by Mukhtiar Samo, Larkano
A participatory talk programme on “Challeging issues of our Society and Youth” was held in Knowledge Centre Larkana . It was presided over by Naseer Memen, a prominent writer and Chief Executive of Strengthening Participatory Organizations (SPO).
Source – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RIQ5tEI0U4&feature=player_embedded
Courtesy: Dunaya TV
London, UK, Press Release: World Sindhi Congress (WSC) strongly condemns the violence committed against Sindhi people living in Gulshan-e-Hadid area in Karachi. It has become evident that the systematic gangster attacks, beatings and harassment of Sindhis are being carried out by racist elements under the patronage of police, rangers and intelligence agencies. WSC believes that this is part of a continued policy to uproot Sindhis from urban areas of Sindh especially from Karachi…
WSC has decided to take this issue of violence against the indigenous people of Sindh on various international platforms in its continued efforts to inform the international community about the plight of Sindhi people.
6 April 2010
Both the former ISI officers were having close relations with Taliban and Al-Qaeda leadership.
Courtesy: Dawn
ISLAMABAD: Two former officials of the premier intelligence agency, Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), and a free lance journalist have gone missing in suspicious circumstances from Kohat.
Family sources of the missing ISI officials Col (retired) Imam and Sq Leader (retired) Khalid Khawaja revealed that these officers were assisting the free lance journalist Asad Qureshi who was making a documentary on Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
Continue reading Two former ISI officers, journalist missing from Kohat
Talk show is in Urdu/Hindi
Source – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGn8AwUvYbQ&feature=player_embedded
Via – http://www.siasat.pk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=20046&sid=e76248fc71244c3d2158a5d36fa96b14
Courtesy: Geo
SDF wants draft of amendments made public
Courtesy: Dawn
HYDERABAD, April 2: The Sindh Democratic Forum has praised show of ‘unprecedented unity’ among parliamentary parties on the draft of 18th amendment to the Constitution and urged the government to immediately make the draft public.
The leaders of the forum, a think tank, said at a meeting here that the work was half done because some critical clauses of the 17th amendment relating to discriminatory laws against women and provinces’ right to control their natural resources and the very critical issue of recognition of Sindhi, Pashto, Balochi and Punjabi as national languages had not been removed yet.
Capital suggestion – Transfer of power
by Dr Farrukh Saleem
Courtesy: The News
Power has already moved from Islamabad to Rawalpindi. Power, as a “measure of an entity’s ability to control the environment around itself”, has moved from the President House to GHQ. Power, as a “measure of an entity’s ability to control the behaviour of other entities”, has moved from the civilian executive to the military headquarters.
India and Pakistan has no choice but to pursue the Path of Peace to alleviate Poverty
By: Khalid Hashmani
Washington DC – March 29, 2010: Jaswant Singh, an eight-term member of Indian Parliament and a former Finance and External Affairs Minister of India discussed his recent controversial 637-page book “Jinnah: India – Partition – Independence” at School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington DC. The event was one of rare occurrence as a large number of Indians and Pakistanis attended the same event. Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa, a SAIS resident Pakistan Teaching Fellow provided a review of Jaswant Singh’s book from the perspective of a Pakistani analyst.
Mr. Jaswant Singh
Talking about himself, Mr. Jaswant Singh said that he comes from the Indian state that is adjacent to Sindh meaning Rajasthan. He said that what fascinated him about Jinnah was how an ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity became the ‘sole spokesman’ of Muslims in India within a span of few years. Other key take-aways and memorable statements from this discussion are as follows:
1. Like Sindh, Rajasthan too did not suffer loss of lives and blood-shed due to partition. Both Muslims and Hindus lived and continue to live amicably in his home province.
Continue reading Jaswant Sigh Speaks to Indo-Pakistani Audience in Washington DC
by Khalid Hashmani, McLean, Virginia
On the evening of Friday (April 2, 2010), several Sindhis living in Washington DC area hosted Adi Zubeda Birwani and exchanged candid views about Sindhi Rights. The event was held at a restaurant in Washington DC a downtown and was attended by several several Sindhi-American and mainstream Americans including Imtiaz Bhatti, Javaid Bhutto, Janne Bursch, Erica Cohan, Khalid Hashmani, Ali Nawaz Memon, Iqbal Tareen, and Zara Tareen…
Before the remarks by the guest of honor, three Sindhi-Americans, who recently visited Sindh, shared their observations and impressions from their visit.
Iqbal Tareen said he spent one full month visiting large cities, small and big towns, and villages in Sindh and exchanged views with people at all levels. He said that Sindh certainly has changed over last 30-40 years…
Javaid Bhutto visited many communities and friends from Karachi to Quetta and beyond. He said that one major change that he observed was the hardening of attitude of Baluch youth towards Pakistan. In past the older Baluch generation was willing to settle for provincial autonomy but the new generation seem not to be ready to settle on anything less than full independence. Mr. Bhutto said that he was surprised that there was a free flow of people and goods on the western borders of Pakistan Mr. Bhutto said that although Sindhis feel they have got some relief after years of dictatorship and Nawaz Sharif rule, their attitude towards Pakistan would change if Balochistan became an independent country.
Ali Nawaz Memon said that although much of his trip was occupied with his business activities that involved assessing and advising Government and private energy sector on the matters of energy crisis, he was able to visit some cities and towns in Sindh. He said that in his view the key problems of Sindhis were of economic nature. His assessment was that Sindhis have awakened and ready to put of their best but are being held back by bad Sindhi leaders. He added that he was not hopeful of a quick and comprehensive change unless either the present leaders changed their ways or a new honest, smart, and hardworking Sindhi leaders emerged.
