Pakistan: Oppression of nations in full swing!

Oppressed Nations of Pakistan: Self Determination, Autonomy and Sovereignty
http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2007/oppressed_nations_of_pakistan.html
World Sindhi Institute in Washington DC is organizing a discussion forum on Lahore Resoution Day (March 23rd) to talk about oppression by the Pakistani State.

23rd March, Lahore Resolution Day -Commemorating 60 years of oppression in Pakistan

"The people of Pakistan celebrate the 23rd of March, every year, with great zeal and enthusiasm, to commemorate the most outstanding achievement of the Muslims of South Asia who passed the historic Pakistan Resolution on this day at Lahore in 1940"- Pakistan Times (March 23, 2005)

“The right to self-determination is the right of a people to determine its own destiny. In particular, the principle allows a people to choose its own political status and to determine its own form of economic, cultural and social development. Exercise of this right can result in a variety of different outcomes ranging from political independence through to full integration within a state” (Unrepresented Nations and People’s Organization – UNPO). United Nations declares self determination to be an inalienable right of all people.

Washington, D.C: From March 22 to March 24, 1940, the All India Muslim League held its annual session at Minto Park, Lahore. On the basis of the ideas of Jinnah, A. K. Fazl-ul-Haq, the then Chief Minister of Bengal, moved the historical resolution which has since come to be known as Lahore Resolution/Pakistan Resolution.

The Resolution declared: "No constitutional plan would be workable or acceptable to the Muslims unless geographical contiguous units are demarcated into regions which should be so constituted with such territorial readjustments as may be necessary. That the areas in which the Muslims are numerically in majority as in the North-Western and Eastern zones of India should be grouped to constitute independent states in which the CONSTITUENT UNITS SHALL BE AUTONOMOUS AND SOVEREIGN”. The Lahore Resolution laid down only the principles, with the details left to be worked out at a future date. It was made a part of the All India Muslim League's constitution in 1941.

Hence, when Pakistan came into being in August 1947, the provinces (with the exception of Balochistan) agreed to join a confederation, anticipating considerable autonomy and a system of self governance. Over a period of time however, the prospects for provincial autonomy have become a distant dream and Pakistan became a highly centralized bureaucracy controlled by the military. Even during the brief periods of civilian rule that the military tolerates from time to time, the real reins of power are held by the Inter Services Intelligence and a coterie of senior military officers, at all times.

The World Sindhi Institute (WSI) plans to organize a discussion forum on Friday, March 23, 2007. This event would be conducted at 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm in the ‘Lisagor Room’ of National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW 13th Floor, Washington, DC 20045. Speakers and participants will include individuals representing various areas and nations of the country, including Sindhi, Baloch, Pashtun, Punjabi, Kashmiri, Gilgiti and Saraiki. Dr. Haider Nizamani from Vancouver, Canada has very kindly consented to be the Moderator of the meeting.

The goals of this discussion forum are to review the past 60 years of Pakistan and to compare the original ideas of M.A. Jinnah reflected in the 1940 Resolution with the on- ground reality that exists today, from the perspective of all nations that live in present day Pakistan who are not represented in the power and privilege sharing that takes place in Islamabad.

Through nonviolent means, The World Sindhi Institute works relentlessly for universal human rights and humanitarian law for the Sindhis of Sindh, in southeastern Pakistan. For more information, contact Munawar Laghari, Executive Director World Sindhi Institute at:wsihq@worldsindhi.org, 202-223-1777 (w), 202-378-0333 (c)

Or visit www.worldsindhi.org(banned in Pakistan)

Additional Reference: Blog at http://mespeaks.wordpress.com/category/sindhi/

بـــي مــوت مُــئــا ، تـو لاءِ ڪُــٺـــا انـســان هــزاريــن مــان نــه رڳـــو،
هـــــن دنـيـا ۾ اي ديــس ! هُـيـا نــادان هــزاريــن مــان نــه رڳــو .
Deeply shocked, I strongly condemn the barbaric killing of three Baloch nationalist leaders, Ghulam Mohammad Baloch, Sher Mohammad Baloch and Lala Muneer Baloch, by Pakistan’s intelligence agencies. They were kidnapped from the office of their solicitor about a week before they were killed brutally.

