[Reader-list] REPUBLIC OF JINNAHPUR

[anupam chakravartty]

I am surprised that this petition in guise of being interesting and other
such things made it to petitiononline. something wrong with those guys. it
is ridiculous...i dont know why it is included in this mailing list which
carries some of the best scholarly articles of our times. before moving into
the details of what this petition seeks, i would say that the first premise
that identity conflicts are basis of all conflicts is flawed and a bogus
excuse. I think human beings are territorial more than anything else, be it
identity..more land that's what they want. all conflicts are territorial.


On 2/6/09, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Interesting petition , where people can vote can be found at this link
>
> http://www.petitiononline.com/mohajir/petition.html
>
>
> To:  The People of Karachi
>
> FORMATION OF REPUBLIC OF JINNAHPUR
>
> According to my proposed plan, the Southern port city of Pakistan called
> Karachi shall become the Republic of Jinnahpur. This proposed formation of
> Republic of Jinnahpur shall be in line with the anticipated plan towards
> Pakistan's disintegration in the best interest of world's peace and
> elimination of terrorism as envisioned by me in my earlier book titled
> "DIVIDE PAKISTAN TO ELIMINATE TERRORISM". The name Republic of Jinnahpur is
> given in view of the fact that Muhammad Ali Jinnah who was leader of Muslim
> League back in 1940s in the United India and who had struggled for the
> formation of Pakistan was born in Karachi on December 25, 1876. Muhammad
> Ali
> Jinnah's mausoleum is also in Karachi.
>
>
> "All conflicts are identity conflicts" said John Paul Lederach, Professor
> of
> International Peacebuilding at The Joan B. Kroc Institute for International
> Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. This statement is,
> in
> my opinion, very conclusive to explain the very nature and significance of
> all conflicts existing either at international level or regional level. All
> such conflicts are basically 'identity conflicts'.
>
>
> In recent years, scholars have taken an intense interest in questions
> concerning identity. In comparative politics, "identity" plays a central
> role in work on nationalism and ethnic conflict. In international
> relations,
> the idea of "state identity" is at the heart of constructivist critiques of
> realism and analyses of state sovereignty. And in political theory,
> questions of "identity" mark numerous arguments on gender, sexuality,
> nationality, ethnicity, and culture in relation to liberalism and its
> alternatives. Compared to recent scholarship in history and the humanities,
> however, political scientists remain undecided when it comes to work on
> identities. Despite this vastly increased and broad-ranging interest in
> "identity," the concept itself remains a controversy.
>
>
> A "failed state" is one that has a "shattered social and political
> structure". In the words of former Secretary-General of the United Nations,
> Boutros Boutros-Ghali: 'A feature of such conflicts is the collapse of
> state
> institutions, especially the police and judiciary, with resulting paralysis
> of governance, a breakdown of law and order, and general banditry and
> chaos.
> Not only are the functions of government suspended, but its assets are
> destroyed or looted and experienced officials are killed or flee the
> country. This is rarely the case in inter-state wars. It means that
> international intervention must extend beyond military and humanitarian
> tasks and must include the promotion of international reconciliation and
> the
> re-establishment of effective government.'"
>
>
> The Telegraph newspaper has reported recently in an editorial that Pakistan
> is a failed state hosting both nuclear weapons and alQaeda's core
> leadership; a unique combination which makes it the world's most dangerous
> country. According to the paper, if threats to global security in terms of
> terrorism, nuclear weapons and the spread of failed states are considered,
> Pakistan stands at the nexus of all three phenomena. Whoever emerges from
> the present political maelstrom to lead Pakistan will have to deal with the
> country's unofficial status as al-Qaeda's heartland, the paper adds.
> According to the Telegraph, the Pakistani state is so weak that armed
> Islamist groups have a free rein over large areas. In Balochistan, an
> ethnic
> insurgency is underway. In Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and the
> commercial capital, a ruthless political machine linked to organised crime,
> is in charge, while Peshawar is seen as the hotbed of Islamist zealotry.
>
>
> Therefore, Pakistan for all practical purposes is very close to
> disintegration, and could most definitely be termed as a 'failed state'.
> Noted philosopher and political activist Noam Chomsky also recently said
> that Pakistan was a "paradigm example of a failed state" that had undergone
> an "extremely dangerous form of radical Islamisation." The country was now
> in danger of "collapsing" as it grappled with rebellion, militancy and
> extremism that was "getting worse". Asked to draw a parallel between the
> situation in Pakistan and the characteristics of a failed state highlighted
> in his book "Failed States", Chomsky said, "I am afraid to say Pakistan is
> the paradigm example of a failed state and has been for a long time. It has
> had military rule, violence and oppression." Since the 1980s, the country
> had undergone an extremely dangerous form of radical Islamisation, which
> had
> undermined a good part of the society, under the Zia-ul-Haq tyranny, he
> said. "Now it is in danger of collapsing, there is a rebellion in
> Balochistan, the (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) territories are out
> of control and always have been and it is getting worse.
>
> In view of this accepted and recognized fact that Pakistan is going to
> disintegrate any time from now, it is important that all nations living
> under siege of presently undivided Pakistan's military dictatorship should
> begin efforts for their respective liberation as envisioned by me in my
> earlier book titled "DIVIDE PAKISTAN TO ELIMINATE TERRORISM".
>
>
> Being a member of a family which had migrated from India in early 50s and
> settled in Karachi, the port city of presently undivided Pakistan, it has
> now become my duty to caution my friends and brothers back in Pakistan
> particularly in Karachi to stop dreaming about a united Pakistan. To
> implement my vision of dividing Pakistan and forming 6 new countries in
> South Asia by disintegrating Pakistan, I would like to start this campaign
> by proposing formation of REPUBLIC OF JINNAHPUR. This book shall highlight
> reasons, causes and necessary elements for the formation of Republic of
> Jinnahpur. This is my humble prayer that Karachi should soon become
> Republic
> of Jinnahpur. Ameen.
>
>
> Formation of Republic of Jinnahpur is inevitable as soon as possible before
> the Pakistan Army decides to launch yet another 1992-like genocide in
> Karachi. I suggest to Mr. Altaf Hussain, leader of MQM which is the single
> most influential political force of 'Mohajirs' (Migrants from India who had
> settled in Pakistan at the time of breakup of United India in 1947) to
> utilize these precious moments of his life by giving a call for formation
> of
> Republic of Jinnahpur by launching Jinnahpur Liberation Movement under the
> banner of MQM. I hope the people of Karachi will loudly say "YES" to his
> call.
>
>
> What I am saying is very simple. Urdu-speaking people living in Karachi,
> Hyderabad, