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Moot condemns extremism
Karachi
The participants of the Awami
Tehrik’s (AT) National Conference on Sunday approved several
resolutions and also ensured their support to the government against
extremism. The theme of the conference was ”National and democratic
question in Pakistan and ways and means for uprooting terrorism and
lawlessness”.
Barrister Aitzaz Ashan, Pakistan
Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) spokesman Siddiqul Farooq, leaders and
representatives of Sindhi nationalist parties, and economic groups
were the participants of the day-long conference.
One resolution was passed in which
the participants condemned the mobilisation of the Taliban. They
said that the lives and property of the common people were in danger
and the government should take measures to safeguard them.
The participants also opposed the
migration of people from Swat, Dir, Malakand and other affected
areas to other provinces, especially Sindh. They demanded of the
government to make arrangements for displaced persons in the NWFP.
“There presence in any province might create a law and order
situation as Sindh is already flooded with non-Sindhis,” they said.
They strongly condemned the military
operation in Balochistan and expressed their solidarity with the
Baloch community. They also demand that governmental bodies like
National Finance Committee should be made proactive to initiate a
dialogue between the federation and the provinces.
“There is no alternative to democracy
and the country needs revolutionary reforms to combat the current
scenario,” Aitazaz Ashan told the participants. Every part of the
country should be treated equally treated to avoid the situation we
see today in Swat and other affected areas,” he said.
The declaration of provincial
autonomy would save the country and it would help it emerge from the
recent crisis, he further said.
Sindh United Party (SUP) President
Jalal Mahmood Shah said that Pakistan was a multicultural country
and sovereignty at provincial level as defined in the 1940s
resolution was the solution to every problem.
Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party (STPP)
leader Dr Qadir Magsi said that new social contacts among the masses
and political parties were required to overcome issues. He said that
the country was being run along wrong policy lines since 1947.
According to him, the situation now
was the outcome of the policies adopted in the past. He urged
changes in the policies as per the the requirements of the country
rather than those of personal vested interests.
Siddiqul Farooq said that previous
election results were a clear verdict against extremism and were in
support of real democracy in the country. From Ayub Khan to Perwez
Musharraf, every dictator had used military against his own people,
he said.
He added that democracy would solve
every problem and it was necessary that no further disturbance in
this process occurred. The dictators had damaged the Constitutions
of the country and all problems had been arising from this, he
further said.
AT head Rasool Bux Palejo said that
Pakistan went in the wrong direction during its early days and it
happened due to poor foreign policies. “Jinnah defined the certain
frame of principles but the rulers adopt policies against it,” he
added.
He said that Jinnah wanted Islamic
principles in the country not Mullah’s Shariah (rules set by
religious scholars).
Ayub Sher, party member of Sindh
National Front (SNF), Rauf Sasuli of Jamhoori Watan Party, Ishaque
Baloch of National Party, Abid Hasan Minto from the National Workers
Party, Abdul Rahim Mandukhel of Pakhtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party,
Azhar Jatoi of Sindh Hari Party, and others also spoke on the
occasion.
The News: Monday, May 25, 2009
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