachi. Salt water was drained out and an embankment was constructed around the lake which was fed by fresh water through a canal. Resultantly, Haleji became one of the major sources of water supply to the increasing population of Karachi as well as an exquisite refuge for waterfowl.

A water reservoir, home to Siberian migratory birds from November till February – birds lover paradise in these months. Some crocodiles as well, and fishing.

Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman

Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman was the founder and editor of the Jang Group of Newspapers which has currently grown to be the most popular Urdu and English newspapers in Pakistan. As a founder of the hugely circulated Jang Group of newspapers, he is a legend in Pakistan. A self-made newspaper magnate he ranks among the most successful newspaper entrepreneurs in Asia. 

Early life

Mir Khalil ur Rahman was born in 1927 to a middle-class family in the town of Gujranwala, Punjab, where he received his schooling and college education. Having finished his basic education, he graduated in Accountancy from the Punjab University. During the Second World War, his parents moved to New Delhi, capital of the British Indian Empire. It was here that he discovered his love for journalism. The newspaper world attracted him far more than the dull books of accountancy. He had a passion for reading and writing and a fondness for newspapers and magazines. He sat glued to his radio set, listening to the latest war news. In 1940, when he was still a student, he started a newspaper for Muslims in pre-partition Hindustan fighting in World War II in Delhi. He called it the Jang, or War. This was not an exaggerated name as some believed, but a statement against war, and so Mir Khalil-ur-Rehman made it clear that he was doing this for the soldiers and not to encourage the Second World War.

 Career

When the creation of the Muslim-majority State of Pakistan was established on August 14, 1947, Mir Saheb moved to Karachi, capital of the new Muslim State, and started publishing the Daily Jang from there which was funded by a loan of 5000 rupees from Abdul Ghani Barq of Ferozsons Printers. Pakistan’s Governor General, Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was delighted due to this move and offered the government’s help in running it. Mir Saheb however, declined the offer saying that freedom of the press was his motto and the goal for the Fourth pillar of State in Pakistan. Mir Saheb galvanised the press in Pakistan and helped in founding the Council of Pakistan Newspapers Editors (CPNE). He opposed tooth and nail any Government measure or action which curbed the freedom of the press in Pakistan. 

  His legacy

Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman’s legacy in Pakistan is the well established Jang Group of newspapers which are published from all the major cities of Pakistan. His newspaper empire is managed by his two sons, Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and Mir Javed-ur-Rahman. Mir saheb personally trained them in the science of newspaper management. As a result, besides expanding the Jang newspaper group, they have added to it a powerful GEO television channel which has shaped into Pakistan’s most popular television channel^[4] and its programmes can also be watched in the US and the UK and many parts of the Islamic world.^[5]

Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman continued to work at the newspaper till his death in 1992. MKRF is a foundation based on his great activities.