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PPP-S, ANP slam ban on IDPs entry
PESHAWAR:
The Pakistan People’s Party-Sherpao (PPP-S) and the Awami National
Party (ANP) have resented the decision by the Sindh and Punjab
governments to ban entry of displaced persons from the troubled
areas of NWFP.
The PPP-S staged a protest rally
Sunday, which was led by the party provincial president MPA Sikandar
Sherpao, general secretary Bakht Baidar, Muhammad Ali Khan, Fazal
Rahman Nono, Malik Zawar and Alamzeb Umerzai.
The protesters were carrying banners
and placards inscribed with slogans expressing solidarity with the
displaced persons and condemning Sindh and Punjab governments for
banning the IDPs entry into these provinces.
Meanwhile, provincial culture
secretary of the ANP Hameedur Rahman Mohammadzai criticised the
decision of the Sindh and Punjab governments. In a statement,
Mohammadzai said banning the entry of IDPs from the conflict zones
into Punjab, Sindh or the federal areas was a violation of the 1973
Constitution and human rights.
“Being the free citizens of Pakistan,
the displaced people have the right to go and live anywhere in the
country,” said the ANP leader, who added that under articles 15 and
25 of the Constitution, movement of the citizens could not be
restricted in the country.
He said the
decision would create bad feelings among the IDPs as well as people
of NWFP that could prove harmful for the unity of the federating
units.Mohammadzai demanded of the president and prime minister to
take notice of the step-motherly treatment with Pakhtuns who were
passing through a critical phase and fighting on the front line to
save rest of the country.
The News : Bureau report:Monday, May 25, 2009
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