THOSE LIVING
IN PAKISTAN NOW ARE BONA FIDE CITIZENS OF PAKISTAN: HABIB YOUSAFZAI,
ASSALAM-O-ALIKAUM!
The Soviet Union sent its 40th Army to fight in Afghanistan and
occupy the region. They began to reach Afghanistan from 25 December 1979.
The fighting continued for about ten years. The Muslim nation of Afghanistan
did not accept the slavery of the Soviet Union and fought back relentlessly.
The Pakistani nation also assisted their brothers in Afghanistan to eject the
Russian army. Finally, on February 15, 1989, after almost a decade of fighting,
the Soviet Union announced that all its troops had withdrawn from Afghanistan.
As a result of the fight and unrest in Afghanistan, an influx of people moved
in Pakistan. At present it is host to 1.5 million PoR (proof of residency) card
holders, constituting the world’s largest protracted refugee population under
the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) mandate in a single
country. In addition, according to the Pakistani government, there are an
estimated 1 million undocumented Afghans residing in Pakistan. Those
populations include many who fled conflict and repression in Afghanistan during
the late 1970s and early 1980s, and their descendants.
Some of them arrived as children, grew up in Pakistan, have
married, and had children of their own who have never lived in Afghanistan.
Others have arrived in the decades of turmoil in Afghanistan since, seeking
security, employment, and a higher standard of living. Recently, some members
of Pakistan police have pursued an unofficial policy of punitive retribution
that has included raids on Afghan settlements; detention, harassment, and
physical violence against the immigrants who were born or have lived in
Pakistan more than 35 years. Although the Muslims are one nation wherever in
the world they live in the sight of Allah (SWT), but the Muslims of Afghanistan
and Pakistan are related in blood. These refugees from Afghanistan hold very
special characteristics; they have great resolve, are honest, brave, have
self-respect, are self-sufficient, loving, loyal, and bear high moral
character. They are hardworking people and I believe they do not need any
financial help. Pakistan must grant them citizenship, and if done so, they will
prove an asset to the nation as they have all along. The people of the Hindu
faith have never ruled a united India. These are the people whose forefathers
such as Ahmad Shah Abdali (Rehmatullah Elehe), and Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi
(Rehmatullah Elehe) conquered and united the Indian subcontinent. Kindly refer
to and watch the Youtube video by Habib Zaidi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEjWI-RcAis.
The nation of Pakistan was established after rendering heavy price.
At the time of division of Indian subcontinent, and its 560 princely states,
the large number of people left the areas which had gone to India, and migrated
to Pakistan. Others came from the Muslim states such as Junagarah, Manawader,
Hyderabad (Deccan), and 42,000 square miles areas known as Maqbooza Kashmir
when India illegally occupied them by force. Indian leadership in order to
maintain its hegemony over South Asia did not even spare its close ally, the
Sikhs. Despite the Sikh’s assertion that they are not Hindus, Indian government
merged their inherited state Punjab (Khalistan) with the Indian union declaring
them Hindus. Pakistan however managed to liberate about 4,000 square miles of
the state of Jammu and Kashmir which is known as Ghazi Kashmir or Azad Kashmir.
These people who migrated from India and from these occupied territories have
played a huge role in establishing and building of Pakistan. Prior to partition
Hari Singh Dogra the Hindu ruler of Kashmir conspired with the Indian
leadership and their forces combined killed more than 200,000 Muslims in Jammu
region and rest were asked to leave if they want to save their life. The first
and foremost objective of India is to destabilize Pakistan by creating a
division among Pakistani nation.
Fast forward to the present and an election is right around the
corner in Ghazi Kashmir. India’s collaborators and foolish political leaders of
Ghazi Kashmir are emotionally blackmailing the populace by instigating the
civilian population as if their job is to fight against 700,000 troops
stationed in Maqbooza Kashmir. As a result of this propaganda, many students
and some adults are confused and are not paying attention to their immediate
goal which should be their own personal success and the prosperity of the nation.
Moreover these power hungry leaders in order to fulfil their selfish motives
are trying to gather the popular vote by declaring that the people who migrated
from India to establish Pakistan are in fact still refugees after decades.
This is a sad story where so much division is being propagated in
nation that should be bound by the Islamic faith. In stark contrast we can see
that Syrians refugees are being enthusiastically accepted by many countries. In
the case of Canada, Prime Minster Justin Trudeau, along with many of his
cabinet ministers were even present at the Toronto Pearson International
Airport to receive them. There are many other people in different parts of the
world who leave their countries and take refuge in the other countries for a better
life. Once the cases of these asylum seekers are accepted and after necessary
fulfilment of their residency requirements, they are granted full and equal
citizenship. As soon they are citizens they are treated at par to other people
who are born and raised in the country. These new immigrants can vote and stand
in the election to be a part of government and this is not even on the basis of
religion; it is simply on the basis of humanity. What is wrong with our nation
that after decades, we are trying to divide and exclude those who are already
citizens of the nation?
