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Nationalists
oppose Swat affectees influx
By: Zamir Sheikh
KARACHI
- The nationalist forces of Sindh have joined hands in opposing the
large-scale migration to province of the people from Swat and
Malakand.
Nationalist leaders fear that large number of extremists and
terrorists will enter the province in the guise of displaced persons
from Swat and Malakand.
Chairman Jeay Sindh Mahaz, Abdul Khalique Junejo, has strongly
condemned announcement of Sindh Chief Minister allowing displaced
persons to enter the province.
“People of Sindh did not vote the present government into power to
sell out their basic rights”, he said while talking to The Nation
here on Wednesday. He said that demographic situation of Sindh was
worse than other parts of the country due to prevailing ethnic and
sectarian strife and deteriorating law and order situation thanks to
the influx migrants from different areas of Pakistan.
“It was totally wrong to interpret the traditional generosity and
hospitality of the people of Sindh to allow migration of displaced
people into the province”, he said.
Junejo added that people of Sindh have serious reservations on the
entry of people from other provinces. There was no need of more
influx of people into the province whose resources have been
stretched to the breaking point, he continued. He argued the
situation due to influx of people from Swat and Malakand would make
the situation more tenuous and precarious for locals.
Responding to a query, Abdul Khalique Junejo said the people, who
had left their home and hearth voluntarily in Swat and Malakand,
should be accommodated in the settled areas of NWFP and Islamabad
where they would feel more at home because of their closeness to
their native towns.
The Nation: May 21, 2009
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