A Genocide Begs For Justice The creation of Bangladesh was a culimination of several years of injustices. Other than the refusal to let the majority rule, there was a major issue in terms of attitudes of West Pakistanis towards Bengalis. The West Pakistanis in general and the Punjabis and Mohajirs in particular looked down on Bengalis.

Al-Shams and Al-Badr were the pre-cursors of the Taliban and were created by the army with Saudi financing. The members of these militant organisations were predominantly Beharis. Beharis residing in East Pakistan still did not feel part of the Bengali nation and were disdainful of them.

The army is not alone to blame for thwarting democracy. The bureaucracy has as big a role to play as the army. Most bureaucrats feel threatened by the PPP and have always sided with the military or with other parties. In terms of ethnicity the Punjabis are pro democracy, in fact it is the Mohajir who is always reluctant to support democeracy at a national level and tends to side with the Army in case of a martial law government.

Forgive n Forget Re: # 25

Maybe he is not taking too long and it is just you.

Forgive n Forget Re: # 14
There does not have to be "the other woman". Many times it is the relationship that goes sour. Now this may actually lead to another woman, but the important thing is the trigger factor.

Forgive n Forget Abee, even though this may be pure fiction, but as you mentioned this is the story of someone you know. In reality a lot of fiction is generated by perrsonal experiece whether first or second hand.

MQM - History and Origins Karachi is not a secular city. In fact history has showed that Mohajirs have always voted for religious parties versus mainstream parties. If you look at rural Punjab, Sindh and Balauchistan, the voting usually is not along religious lines. In terms of being progressive/liberal, the Mohajir middle class is much more conservative than many others in Pakistan.

The MQM dominated areas are the same areas that voted for religious parties in the past. The implication of this is either religious parties were simply a garb for ethnic parties or that Mohajirs are more religious/conservative than others.

When a Knock at the Door is Not Enough Why is it that in every article the battered spouse is the wife. How about an article on battered/abused husbands? Abuse does not necessarily have to be physical.

This Pyre Will Burn…! Re: # 301. The question here is not that of Sindhis assimilating into Pakistan, but is that of Mohajirs doing so. You cannot migrate to the province of Sindh and still be a Mohajir from Lucknow, UP or Bihar. It is ethnic groups that migrate and maintain a separate identity who lose out in the end, specially if the attitude is that of superiority over the indiginous people.

This Pyre Will Burn…! Re: # 315. People have forgotten a couple of facts, one that the evacuee property in Sindh went to the Evacuee Property Trust and was subsequently handed over to Mohajirs, whereas in Punjab the province took over the property of the HIndus who had left for India. Under the laws of the Punjab (Revenue Code)you cannot own agricultural land in the Punjab until and unless you have been a resident of the tehsil for a period of two years. Two, a lot of the small Sindhi Muslim landowners had mortgaged their agricultural land with the Hindu money lenders by handing over the titles to them. When these money lenders left, the lands were confiscated by the government and handed over the Evacuee Property Trust as abandoned property and subsequently handed over to the Mohajirs.

This Pyre Will Burn…! Re: # 324. Fuzair, the quota system has not done much for the upliftment of the people of rural Sindh. It has simply become slogan for those who want to justify their wrongdoings. An example of the quota system is admissions to professional colleges; the seats that are supposedly open merit are " All Karachi Open Merit" or in other words, if you want to apply for one of these you must have a PRC and domicile from Karachi. In the case of DMC and NED these so called open merit seats were about 90% of the total. The seats for rural Sindh on the other hand used to be about 5% and most of the candidates for these would be the top two or three position holders from each district.

This Pyre Will Burn…! Re: # 245 You have hit the nail on the head. Clearly there is an issue of assimilation(lack thereof). The muslims who migrated to the Punjab assimilated either because they were Pujabis from the East or because they had to due to a smaller nummber of non-punjabi speaking migrants.

On the other hand, in the case of migration to Sindh, there were very large number of Urdu speaking immigrants who landed up in a couple of places. In addition to this the immigrants took over the middle class jobs and government positions that were vacated by the Hindus. Due to these reasons, the mohajir did not have to learn to speak the local language and infact could manipulate things in his favour to propagate the use of Urdu in official and business dealings.

This Pyre Will Burn…! A clear and factual depiction of the state of affairs. Prime Ministers from Sindh (Liaqat Ali, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and now Benazir) have been sent back from the Punjab in coffins.

The bogeyman in the form of the Mullah is a true bogey. Pakistani's and specially Sindhis are not fundamentalists it is only some Pashtuns and Mohajirs that are fundamentalists. Elections have time and again shown that the religious parties have no room in Pakistan politics and it is only during periods of dictatorships that they have come into some prominance and power.

Worlds Apart Probably the authors own life story. I was expecting her to go back to Josh.

Pakistans Permanent Revolution Re: # 5 By the way the term ``Islamic Republic`` was not there at the time of partition, but was added much later.

The Spirit of Pakistan is Failing Re: # 7 The majority of muslims who voted for Pakistan opted out in 1971 by creating Bangladesh.

The Canadian Dream: Never Fulfilled A very realistic portrayal of the way things are in Canada. The canadians are looing for skilled technicians and not highly qualified professionals. Essentially a doctor who works as a lab technician or an engineer who works as a mechanic is fine, but trying to get a job as a skilled professional can be a nightmare.

Musharraf Spilling the Beans—Why Now? #122. Just a correction here. Jinnah was born in Thatta Sindh (some historians state his birth place as Karachi) and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was born in Nao Dero, Larkana, Sindh. In other words both these gentlemen were from Sindh which is part of Pakistan and not India.