The negative attitude of rulers of Pakistan has also affected me financially and there was a time when I was in great despair. That was the time when miracle happens as a great lady my dear Elizabeth has established a fund for me and so far she has sent me a lot of money. Now I am financially strong. Now I am in a position to spread the truth. The link of the fund is as following:
http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/AFamilyinCrisis
I just want to pay homage to my dear Elizabeth for her kindness and love. Situation in Pakistan is still uncertain as the rulers have still been playing the game.
According to The News International editorial comment, the new government is obviously keen to give peace a chance to blossom and grow in the country. As a result of the efforts of the ANP-led government in the province, Baitullah Mehsud has agreed to halt attacks in NWFP and other parts of the country. This development comes only days after the release of Sufi Mohammad Khan under a deal that, it is hoped, will bring calm in Malakand. To the south of NWFP, in the equally troubled province of Balochistan, peace moves are also afoot. Troops have been withdrawn from around the grave of the late Nawab Akbar Bugti who has been referred to by the Balochistan chief minister as a 'shaheed', cases against Bugti family members are to be dropped and an amnesty for hundreds of Baloch nationalist fighters is being considered. The vibes in the province thus mark a distinct change from the past, when troops ruthlessly attempted to suppress those they termed 'miscreants'.
The fact however is that no country can hope to tackle militancy on the scale that it occurs within Pakistan by force alone. Whereas it is true that peace accords with Mehsud tribesmen and indeed also in Balochistan have broken down in the past, the fact too is that there can be no hope of restoring order by attempting to obliterate the enemy. As has been seen over the past seven years, such tactics lead only to the creation of more hatred and the consequent emergence of larger and larger armies of young men willing to fight the State of Pakistan. It is also good that a similar approach has been adopted to the problems in NWFP and Balochistan. Whereas the nature of militancy in the two provinces is diverse, inspired largely in the first case by misguided religious zeal and in the second by nationalist stirrings that are spearheaded by organizations that lean to the Left in terms of ideology, the principle of avoiding the use of force against the country's own citizens must be evenly applied.
If peace is to be given a real chance, there is also a need to address the root causes of violence. In both NWFP and Balochistan, feelings of deprivation and injustice are a prime factor behind the dissent that has grown in these areas. Development and the building of education and health infrastructures in both the regions is thus an urgent need. But as crucial is the need to ensure that local people are engaged in decision-making to set in place such changes, for they are the best judges of their own requirements. As part of the ongoing effort to build peace they must therefore be given a say in determining their own destiny, and persuaded that they can play a part in this through negotiation with the state, and do not have to resort to turning their guns on its personnel and its institutions.
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