Appeal to support displaced Swat People
May 9, 2009
While the military operation against the barbaric Taliban animals is in full swing in Swat Valley, the migration of locals is taking a toll on the government and the people effected by this necessary and hopefully the final decisive operation. Temporary migration of these people is important for the safety of locals while reducing the potentially unfortunate collateral damage. The ones who need to be destroyed and killed are the Talibans, that must go on till the end.
I personally am requesting all the able Pakistanis living in Pakistan or abroad to fully support the Swati people who are being effected with this necessary operation. Also I request that we fully support the Pakistan Armed Forces and stand by them to help achieve this gruesome task that we face as a nation. Lets not dwell in the past, lets just remove our differences and move forward as one.
For now we shall support these displaced people to help them go through this tough times they are going through by helping them in any way we can, monetarily, camps, supplies, medicines, volunteering and whatever else is necessary. Whoever is involved with these crisis as a volunteer or through any connection, please identify to us the areas we can help in, like NGOs, organizations (secular), etc who are taking part in direct support. Please leave comments with as much information as you can by properly identifying the requested information.
Also the next phase of support will be rebuilding and rehabilitation of displaced Swat people. I’d personally like to know the plans and how can we all contribute? Also for the moment I am willing to extend as much help in any way even beyond my means. I remember how Pakistanis rose up after the Earthquake of October 2005, hopefully the same happens this time again.
Thank you…
APPEND: Chowrangi has a good list of ways you can help:
http://www.chowrangi.com/swat-crisis-internally-displaced-persons-idps-in-pakistan-need-our-help
May 27, 2009 at 1:00 am
I find it highly ironic that the Pakistan media is patting itself on the back for the rush of sympathy shown towards the Swati people.
Note: Pakistani media = Urdu/English language media controlled by Punjabis and Urdu speakers
There is a lot of work being done to support the Malakand Agency refugees by Pashtoon relief workers themselves who get no press on the national media. Meanwhile the media peddles the impression that the Pakistan public (read Punjabi/Urdu-speaking people) are coming to the aid of the Pashtoons in the country out of brotherly love.
3 Facts:
1. Punjabis and Sindhis (by that I mean Sindhis and Urdu-speakers) do not want refugees in their provinces – where exactly is the charity there? Brotherly concern for fellow citizens? Let them into your homes.
2. Pakistan (again read that to mean the Indic-half of Pakistan) is more concerned about a possible loss of territory than it is about the people of Swat.
3. The Durrand Line expired in 1993. The old “border” passed down from British India to Pakistan no longer exists and the Pashtoon heartlands are no longer British Indian/Pakistani.
Frankly, the Pashtoons and Baluchis need to break free of Punjabi-Urdu dominance once and for all. That would be of immense benefit to the people (including Afghanistan) who have had the ISI created Taliban planted amongst them. To date, Pashtoons have not been able to deal with the Taliban, because the Taliban has been backed by successive governments (note that it was during Benazir’s first tenure that she gave the green light to the Taliban in Afghanistan).
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