Vote to bring in a govt that doesn’t fail you: PPP’s ND Khan
The worsening law and order situation was discussed at a seminar on ‘peace’ held on Friday.
"Pakistan is fighting proxy wars for the whole world which is why there is so much violence in the country," MQM’s Khawaja Izharul Hassa. DESIGN: FAIZAN DAWOOD
KARACHI:
If you feel that the current government failed you, then vote to bring in one that does not.
With this logical proposition, a senior member of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Prof. ND Khan, attempted to encourage participation in the upcoming polls at a seminar, ‘Aman Kaesay Mumkin hai’ [How peace is possible], organised by the Centre for Human Rights Education at PMA House on Friday. Scholars, members of civil society and representatives of political and religious parties turned up to criticise the policies of the government, security agencies and the religious and sectarian parties.
Khan felt that the army had played a positive role in bringing peace in Pakistan. “Hundreds of soldiers have sacrificed their lives to reduce the external and internal threats to Pakistan,” he said.
Dr Tipu Sultan from Pakistan Medical Association felt, however, that the army’s policies had made the country more insecure. “The army takes 60 per cent of the budget without any audit,” complained Sultan. He also alleged that the security agencies may be responsible for some of the crimes happening in the country.
While condemning the poor law and order situation, Sultan explained that 146 doctors have been killed in the past seven to eight years due to which many doctors had begun to migrate to other countries. “The men responsible for the killings don’t know why they are killing people and those being killed don’t know why they are being targeted,” he added.
The deputy general secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami’s Karachi chapter, Muslim Pervez, explained that freedom to practice one’s religion was a basic right for all human beings that the government had failed to provide.
“The absence of a feeling of nationhood in the people is the main reason why we don’t have peace in Pakistan,” said Khawaja Izharul Hassan from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. He supported this assertion by stating that China had more ethnicities than Pakistan but it had developed because its people saw themselves as one nation.
“Pakistan is fighting proxy wars for the whole world which is why there is so much violence in the country,” said Hassan. He stressed that unity amongst the people was essential to restoring peace.
A number of other eminent personalities, including Bishop Ijaz Anayat, Mehnaz Rehman from Aurat Foundation and Samson Salamat from Centre for Human Rights Education, also spoke at the occasion.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 23rd, 2013.
If you feel that the current government failed you, then vote to bring in one that does not.
With this logical proposition, a senior member of the Pakistan Peoples Party, Prof. ND Khan, attempted to encourage participation in the upcoming polls at a seminar, ‘Aman Kaesay Mumkin hai’ [How peace is possible], organised by the Centre for Human Rights Education at PMA House on Friday. Scholars, members of civil society and representatives of political and religious parties turned up to criticise the policies of the government, security agencies and the religious and sectarian parties.
Khan felt that the army had played a positive role in bringing peace in Pakistan. “Hundreds of soldiers have sacrificed their lives to reduce the external and internal threats to Pakistan,” he said.
Dr Tipu Sultan from Pakistan Medical Association felt, however, that the army’s policies had made the country more insecure. “The army takes 60 per cent of the budget without any audit,” complained Sultan. He also alleged that the security agencies may be responsible for some of the crimes happening in the country.
While condemning the poor law and order situation, Sultan explained that 146 doctors have been killed in the past seven to eight years due to which many doctors had begun to migrate to other countries. “The men responsible for the killings don’t know why they are killing people and those being killed don’t know why they are being targeted,” he added.
The deputy general secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami’s Karachi chapter, Muslim Pervez, explained that freedom to practice one’s religion was a basic right for all human beings that the government had failed to provide.
“The absence of a feeling of nationhood in the people is the main reason why we don’t have peace in Pakistan,” said Khawaja Izharul Hassan from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. He supported this assertion by stating that China had more ethnicities than Pakistan but it had developed because its people saw themselves as one nation.
“Pakistan is fighting proxy wars for the whole world which is why there is so much violence in the country,” said Hassan. He stressed that unity amongst the people was essential to restoring peace.
A number of other eminent personalities, including Bishop Ijaz Anayat, Mehnaz Rehman from Aurat Foundation and Samson Salamat from Centre for Human Rights Education, also spoke at the occasion.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 23rd, 2013.