TehsilReporter,Nagarparkar
Daily BBC Pakistan News London.com
In the final years of her life, around the year 2000, Aqleem Akhtar developed breast cancer. It was such a painful form of the disease that her arm hurt constantly; the breast cancer had begun affecting one of her arms as well.
Aqleem Akhtar belonged to a small town in Gujrat and came from a middle-class family. When she grew up, she married a police officer, who at that time was probably a constable. His name was Ghulam Raza. In the 1960s, Aqleem Akhtar befriended General Yahya Khan. Their relationship continued, and later she began providing him with young women on a daily basis. Because of this, she became extremely influential.
One of her notable qualities was that she never revealed the secrets of the corridors of power; she held everything inside her heart. Seeing Aqleem Akhtar’s influence and authority inside the Presidential Palace, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto gave her the title General Rani.
Aqleem Akhtar once told the renowned lawyer and fiction writer Ijaz Batalvi, in the presence of several people, that Yahya Khan — whom she referred to as Agha Jani — had no role in the breakup of Pakistan. According to her, the only person responsible was Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
According to General Rani, Bhutto had already made a deal with Sheikh Mujib:
“You rule over there, and we rule over here.”
After that agreement, Bhutto became Pakistan’s first civilian Chief Martial Law Administrator, and Ghulam Mustafa Khar became Lahore’s administrator.
Aqleem Akhtar revealed to Ijaz Batalvi that after Yahya Khan’s downfall, she was placed under house arrest, completely cut off from the outside world.
In 2001, Aqleem Akhtar passed away due to the same illness.
Now all one can pray is that may Allah Almighty forgive her sins and elevate her ranks. Ameen.
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