[Reader-list] Joint India-Pakistan Statement on Mumbai

rashneek kher rashneek at gmail.com
Mon Dec 1 16:51:39 IST 2008 

My dear Friend,

They were addressed to none and to everyone .Just thinking aloud.

Best

Rashneek

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Naeem Mohaiemen
<naeem.mohaiemen at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear Rashneek
> The statement was signed by individuals, not the Pakistan or Indian
> state. It seems your questions are addressed towards the Pakistan
> government, as such they are not really a response to the letter.
>
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 5:16 PM, rashneek kher <rashneek at gmail.com> wrote:
> > All this is fine.
> > Let Pakistan only admit that they gave/are giving shelter and refuge to
> > Dawood(not handover him to India),have terrorist camps in POK and other
> > parts of Pakistan.We have to first accept truth before the process of
> > reconciliation can be started.
> > Pakistan Govt may not be involved in this Mumbai thing but can it refute
> > what Sheikh Rashid writes in his book on Taliban,that Kashmiri terrorists
> > had camps run by ISI in Pakistan and Afgahnaistan.
> > Can they refute that they sent army regulars to be killed in Kargil and
> did
> > not even accept their dead bodies saying they are Kashmiris and not
> > Pakistanis.Tell me please,I may be ignorant but but have the composite
> > dialogue process or the opening of trade,routes or anything else achieved
> > any thing close to peace.(Incidentally not even one Kashmiri Pandit was
> > allowed into PoK despite thousands of applications to visit the sacred
> > shrine of Sharda.)
> > I wish there is lasting peace so that I can atleast go home if not to
> Sharda
> > but for all that to happen,Pakistan must act on terrorists on its side
> and
> > India should stop blaming Pakistan before they have credible evidence.
> >
> > Rashneek
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Naeem Mohaiemen <
> naeem.mohaiemen at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> This Joint Statement was released to the press
> >> simultaneously in Pakistan and India on November 30
> >> 2008.
> >>
> >>
> >> Mumbai bloodbath
> >>
> >>
> >> We are deeply shocked and horrified at the bloody
> >> mayhem in Mumbai, which has claimed more than a
> >> hundred and ninty lives and caused grievous injuries
> >> to several hundred people, besides sending a wave of
> >> panic and terror across South Asia and beyond. We
> >> convey our profound feelings of sorrow and sympathies
> >> to the grieving families of the unfortunate victims of
> >> this heinous crime and express our solidarity with
> >> them.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> As usual, all sorts of speculations are circulating
> >> about the identity of the perpetrators of this act of
> >> barbarism. The truth about who are directly involved
> >> in this brutal incident and who could be the culprits
> >> behind the scene is yet to come out and we do not wish
> >> to indulge in any guesswork or blame game at this
> >> point. However, one is intrigued at its timing. Can it
> >> be termed a coincidence that it has happened on the
> >> day the Home Secretaries of the two countries
> >> concluded their talks in Islamabad and announced
> >> several concrete steps to move forward in the peace
> >> process, such as the opening of several land routes
> >> for trade – Kargil, Wagah-Attari, Khokhropar etc –,
> >> relaxation in the visa regime,  a soft and liberal
> >> policy on the issue of release of prisoners and joint
> >> efforts to fight terrorism? Again, is it just a
> >> coincidence that on this fateful day the Foreign
> >> Minister of Pakistan was in the Indian capital holding
> >> very useful and productive talks with his Indian
> >> counterpart?  One thing looks crystal clear. The
> >> enemies of peace and friendship between the two
> >> countries, whatever be the label under which they
> >> operate, are un-nerved by these healthy developments
> >> and are hell bent on torpedoing them.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> We are of the considered opinion that the continued
