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meeting of Sindhi Baloch forum was held in London, 16 September
2001, chaired by Sardar Attaullah Mengal, Convener of PONAM
(Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement). The meeting was
attended by Dr Rubina Shaikh, Dr Haleem Bhatti, Balach Marri, Akhtar
Mengal, Ambreen Hisbani, Mehran Baluch Marri, Omar Memon and Dr
Lakhu Lohanna.
The meeting expressed deep condolences on the tragic events of USA
resulting in heavy loss of life, property and bringing enormous
grief for the people of USA and world.
The meeting condemned the atrocities and highlights that; this is
the time to investigate the real causes that culminated the current
tragedy. Forum insists that US and Western powers should arrive at
convincing conclusions before starting any military action. Forum
believes that the causes of these attacks needs to be analyzed,
understood and dealt in proper context to avoid the recurrence of
such events in future.
The Forum also identified that these incidents could have been
avoided if the Western powers were more supportive towards the
liberal, democratic and tolerant forces. However, It is not
too late to support the genuine democratic forces that represent the
aspirations of the people of the region.
It was realized that Pakistan is trying to materialize the tragedy
by putting the bargaining conditions, which may indicate the
possible behind the scene involvement of these forces in creating US
tragedy.
Looking at above situation meeting suggested to US and western
powers should not support the undemocratic militarized,
fundamentalist forces of Pakistan for their short-term gain. Their,
such support in the past to similar forces can partly be cited for
the current incident and can create more sinister repercussion for
the regional and global peace, stability and prosperity.
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