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NATIONAL INTEGRATION
MQM wants to see national
integration flourish and is of the view that without establishing
a just and equitable system, national integration and the concept
of Pakistan as one nation can never be achieved. MQM is of the
view that mere slogans and sermons cannot consolidate and
concretise national integration. To achieve this object all
unjust policies and laws have to be abolished. It is through
these discriminatory laws that injustice and exploitation is
being perpetuated on the basis of language, ethnicity, culture,
territory, nationality and religion against certain segments of
the society. Whenever any class of people is unjustly treated, it
gives rise among them a sense of deprivation and alienation which
in turn weakens the bond of national integration. MQM therefore
desires that all such unjust laws and policies should be
dispensed with allowing all citizens of the country to enjoy the
benefits of justice. Only then a feeling of belonging and a sense
of national integration would flourish.
MQM wholeheartedly accepts the
cultural, linguistic, regional, racial and religious identities
of all citizens of the state. To deny such distinctions and
identifications is tantamount to denying reality. Realism and
Practicalism further assert that by accepting all these
identities, the injustices can be eliminated thereby bringing the
various communities of the country closer to each other. National
integration will also strengthen as a consequence. It is
therefore imperative to recognise and accept the constitutional
rights of Sindhi, Punjabi, Pakhtoon, Mohajir, Baloch, Saraiki,
Brohi, Makrani and all other nationalities, fraternities,
lingual, cultural and religious units to provide them justice so
that the fervour of national integration could grow and kinship
develop.
MQM desires that by mutual
co-operation in the spirit of give and take and with consensual
approach, steps be taken to formulate and execute such
development programs by the federal and provincial governments in
which every region of the country is able to participate and
effectively share its benefits and that no class of the populace
should feel left out and bypassed.