Adi Zubeda Birwani gave a detailed account of the positive role played by Sindhi NGOs and Sindhi media in protecting Sindhi Rights…
The session was moderated by Khalid Hashmani who raised the question whether sufficient progress have been achieved that Sindhis now feel comfortable with the notion that their rights can be achieved within the frame work of Pakistan. The consensus was that in spite of the short coming of the present PPP regime, people feel that this regime is far better than some of the past regimes and that they may succeed in receiving equitable rights in Pakistan. However, the situation is quite tense and precarious with bulk of funds consumed by military where Sindhis have very little presence and the Balochistan crisis, anything can change at any time!
Speech is in Urdu/Hindi
Source – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kQ9I1ChU2M&feature=player_embedded
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[I am not sure but I guess Turks are the biggest ethnic group and tribe in the world. From Uyghurs in China (Eastern Turkistan occupied/aministrated by China) to Bulgars in Balkans (Eastern Europe) they are spread all over as Turk rule was from China to Europe. They speak and write same language with different dialects and scripts. Tataris are also Turkish including all people in Central Asia. Central Asia was the center of the world not long ago, even today the buildings of universities and schools of international repute in Samarkand and Bukhara are living examples of the past glory.
I was amazed to see in movie, Qublai Khan grand son of Changez Khan, addressing to Marcopolo (Italian travelogue writer) as “Barbarian”. Marcopolo risked his life and traveled to Central Asia just to see the magnificent empire and development there as Europe was in Dark ages. This was not too long ago.
Turkish Music also has different flavours, but base language and culture is same. You will see similar dance and music through out. I found most of the Turkish music from Turkey kind of sadistic and their voice is heavy, but it appeals Turks of course. Turkish music in other parts of Central Asia and Europe is kind of mix – Munawar Ali].
Courtesy: Above music posted by Munawar Ali at Sindhi lists.
Don’t vilify parliament – by I.A. Rehman
Courtesy: Dawn
If the practice of abusing parliamentarians left, right and centre, started by authoritarian rulers, continues the transition to democracy will never be completed.
That the constitutional reform package should have come under attack in some quarters did not cause any surprise because the concept of democratic consensus is alien to Pakistan’s political barons. What is astonishing is the degree of freedom from good sense shown by some elements while demonising parliament.
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Albania used to be only muslim country in Europe, now we have Kosovo(ethnic Albanians) and Bosnia. Whole of Eastern Europe was under Turkish rule. What I have seen is that if a nation is not so advanced in science and technology they normally are very advanced in culture and language. This is true of Albanians, Sindhis and Arabs for example. They have produced very popular singers, musicians and artists. Albanian music is very popular in Eastern Europe and here is videos with great voice and nice music. You will clearly see Turkish influence there and will enjoy:
Courtesy: Above music posted by Munawar Ali at Sindhi lists.
April 4, 1979 Was The Day When The Founder Of Peoples Party (PPP), Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was hanged at Central jail, Rawalpindi, and he is buried in Village Cemetery at Garhi Khuda Baksh, Larkano, Sindh.
تون ملئين تي ملامت ڪيئي
تڏهن ڦاسي تي چاڙهيو وئين
تون اڀرن جي امامت ڪيئي
تڏهن ڦاسي تي چاڙهيو وئين
تون بگهڙن سان بغاوت ڪيئي
تڏهن ڦاسي تي چاڙهيو وئين
مرڻ کانپوء ڀٽا صاحب
اوهان تي گل رتا هوندا۔
_سرويچ سجاولي۔
You were hanged because you cursed against the mullahs,
You were hanged because you led the weak,
You were hanged because you rebelled against the wolves,
There will always lay the red roses over you, Mr Bhutto,
after your death.
-Sarwech Sujawali., Sindhi poet of people/
Translation by: Hasan Mujtaba.
Dear Sindhi Brothers/Sisters,
THIS IS A MATTER OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE! Please forward this message to each and every Sindhi you know WITHOUT FAIL
– Asha Chand//Sindhisangat Team
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STAND UP AND BE COUNTED AS A SINDHI
TAKE PRIDE IN BEING COUNTED AS A SINDHI
The first phase of Indian National Census for the whole country will be carried out from April 2010 to July 2010.
It is the duty of every Sindhi to ensure that each and every Sindhi and his whole family is positively registered as a Sindhi in the Census. This is not only a matter of great pride but also extremely important for Sindhi community to get due recoginition as well as some vital proprotionate benefits.
We all know that Sindhi community has near 100% literacy rate and high proficiency in English and local languages. Also, since every Sindhi can read and write Sindhi in Devnagri, Roman or Perso-Arabic script. Hence every Sindhi can state he or she is literate in Sindhi. I am sure every Sindhi will make conscious effort to ensure some Sindhi speaking capablity.
Continue reading Census India : STAND UP AND BE COUNTED AS A SINDHI
Courtesy: Dawn
KARACHI: Sindh has lodged a formal protest with the federal government over what it termed deviation from the recommendations of the 7th National Finance Commission (NFC) Award, sources in the federal ministry of finance told Dawn.
The provincial government has complained that some key recommendations of the award relating to the multiple criteria and sales tax on services had been omitted from the President’s Order No 4 of 2010.
It has warned that if agreed amendments were not incorporated in the order Sindh might decide to distance itself from the award, sources maintained.
Continue reading Sindh points out deviation from NFC criteria
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