**Its sad to announce that Baba Mehr Deen of Wagah Border, also known as Chacha Pakistani, has died aged 90.
It is said that for last 60 years, Chacha Pakistani regularly visited the border during the ceremonies as he was always there to lead the crowd, chanting and raising slogans in favour of Pakistan. I myself have witnessed his enthusiasm and patriotism for Pakistan once when I visited the Border to see the ‘lowering of the flags’ ceremony’ in Lahore.
May ALLAH bless his soul with eternal peace. Ameen.**
Chacha Pakistani passes away at 90
By Asad KharalPublished: October 21, 2012
LAHORE: Chacha Pakistani, the man who come rain or shine would reach the Wagah Border for the flag ceremony, passed away at the age of 90 on Sunday.
If you have ever been to the Wagah Border, you would have seen Chacha Pakistani dressed in the Pakistani flag and waving one around too.
His real name was Mehar Din. He was born in 1922 and was unmarried. While his brothers migrated to Pakistan at the time of its creation, Chacha came here post partition. He had no home of his own and lived with his nephews.
Speaking to The Express Tribune, Chacha Pakistani’s nephew said: “Ever since we were born, we have seen him go there [Wagah Border] routinely.”
“He loved military rule and disliked democratic governments,” the nephew added. Former president Parvaiz Musharraf had sent him for Umrah on a political quota.
He also revealed that his uncle had no source of income and made a living out of money people would hand him at the border.
Living some 40km away, he would hitch hike to Wagah every day, getting out of one car and getting into another – willing to even walk to reach his destination.
Chacha Pakistani had also received awards and certificates from Rangers and other officials visiting the border.
Devoted to Pakistan and a true patriot, Chacha Pakistani went to the border everyday adorned in his kurta made out of a flag of Pakistan.
He had this eccentricity, his nephew said, where he believed the flag of Pakistan should never touch the ground. They said he was almost scared of it happening.
The cause of his death remains vague as his family did not have money to take him to a hospital. All that is known is that he had had a fever and cough since the past few days.
Amazingly, no one from the border wanted to know why the man who religiously went there every day had stopped coming.
Chacha’s hometown was a village in Punjab called Chandrai where he will be laid to rest today, wrapped in his beloved green and white flag.
I just heard this, and it's made me really sad.. i have personal photo's with him when i went to wagah border in Jan this year...Pakistan needs more people like him , who genuinely love the country and respect the flag.
inna lillaahi wa inna ilaihi raaje'oon. :( merii taraf se yeh ek she'r marHoom kii nazar hai...Allah unkii maGHfirat farmaaye aur apne jawaar e raHmat men jagah 'ataa farmaaye...aameen!
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ai chacha e Pakistan, tujhko meraa salaam hai
teraa hii naam dusraa PakistaN kaa naam hai :(**