> >> absence of peace in South Asia - peace between and
> >> within states - particularly in relation to India and
> >> Pakistan , is one of the root causes of most of the
> >> miseries the people of the region are made to endure.
> >> It is the major reason why our abundantly
> >> resource-rich subcontinent is wallowing in poverty,
> >> unemployment, disease, and ignorance and why
> >> militarism, religious and sectarian violence and
> >> political, economic and social injustice are eating
> >> into the very vitals of our societies, even after more
> >> than six decades of independence from colonial rule.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> At this moment of unmitigated tragedy, the first thing
> >> we call upon the Governments of India and Pakistan to
> >> do is to acknowledge the fact that the overwhelming
> >> majority of the people of India and Pakistan ardently
> >> desire peace and, therefore, the peace process must be
> >> pursued with redoubled speed and determination on both
> >> sides. The sooner the ruling establishments of India
> >> and Pakistan acknowledge this fact and push ahead with
> >> concrete steps towards lasting peace and harmony in
> >> the subcontinent, the better it will be not only for
> >> the people of our two countries but also for the whole
> >> of South Asia and the world. While the immediate
> >> responsibility for unmasking the culprits of Mumbai
> >> and taking them to task surely rests with the
> >> Government of India, all of us in South Asia have an
> >> obligation to join hands and go into the root causes
> >> of why and how such forces of evil are motivated and
> >> emboldened to resort to such acts of anti-people
> >> terror.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> It is extremely important to remind the leaderships of
> >> Pakistan and India that   issuing statements and
> >> signing agreements and declarations will have meaning
> >> only when they are translated into action and
> >> implemented honestly, in letter and spirit and without
> >> any further loss of time. It assumes added urgency in
> >> the prevailing conditions in South Asia , with the
> >> possibility that so many different forces prone to
> >> religious, sectarian and other forms of intolerance
> >> and violence may be looking for ways to arm themselves
> >> with more and more sophisticated weapons of mass
> >> murder and destruction. The bloodbath in Mumbai must
> >> open the eyes of our governments, if it has not
> >> already happened.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> We urge upon the governments of India and Pakistan to
> >> immediately take the following steps:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  1. Cessation of all hostile propaganda against each
> >> other;
> >>  2. Joint action to curb religious extremism of all
> >> shades in both countries;
> >>  3. Continue and intensify normalization of
> >> relations and peaceful resolution of all conflicts
> >> between the two countries;
> >>  4. Facilitation of trade and cooperation between
> >> the two countries and in all of South Asia . We
> >> welcome the fact that the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad and
> >> Poonch-Rawlakot borders have been opened for trade and
> >> that the opening of the road between Kargil and Skardu
> >> is in the pipeline.
> >>  5. Immediate abolition of the current practice of
> >> issuing city-specific and police reporting visa and
> >> issue country-valid visa without restrictions at
> >> arrival point, simultaneously initiating necessary
> >> steps to introduce as early as possible a visa-free
> >> travel regime, to encourage friendship between the
> >> peoples of both countries;
> >>  6. Declaration by India and Pakistan of No First
> >> Use of atomic weapons;
> >>  7. Concrete measures towards making South Asia
> >> nuclear-free;
> >>  8. Radical reduction in military spending and end
> >> to militarisation.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Signatories:
> >>
> >>
> >> Pakistan
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  1. Mr. Iqbal Haider, Co-Chairman, Human Rights
> >> Commission Pakistan and former federal Minister of
