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Pakistan could not be strengthened until equal rights were not granted to all nationalities living in the Country. Chairman Pushtoonkhawa Milli Awami Party, Mehmood Khan Achakzai said this while speaking at a public meeting at the end of five-day national congress of PMAP, here on Thursday. Ummm... Yeah. This should be interesting... "We love Pakistan as our motherland is part of it," Mr. Achakzai said adding that his party was struggling for the securing the rights of the people of Balochistan. Strongly criticizing military regime, he said that oppressed nations were not responsible for the disaster being faced by the country. Y'see, we love Pakistan, but our motherland is Pashtunistan. And them damn Paks are oppressing us, cuz they won't let us run things... âArmy and wrong policies of Punjab are responsible for all these problems," he claimed and said that it was the right time for the political parties to get united for restricting Army's role in the countryâs affairs. Yes! Yes! Damn them Punjabis! Damn that Army! The Chairman PMAP said that Pakistan Oppressed Nationalities Movement was established to provide a platform to make last attempt to save Pakistan from complete collapse. He said that his party and PONM were demanding equal rights for all nationalities and their control on their own resources. And the right to live under their own laws. And to make their own foreign policy. And their own currency. And their own quaint local customs. And to kill people... Especially to kill people. He said that oppressed nationalities were no more ready to say "Pakistan Zindabad" where they live like slaves. He said that under a conspiracy, Pushtoon motherland was bifurcated in three parts just to deprive Pashtoons of their basic rights. "Bifurcated" means split into two, doesn't it? Thought so... The nationalist leader while referring to the foreign policy of the country said that Islamabad has never consulted oppressed nationalities while evolving country's foreign policy. He said that they adopted such a policy, which annoyed other countries and Pakistan was standing alone in the community of nations. That makes sense. They've got a lot better handle on the realities of international relations in Quetta and Peshawar than in Islamabad, I'm sure... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-08-02 |
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