Another incident which has uncovered the ugly face of Pakistan’s intelligence agencies which have been involved in killing of thousands of people of the country. However, their rage falls more on the ones who raise voice against victimization of their land and struggle for the rights of their people. Samiullah Kalhoro, a Sindhi nationalist, also fell prey to the same monster not many years back. Dr. Safdar Sarki remained in illegal detention by the intelligence agencies. He was released when the SC took notice of his disappearance.

The martyred Baloch leaders had been quite active in the struggle against the operation in their land carried out by the Pakistani military for the last many years. Several Baloch people have been killed and many arrested by the agencies.

Who can forget the case of Zarina Mari?

The only ‘crime’ they commit is that they speaks against the victimization of their people, land and natural resources. They, like Sindhis, want the ownership of their natural resources and wish to utilize them for the welfare and development of their people. Is this a crime?

Pakistan is — let’s face it — a country where nations have always been oppressed in the name of (one-)nationhood and religion! However, the malicious intentions of the controllers of the country have been uncovered and the world has started paying heed to the cries coming out from the lands of Sindhi and Baloch nations.

Martyrs are the people who die fighting for the rights of their land and their people; all other definitions are faulty and misguiding!

Every martyr challenges the killers in the following words of Shaikh Ayaz:

تون چئه نه ڪُڇان، تُو ن چئه نه لُڇان، پر توکان هڪڙي ڳالهه پڇان؟
تُون ڪنهن ڪنهن کي خاموش ڪندين؟ اعلان هزارين مان نه رڳو!
–

I reiterate my words and condemn severly killing of the three brave nationalists. However, I believe, there are thousands of such brilliant people who would not hesitate to die in the name of their land… I salute those sons of the soil!

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Pakistan: the country entangled in religion, army and other conundrums
Posted in Culture, Democracy, Education, Emotions, Everyday Life, Issues, Jiey Sindh, Media, Nationalism, PPP, Pakistan, Personal, Politics, Press, Religion, Sad, Sain G M Syed, Sindhi, Society with tags Army, flogging, Islam, lashes, Pakistan, President, Prime Minister, Religion, Sain GM Syed, Shariah, South Asia, Swat, Taliban on April 5, 2009 by AamirRaz - عامر راز
It was when I was in a bus that I got this news of the Taliban lashing a 17-year-old girl for doing something which was against (their version of) Islam.

As the details had it, she was flogged publically at least 30 times in front of many onlookers. She kept crying and begging for mercy. But why was anybody gonna help her? After all, she had committed a ‘sin’ which was against the Shariah (according to the Taliban)!

یا رب! دلِ مسلم کو وہ زندہ تمنائیں دے، جو قلب کو گرما دیں۔۔۔
The punishment was awarded to her for her ‘crime’ of being seen with a man who was not her husband. Yes, world, that’s a crime in the eyes of the Talibanist Islam! *Beware all!*

So, this is the scene in the land of the pure!



،محبت امن ہے
!اور اس کا ہے پیغام پاکستان
What has the government did for the incident? The president and the premiere have made public their messages in which they have ‘severely’ condemned the brutal act of whipping the teen. What else did you expect?

And, by the way, who the hell are these djinn-like creatures called Taliban? Are they so many that they’ve (almost) hijacked the whole system of government by threatening, and carrying out, suicide bombings and other forms of attack?

Well, not really!

As far as my good brain helps me, I think it’s true that Pakistan’s intelligence agencies and themilitary are conniving actively in this whole situation. Otherwise, how could you think of a situation where a government surrenders to the militants, who are involved in killing of hundreds of innocent people, by signing a ‘peace deal’ with them? Not all: The government has actually given them this license of whipping and chopping hands off as part of punishment – in form of what they call the Sharia, or Islamic system of judiciary – in the once peaceful and beautiful vale of Swat. This all happened because the Pakistani army supposedly couldn’t conquer the Taliban militants with force.

Voila!

Here we have the brave army of Pakistan which claims to crush the mighty India (and other countries, if needed) surrendering to the Taliban who are said to have a strong control only in the area of Swat! Yes, the army claiming to defend the whole country couldn’t cope with the Taliban – the mightier!

!اے وطن کے سجیلے جوانو
!میرے نغمے تمھارے لیے ہیں
The Pakistanis are never tired of eulogizing their ‘jawwans’ and boast about their morale and courage!

Well, it should not be off-the-track to mention here what Sain GM Syed is reported to have said in as early as 1952. He said:

The way religion is promoted in this country (Pakistan) will make it (religion) to be one of the most difficult issues to deal with and it would be a deadly threat not only to the country itself and South Asia but for the whole world.

