This is Radio Azad Kashmir
“Ye Radio Pakistan Azad Kashmir Hai”
Syed Wilayat Hussain Khumar-late (My Grand-father) (1911–1976)
The Pioneer Broadcaster of Radio Pakistan Tararrh Khal (Azad Jammu and Kashmir)
When our Military Forces were combating Indian Army at the cliff edge of Kashmir-
At that time Mr. & Mrs. Khumar at their superlative level were broadcasting in a military camp- In the first-ever studio of Radio(Azad Kashmir)
Soon after partition of Indo-Pak (1947) Mr. Nisar Ahmed Nasri (DG Radio Pakistan) called my grandfather (Syed Wilayat Hussain Khumar) who was just settled in Rawalpindi, to Join Radio Azad Kashmir (Tararrh Khall). He gathered his family and moved towards Muzaffarabad Azad Kashmir. Though he was a senior broadcaster of All India Radio, everything almost revitalized. There was no office or building for the newly started Radio Station of Azad Jammu & Kashmir. As per my grandfather at the earlier epoch, there is no studio or soundproof room for news broadcasting.
First Soundproof studio:
The first soundproof studio which was swiftly built for a news broadcast was under a wooden table and covered by blankets and bedspreads. Now a charismatic voice (Ye Radio Pakistan Azad Kashmir Tararrh Khal hai) (This is Radio Pakistan Azad Kashmir Tararrh Khal) That was an unforgettable beginning of Radio broadcast of AJ&K.
First Salary slip:
He uses to get 120/ PRs per month during those days. A very normal paycheck but valued. The real love of motherland can’t exchange with money. Afterward, my grandmother also joined his husband with a (100/-PRs) paycheck. The lady who has just studied grades 4–5 but her news reading skills were God gifted and impressive. I can proudly introduce myself regarding Mr. & Mrs. Syed Wilayat Hussain Khumar (late) Almighty rest their soul in peace Ameen.
Urdu Linguistic Movement:
Very few people know about the “Urdu linguistic movement” which was begun by Mr. Khumar and his fellows to proclaimed “Urdu Language” as an official language of AJ&K. The ambition of the Urdu linguistic movement accomplished and eventually Urdu was publicized as an official language of the state of AJ&K. That was the moment when people close to understanding each other and the difference upon languages was over.
