Birshreshtho Flight Lieutenamt Matiur Rahman_03

Matiur Rahman laid to rest
The remains of Birshreshtha Matiur Rahman were buried in the Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard in Dhaka on Sunday 25th June, 2006 with the state honours, 35 years after his martyrdom.
The remains of the independence war hero were brought back home from Karachi, Pakistan, on Saturday.
People from all walks of life on Sunday paid homage to Matiur, one of the seven recipients of the highest gallantry award, whose remain was kept in the National Parade Square in the morning for viewing.
Matiur was killed on August 20, 1971 in a jet crash near the India-Pakistan border when he tried to reach India to join Bangladesh's war of independence. He took off from a West Pakistan airbase on the day. Bangladesh fought a war for nine months against Pakistan and earned independence on 16 December, 1971.
Matiur was buried in Karachi, Pakistan.
The acting president, Jamiruddin Sircar, paid his last tribute by placing flowers on the coffin at 10:00am in the Parade Square.
Matiur's wife and other family members, ministers, chiefs of the army, the navy and the air force, politicians, dignitaries and people from all walks of life gathered in the Parade Square to pay the their homage. A special prayer was said. The coffin was kept there till 11:00am.
The coffin was later taken to the Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard at 11:30am. A motorcade of the personnel of the three forces escorted the coffin.
The burial, with full military honours at the place reserved for freedom fighters, was completed by noon. A prayer was said after the burial of the remains.
The acting Jatiya Sangsad speaker, Akhter Hamid Siddiqui, state minister for liberation war affairs Rezaul Karim, chiefs of the three forces, relatives of Matiur and others attended.
The fighter planes of the Bangladesh Air Force flew over the area during the burial.
Pakistan recently agreed to hand over the remains to Bangladesh at a request of the Bangladesh prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, during her recent visit to Islamabad.
The prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia received the coffin at Zia International Airport on Saturday night.
The remains were kept in the central mosque of the air force at Kurmitola in Dhaka.
Matiur Rahman was born on February 21, 1945. He was a flight lieutenant in the Pakistan air force when the war of independence broke out.
Matiur received his primary education at the Dhaka Collegiate School. He then went to the Pakistan Air Force Public School in Pakistan. After completing his Class XII, he joined in Pakistan Air Force Academy.
Matiur joined the Pakistan Air Force in August 1961 and was commissioned on 23 June 1963.

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[ednan9]

i am pakis origin..whatever happened in bangladesh was the fault of pakistani leaders and army..the pakistani people felt very sad...i understand your hatred of pakistan..hopefully someday pakistan can do something wonderful for bangladeshi...but most pakistani are very sorry for what happened in 1971

[nahidkhan43]

Salam to u,our beloved golden son of Bengle.He is our pride.our courage.He is the real patriot and brave.May Allah give him peace and open the door of zannat.Amin.

[shamidfdg]

Their were other bengali pilots in PAF like Saif Ul Azam,they did not choose the way the traitor matiurehman did.

[shahshabbir]

what a fucking shit...... this bastard Bengali matiur is a hero of this fucking nation. listen all bangla people u know what a worth of ur people in all world "sweepers" just fucking ass hole sweepers..... and ur matiur is a fucking patriotic. my be u not understand motherfuckers .

[kayanification1]

RASHID MINHAS was just 20 years old....HE IS THE REAL HERO...SALUTE TO SHAHEED PLT OFF RASHID MINHAS.........PAKISTAN ZINDABAD....

[hitmontana47]

tech your kid why is important to remmember your hero. specialy the one who fight with tank with out weapon and that is people of bangladesh. i promise u i day the whole pakistan will fell what we fell for our country. hitler killed 6 million jew and you killed 3 million of your so called brother. my brothers when the war happen i wasent born but wish i was bcoz every time i c this my heart cry and cry .

[syed1366]

pakistanis are stupid and brainless morons.

pakistan is a failed country.

time is coming when they have to beg money from Bangladesh, India and so forth.

Get a life. Look how Bangalis, Indians and others are improving.

Proud to be Bengali

[charaderaptor]

Do you have anything to say about the soldiers involved in mutiny and killed number of their officers recently. What about the leader who gave you independence was also killed by your own son of the soil. .Mati ur Rehman was involved in hijacking own trainee officer & airforce plane . Do other countries honour their hijackers with awards, Think, accept what is wrong than praising.

[islamourpride]

Good stories have been made by bengalis....they have no respect of Pakistan..and tht is wat they r doing now..we r sorry for wat happened in 1971..but ur bengalis were also involved in tht..if matiur rehman was loyal to pakistan and P.A.F..then y he was flying away from the route already defined....y the hell he was going away and came across border ?? he was trying to snatch the plane as he thought an easy task to do...

[moss8888444]

only in bangladesh will they honor a traiter. look all our nishan-e-haiders, not one was a traiter or stabbed the enemy in the back. they valiantly gave their life without having to decieve. while rahman took advantage of a trainee, and wasn't even able to be successful since our hero sacrificed his life for his country.

[shrane98]

Looks like Bangladeshis doesn't have any good things to do. I think that matiur guy was brainless and not smart. He should have known that he couldn't escape from Pakistan with his broken plane; still he went for it and died. What a waste of life; come on Bangladeshi grow up. In my opinion, matiur doesn't deserve any award. One failed man (Mujib) gave award to another failure (matiur) man. Do something good for your country and stop wasting Govt money on unnecessary things.