Karachi: Former Chief Justice Shariat Court Justice (retd) Haziqul Khairi said that country was divided for not accepting the mandate of majority party in 1971 General Election; resultantly over 300000 stranded Pakistanis are living their lives in the camps under difficult conditions.
Addressing to a seminar titled “Suqoot-e-Dhaka: Maqam-e-Ibrat or Nadamat?” under the banner of Tehreek-e-Mehsooreen Mashriqi Pakistan, he said that enemies entangled us into fight over language although Qauid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah already had said that language of one province could not be understood in other provinces. As Urdu was considered the language of all provinces, therefore he declared Urdu as National Language of Pakistan.
He further said what cruelty has been done with stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh and what problems they are facing, we will continue our struggle for to solve them.
Chief Guest of the Seminar, President Karachi Press Club Ahmed Khan Malik said that in 1971 Hindus were fighting in the name of Mukti Bahni who had full-fledged help of India. He said that millions of people are given Immigration in Europe every year, and stranded Pakistanis are only 300000. He asked why they could not get citizenship and these Pakistanis are not being issued National Identity Card.
Former MNA Shabbir Ahmed Ansari said in his address that stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh are still waving Pakistani Flags in their camps. He said that before 1971 stranded Pakistanis were living thee and had daily bread, jobs, their children went to the school, but when they stood shoulder to shoulder with Pakistan Army then they braved worst cruelty of the history and they has been living a miserable life since 48 years. He further said that if they habilitated in Cholistan, then they make it a garden. Chairman Tehreek-e-Mehsooreen Mashriqi Pakistan Brigadier (r) Salah Uddin (Sitara-e-Imtiaz Military) said that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had promised to bring back stranded Pakistanis but they did not fulfil his promise. He said that all organizations of Mehsooreen should struggle in co-ordination of each other, make a platform and jointly struggle then problem of stranded Pakistanis could be solved.
He said about hindrances in issuance and renewal of National Identity Cards to dispersed families of Mehsooreen that we are trying to meet Director General of Nadra and other government officials so that their difficulties could be diminished.
Social Worker Feroz Khan said that our parents earlier gave sacrifices for foundation of Pakistan afterward in 1971 they gave sacrifices for saving Pakistan but they did not get anything in retaliation even they are stranded in the camps since 48 years. He demanded of the Government of Pakistan that immediately bring back stranded Pakistanis to Pakistan.
On this occasion Chairman of Advisory Committee of Tehreek-e-Mehsooreen Mashriqi Pakistan Hasan Imam Siddiqui tabled a resolution wherein it was said that this gathering appreciates the steps taken by Chief Justice of Pakistan over all problems in Pakistan but this gathering also demands suo moto action that make a committee for stranded Pakistanis which takes actions for immediately bringing them back to Pakistan.
In another resolution it was demanded to immediately remove hindrances in getting and renewing National Identity Card and other legal documents for Beharis because they are bereaved of their legal rights due to not having these documents. Both resolutions were passed unanimously.
Haider Ali Haider, Latif Premi, Jahangir Khan, Builqees Islam, Afsar Murshid Abadi and Kamran Behari all addressed to the seminar while prominent poets Dr. Anis Ul Haq Anis and Syed Iftikhar Ahmed Rashk recited their poems. Shaheen Musawwir, Javed Farooqui, Khwaja Zul Qarnain, Jafar Ul Hasan, Muhammad Iqbal Siddiqui, Noor Alam Niaz and others were present on this occasion.