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Amnesty International titled him ‘Prisoner of Conscience’
Posted in Culture, Democracy, Education, English, Heritage, Issues, Jiey Sindh, Jiey Sindhu Desh, Karachi, Literature, Media, Nationalism, PPP, Pakistan, Politics, Religion, Sain G M Syed, Sindh, Sindhi with tags All-India Muslim League, Arabic, Bazm-e-Soofia-e Sindh, Dadu, English, G M Syed, Jeay Sindh, Karachi District Local Board, Muhajir, Pakistan, Pakistan National Party, Pakistan Resolution, Persian, Progressive Muslim League, Sann, Sindh, Sindh Assembly, Sindh Hari Conference, Sindh Legislative Assembly, Sindh Muslim League, Sindh United Front, Sindhi, Sindhi Adabi Board, Sindhu Desh, Urdu on March 20, 2009 by AamirRaz - عامر راز
Highlights of life of legendary, Saain GM Syed.

Saeen G. M. [Syed was] son of Syed Mohammed Shah Kazmi, descendant of a famous saint of Sindh, Syed Haider Shah Kazmi, of whose mausoleum, he [was] the Sajjada-nashin. He was born at the village Sann in Dadu District, Sindh, on January 17, 1904. His father passed away when he was only sixteen months old. He has had no formal schooling. Whatever he learnt was self-tutored. By dint of hard work, he attained mastery over Sindhi and English languages. He was also conversant with Arabic and Persian languages. History, Philosophy and Political science were his favorite subjects of study.

At an early age of fourteen years, he started his career as an activist.
In 1919 he became Chairman of School Board of his own Tahsil.
Subsequently, he was elected as a President of Karachi District Local Board in 1929. He later became its President.
In 1930, he organized Sindh Hari (peasants) Conference and became its Secretary.
In 1937, he was for the first time elected a member of Sindh Legislative Assembly.
In 1938, he joined the All-India Muslim League. In 1940, he became Minister of Education in Sindh.
In 1941, he became one of the members of the Central Committee of the Muslim League.
In 1943, he became President of Sindh Muslim League.
In 1944, he played a pivotal role in politics and got a resolution passed in the Sindh Assembly in favor of Pakistan, which was the pioneer resolution of its kind in the whole of undivided India.
In 1946, conditions compelled him to dissociate from the Muslim League, and formed a new party named Progressive Muslim League. The same year he was elected as leader of the Coalition Party in the Sindh Assembly.
In 1954, he acted as Chairman of Sindhi Adabi Board.
In 1955, he played an active part in the formation of Pakistan National Party.
In 1966, he founded Bazm-e-Soofia-e Sindh.
In 1969, he formed Sindh United Front.
Getting disappointed from All-Pakistan national politics, he founded in 1973 the ‘Jeay Sindh’ movement.
Mr. Syed is the author of more than sixty five (65) books. His books are on numerous subjects, ranging from literature to politics, religion and culture etc. He was himself a mystic had a lot of love and regard for mystics of all faiths. Besides being a man of immense learning, Mr. Syed possesses a personality that was graceful and poised. Highly cultured and refined manners, hospitality and geniality were the two glaring traits of his character. Wit and humor were the keynotes of his personality. He respected all genuine difference of opinions. For decades, Sindh and Sindhi people had constituted the center of his interest and activity, and all his love energies were devoted to their good. GM Syed proposed the Pakistan Resolution, 1940 in the Sindh Assembly, which ultimately resulted in the creation of Pakistan. However, he became the first political prisoner of Pakistan because of his differences with the leadership of the country, as he believed that they had deceived the Sindhis.

In 1971 , disappointed with the national politics, GM Syed found no option but to demand the Right of Self Determination for the people of Sindh. Mr. G.M. Syed is founder of ‘JEAY SINDH’ Movement which is aimed at achieving SINDHUDESH. For his bold expression of opinion and views after the creation o Pakistan, he was been kept either in jail-or in solitary confinement for the: period of more than 30 years.

On 19th January 1992, GM Syed was put under house arrest and his house was declared a sub-jail. He has been detained without trial until his death and has been adopted “Prisoner of Conscience” by Amnesty International (ASA 33/WU02/94).

Taken from http://www.sindhudesh.com/gmsyed/syed-bio.htm