Pak to build a memorial for Bhagat Singh

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whats the big deal...

i say we build a monument

it will foster good relations between india and pakistan

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Built a statue of me.

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Dont take what I said in the Indian context. Pakistan is an islamic country and that is why it's a great step for Pakistan. You will never see such a thing happening in UAE had there been such people there. I believe people from the sub continent are secular in nature, and sooner or later Pakistan will go secular as well.

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The present-day state of India didn't exist before 15th August 1947 just as the present-day state of Pakistan didn't exist before 14th August 1947.

The current Republic of India and the past British Indian Empire are two seperate entities.

Bhagat Singh died 16 years before the creation of either country. If Indians can call Allama Iqbal or Heer-Ranjha their own then we can lay claim to Bhagat Singh.

He wasn't just an Indian freedom fighter, he was a Punjabi and South-Asian as well, there's 50 million more Punjabis in Pakistan than there is in India (almost twice as much).

We are fellow South-Asians and some of our provinces/states share a common culture/ethnicity/history/heritage but like I have said before Pakistan is a nation in it's own right, even one of the Indian PM's accepted this fact at the Tower-of-Pakistan in Lahore saying "Pakistan ka apna sikka hai aur apni mor hai."

I think our neighbours need to let go of this imperialistic illusion of being the thekedaar of South-Asia.

We in Pakistan see our independence as freedom from the British not separation from India, the Republic of India didn't even exist till a day after our independence, prior to that the name "India" (coming from the River Indus in Pakistan) was used as a regional name, synonymous to the word 'South-Asia' today because before 1947 South-Asia didn't exist as a country but was rather under the rule of various (usually) foreign Empires, and prior to that it was a collection of independent kingdoms usually at war with each other, even today neither of our countries is a homogeneous nation-state in the western sense.

The separate independence of Pakistan was necessary because of the extremist Hindus who to this day associate South-Asian Muslims (mostly local converts) with foreign invaders and want them to be expelled from South-Asia or converted to Hinduism, these are not my words, anyone who doesn’t believe can see for themselves on websites such as Hindu Web. Also in a democracy Muslims would be unrepresented as they were an insignificant minority in comparison with the majority Hindus.

~~♥♥~~GS EiD MiLaN PaRtY~~♥♥~~
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merchery2k,

"whats the big deal...

i say we build a monument

it will foster good relations between india and pakistan"

If what you think is correct, then who is bigger figure than Gandhi, Walbhai Patel, Neru, Indra Gandhi, the list goes on and on: According to your logic their statues should be errected in Lahore, Islamabad, Sailkot, Gojranwala......would accelerate the relations with India!

This is pure wastage of money, relation with India can never be improved by errecting statues of Hidu gods and godesses (Hidu accept normal man and women as their rub or god or godess). Unless Kashmir issue is resolved, the relations will remain the same or may go worse depending on the attitude of Paki Govt.

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This is pure wastage of money, relation with India can never be improved by errecting statues of Hidu gods and godesses (Hidu accept normal man and women as their rub or god or godess).

Bhagat singh was a freedom fighter, not an Hindu God or Goddess.
who said hindus except normal people as their Rab or God or Goddess ?????

oh, i didnt knew he was born in Faisalabad!!!
well, a good move by Pak!