Nawabshah 22 January 2001
Mr Altaf Hussain, MQM Founder and
Leader, has reiterated that we do not want the disintegration of Pakistan we
only demand for the full provincial autonomy according to the spirit of the
1940 Resolution. We wish that the
provinces in Pakistan should have autonomy similar to that enjoyed by every
State in the USA. With the exception of
Defence, Foreign Affairs and Currency, all other departments and powers must be
transferred from the Federation to the provinces. The provinces should be autonomous to run their
administration. Every province similar
to every State in the USA, must have its own law, its supreme court and its own
flag. He was addressing an Eid Milan
party organised at the MQM Nawabshah Zonal Office over the telephone from
London. Apart from Mohajir elders and
workers, a large number of Sindhi youth and elders also attended this
gathering. Representatives of Sindh
Press were also present on the occasion.
Mr Hussain said that in the human
history, wherever oppressive regimes were established and whenever the
oppressed and deprived people united and struggled against such oppression and
raised the voice for their rights then the oppressive rulers used religion as
a shield to protect their interests and by raising different slogans committed
the act of crushing the oppressed people.
Similar tactics were employed in Karachi, Hyderabad and other urban
centres of Sindh. On 19 June 1992,
under the pretext of action against the 72 big fish, an army operation was
launched to crush the MQM and to eliminate the Mohajirs. The Haqiqi terrorists riding on army trucks
were brought into the city and were issued license to kill, loot, terrorise and
plunder. However, when MQM could not be
eliminated despite all the killings and State Operation, then the Establishment
used religion as their shield. Offices
of so-called religious organisations were established in Karachi, they were
armed with lethal weapons and were allowed to hold rallies in every part of
Karachi, with a view to suppress the movement for rights in the name of
religion.
Mr Hussain said that in the public
meeting of 17 September 2000, at Acton Town Hall in London, all the leaders of
oppressed nations gathered together and presented resolutions for the
attainment of rights of the oppressed nations.
After that unity has developed amongst the oppressed nations. A few days ago, after the address with the
Sindh press in Hyderabad, an atmosphere of peace, unity and harmony is
developing between the permanent citizens of the province of Sindh. Therefore, the agents of the Establishment,
discontent with the unity of permanent citizens of Sindh, have suddenly
mobilised and are making hue and cry through their statements, comments and
columns. Mr Hussain advised those
present not to use abusive language in return.
He said that those who use abusive language in reply to logic, in fact,
have no answer to the logical questions and issues. Addressing the party workers, Mr Hussain said, in the past you
have sacrificed a lot for the achievement of the mission and cause, now your
responsibilities have increased as the Urdu Speaking Sindhis and the Sindhi
Speaking Sindhis are getting united to liberate the land of Hazrat Shah Abdul
Lateef BhitaiRH from the subjugation of the Punjabi
Establishment. He instructed the
workers to formulate different delegations to visit every village and town to
pass the message of Altaf Hussain to the Sindhi brothers to get united to
struggle for the liberation of the Sindh from the slavery of the Punjabi
Establishment.
Addressing those Sindh elders and
youth present, Mr Hussain said, My Sindh brothers, for the sake of Allah
Almighty, dont get deluded by the agents of the Punjabi Establishment. For the past 53 years, Sindh has been looted
and exploited. Now we have decided that
we will not rest before attaining all the rights for the Sindh province. It is not acceptable the Sindh and other
smaller provinces are powerless to run their own affairs and are slaves of the
Federation. With the exception of
Defence, Foreign Affairs and Currency, all the departments and powers should be
transferred to the provinces and they should be autonomous and fully powered to
run their affairs without any interference of the Federation. All the provinces must have equal
representation in the army; otherwise, this institution could not be termed as
national army. We want such provincial
autonomy, according to the spirit of the 1940 Resolution, similar to that of
every State of the USA, where every State has its law, Supreme Court and its
own flag.
Mr Hussain said that those who
used the Sindh Card only to gain power have exploited Sindh long enough. Several personalities from Sindh became the
prime minister, but what did Sindh achieve?
What did Sindh achieve in the NFC Award? Sindh remained deprived of its due rights, the injustices and
excesses against Sindh continued and even today Sindh is burning with the sense
of deprivation. Sindh is longing for
clean drinking water, its land are made barren and its people are
unemployed. Sindh contribute 70 percent
in the national exchequer but the motorways and airports are being built in
Punjab.
Mr Hussain said that today, the
Constitution of 1973 is presented as a sacred document but in the presence of
this Constitution, a prime minister from Sindh is hanged whereas a prime
minister from Punjab despite being sentenced by the courts for looting the
national exchequer is sent abroad with full honours. Mr Hussain said that even today, Dr Farooq Sattar and others
belonging to the Sindh province and Balochistan province are incarcerated in
prisons, whereas the big looters and plunderers of national exchequer belonging
to Punjab are being freed. Mr Hussain
asked, would the same people come into power again in the name of Constitution,
democracy and Sindh Card, who have been receiving their share in the
exploitation of Sindh province. Through
the gathering, Mr Hussain addressed the Urdu speaking and Sindhi speaking people
of Sindh to understand the conspiracies of the Punjabi Establishment, come
forward and liberate the land of Shah Abdul Lateef BhitaiRH from the
slavery of the Punjabi Establishment through joint struggle.