> >> Pakistan
> >>  2. Dr. Tipu Sultan, President, Pakistan Doctors for
> >> Peace & Development, Karachi
> >>  3. Dr. Tariq Sohail, Dean, Jinnah Medical & Dental
> >> University , Karachi
> >>  4. Dr. A. H.. Nayyar, President, Pakistan Peace
> >> Coalition, Islamabad
> >>  5. Justice (Retd) Rasheed A. Razvi, President,
> >> Sindh High Court Bar Association
> >>  6. Mr. B.M.Kutty, Secretary General , Pakistan
> >> Peace Coalition, Karachi
> >>  7. Mr. Karamat Ali, Director, PILER, Karachi ,
> >> Founding member, PIPFPD
> >>  8. Mr. Fareed Awan, General Secretary , Pakistan
> >> Workers Confederation, Sindh
> >>  9. Mr. Muhammad Ali Shah, Chairman , Pakistan
> >> Fisherfolk Forum, Karachi
> >>  10. Mr. Zulfiqar Halepoto, Secretary, Sindh
> >> Democratic Front, Hyderabad
> >>  11. Professor Dr. Sarfraz Khan, Area Studies Centre
> >> ( Central Asia), Peshawar University
> >>  12. Syed Khadim Ali Shah, Former Member National
> >> Assembly, Mirpur Khas
> >>  13. Mr. Muhammad Tahseen, Director, South Asia
> >> Partnership (PAK), Lahore
> >>  14. Mrs. Saleha Athar, Network for Women's Rights,
> >> Karachi
> >>  15. Ms. Sheema Kermani, Tehreek-e-Niswan, Karachi
> >>  16. Ms. Saeeda Diep, President, Institute of Secular
> >> Studies, Lahore
> >>  17. Dr. Aly Ercelan, Pakistan Labour Trust, Karachi
> >>  18. Mr. Suleiman G. Abro, Director, Sindh
> >> Agricultural & Forestry Workers Organisation,
> >> Hyderabad
> >>  19. Mr. Sharafat Ali, PILER, Karachi
> >>  20. Mr. Zulfiqar Ali Shah, PILER, Karachi
> >>  21. Mr. Ayub Qureshi, Information Secretary ,
> >> Pakistan Trade Union Federation
> >>  22. Ms. Sheen Farrukh, Director, Interpress
> >> Communication Pakistan , Karachi
> >>  23. Mr. Zafar Malik, PIPFPD, Lahore
> >>  24. Mr. Adam Malik, Action-Aid Pakistan , Karachi
> >>  25. Mr. Qamarul Hasan, International Union of Food
> >> Workers (IUF), Karachi
> >>  26. Prof. Muhammad Nauman, NED University , Karachi
> >>  27. Mr. Mirza Maqsood, General Secretary, Mazdoor
> >> Mahaz-e-Amal
> >>  28. Ms. Shaista Bukhari, Women Rights Association,
> >> Multan
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> India
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  1. Kuldip Nayar, journalist, former Indian High
> >> Commissioner, UK., Delhi
> >>  2. S P Shukla, retired Finance Secretary, former
> >> Member, Planning Commission, Delhi
> >>  3. PEACE MUMBAI network of 15 organisations, Mumbai
> >>  4. Seema Mustafa, Journalist, Delhi
> >>  5. Manisha Gupte, MASUM, Pune
> >>  6.  Dr. Ramesh Awasthi, PUCL, Maharashtra
> >>  7. Jatin Desai, journalist, Mumbai
> >>  8. Prof. Ritu Dewan, University of Mumbai
> >>  9. Prabir Purkayashta, DSF, Delhi
> >>  10. Prof. Pushpa Bhave , Mumbai
> >>  11. Paromita Vohra, filmmaker, Mumbai
> >>  12. Achin Vanaik, CNDP, Delhi
> >>  13. Meena Menon, Focus on the Global South, Mumbai
> >>  14. Romar Correa Professor of Economics, University
> >> of Mumbai
> >>  15. Anjum Rajabally, film writer, Mumbai
> >>  16. Anand Patwardhan, filmmaker, Mumbai
> >>  17. Kamla Bhasin, SANGAT, Delhi
> >>  18. Dr. Padmini Swaminathan, MIDS, Chennai
> >>  19. Sumit Bali, CEO, Kotak Mahindra Prime Limited
> >>  20. Dr Walter Fernandes, Director, North Eastern
> >> Social Research Centre , Assam ,
> >>  21. Rabia, Lahore Chitrkar
> >>  22. Rakesh Sharma, filmmaker, Mumbai
> >>  23. Prof. Kamal Mitra Chenoy, JNU, Delhi
> >>  24. Prof. Anuradha Chenoy, JNU, Delhi
> >>  25. P K Das, architect, Mumbai
> >>  26. Neera Adarkar, architect, Mumbai
> >>  27. Datta Iswalkar, Secretary, Textile Workers
> >> Action Committee, Mumbai
> >>  28. Madhusree Dutta, filmmaker, Majlis, Mumbai
> >>  29. Amrita Chhachhi, Founding member, PIPFPD
> >>  30. Mazher Hussain, COVA, Hyderabad
> >>  31. Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty, Delhi
> >>  32. Prof. M C Arunan, Mumbai
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> > Rashneek Kher
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> > http://www.nietzschereborn.blogspot.com
> >
>



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Rashneek Kher
Wandhama Massacre-The Forgotten Human Tragedy
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