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Speech
by Balach Marri in the Seminar on |
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First
of All I would like to thank Sindhi Baloch Forum to provide me an
opportunity to moderate such an important topic of the Workshop. Let
me define the first agenda of this session, which will be
discussing, The Role of Liberation Movements and Progressive forces
with in Pakistan to Save Guard, Global Interests. Before I put the
agenda on the floor I would like to define the scope of the agenda,
which means how Sindhi Baloch forum perceive this issue.
Keeping this satiation in mind the International community should
look in to the matter more seriously and address the problems of the
indigenous people of Balochistan and Sindh. I think the USA should
be more interested in the stability of the region if it really wants
to fight a war against terrorism in this part of the World.
Though the West calls it a war against terrorism, I think it is not
a conventional war and it shouldn’t be fought in the conventional
way, this should be more a war of prevention of terrorism then a war
of curing it. International community should be looking into the
reasons, why terrorism breeds and the reasons behind it, where the
roots lie, instead of trying to cut its head. Bombing does not kill
terrorism it breeds it.
When there is unjust and people are continuously mistreated and
deprived of their basic human rights and have no where to go and no
one to ask justice from, this forces many people to go into
depression, depression leads to anger and anger leads to
retaliation. The weaker person is always branded as a terrorist.
Such people are left with no other choices and have nothing to lose,
they resort to terrorism, no one in a normal state of mind will
resort to terrorism. “Terrorism is a weapon of the weak, but
mostly used by the strong” as said by Prof. Chomsky. Therefore we
believe the international community should support and pay attention
towards peaceful struggle of the progressive forces in Pakistan who
are standing for their rights.
For last 52 years all the Nations in Pakistan “Terrorist State”
have been oppressed and deprived of their basic rights by one Nation
known as Punjab.
Pakistan is a country, not a Nation and it should not be treated as
a Nation. It should be treated as a country of many Nations and
Nationalities, every Nation in Pakistan should have equal rights and
representation. So called “Pakistani Democracy” is good to elect
a Government of so called majority, but is no good to give equal
rights and safeguard the interest of all the Nations in Pakistan.
The democracy in the context of Pakistan, is not a democracy, when
one province or a nation rules over others in the name of democracy.
I shall repeat again saying of Prof. Chomisky in his recent Seminar
in Lahore, “The crimes of 11th September are the history turning
point, but not because of their scale, rather because of the choice
of targets. It is the first time, almost in two centuries, the guns
have been pointed in the opposite direction and this is a historic
change.”
If USA wants to fight its war against terrorism in Pakistan it
should encourage and support the progressive forces within Pakistan
who are the real voice and representatives of the masses. When these
forces will decide their destiny - it will reduce the points of
conflicts in the region. These Nations then can be able to
concentrate on their developments, which eventually lead these
nations far from any religious, cultural, racial, and corporate
fundamentalism. If USA wants to fight its war against terrorism, it
should curtail its hunger for power, which may lead them having
slightly smaller share of the booty but it will help them to win the
war against terrorism.
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