Pakistan’s name finally removed from border pillars

Forty-eight years after the independence, Bangladesh has completely removed Pakistan’s name from all pillars installed along its border with India.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has removed the label “PAKISTAN/PAK” and replaced it with “BANGLADESH/BD” on the border pillars, said a press release of BGB yesterday.

The paramilitary troopers started replacing the labels following Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s order in which she observed that some of the pillars in the bordering areas still show Pakistan’s name.

After the partition of India-Pakistan in 1947, more than 8,000 pillars were installed, in which “IND-PAK/INDIA-PAKISTAN” label was engraved.

These pillars were in border areas of Satkhira, Jashore, Chuadanga, Kushtia, Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj, Naogaon, Panchagarh, Kurigram, Netrakona, Mymensingh, Jamalpur, Sunamganj, Sylhet, Brahmanbaria, Cumilla and Chattogram.

People in the bordering areas and those who were aware of the matter were really bothered as the name of Pakistan was not removed from the pillars despite Bangladesh achieving its independence in 1971, added the release.

BGB completed this mammoth task within a short period of time with its own funds, the release added.