Pakistan-India Peoples' Forum for Peace and Democracy Opposes the US led war in the region
Sept 29, 2001

On September 29, the Pakistan-India Peoples' Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) organised a meeting in New Delhi to express its concern about and opposition to the war that the US and other big powers are preparing to unleash in this region.

Leading members of the organisation from Pakistan, Janab Mubashir Hasan and Janab I.A.Rahman addressed the meeting, together with other members and activists of PIPFPD from India. A large number of political and social activists from many different organisations participated in the meeting and expressed their views. Activists of Lok Raj Sangathan also participated in the meeting.

The speakers voiced their firm opposition to the unjust war that the US, in collusion with other powers, was about to unleash on Afghanistan, a war that would have disastrous consequences for all our peoples in this region. Denouncing the horrible crimes of the US administration against different nations and peoples, the overt and covert sponsorship of terrorism and terrorist groups by the US in various parts of the world, the attempts of the US to establish a new world order under its tutelage and its shameful political, economic and military interference in the internal affairs of other countries, the speakers called upon the peoples of both India and Pakistan to stand united and oppose this latest act of aggression by the US and its allies.

Members of PIPFPD as well as other participants at the meeting expressed the sentiment that the present situation could have provided an excellent opportunity for the peoples of both India and Pakistan to unite as one force against this US led war, since we both face a common danger and both of us will be affected simultaneously. The peoples of both our countries are bound by strong historical ties, we have both been the victims of the partition that was engineered by the colonialists, and we desire lasting peace and friendship between our peoples. However, the rulers of both our countries are playing a very diabolical game today, they are more interested in assisting the US in this war than in defending the peace and security of the region. Rather than using the present opportunity to strengthen the bonds of friendship between our two peoples in the face of our common enemy, the rulers of India and Pakistan are once again indulging in the politics of trying to turn our people against one another. This benefits only the US and other powers who want to establish their control over this region, the speakers pointed out, as they would like to see a weak and divided South Asia.

The meeting called upon people in both our countries to unite as one against the war in this region, to vigorously oppose the collaboration of our rulers with the US warmongers and to foil the attempts of our rulers to set our peoples against each other.