Lahore remembers freedom struggle heroes

Bathinda: Pakistan-based Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation observed the 90th martyrdom day of Shaheeds Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev at Shadman Chowk, once part of the Lahore Central Jail where the British had hanged them on March 23, 1931. Candles were lit for the freedom fighters of the undivided India.Foundation chairman Imtiaz Rashid Qureshi remembered the martyrs as subcontinent’s heroes. The gathering passed some resolutions to seek apology from Queen Elizabeth of the UK for the hangings, like she had apologised for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. People asked Pakistani PM Imran Khan to bestow the country’s highest civilian award, Nishan-e-Pakistan, on the Shaheed.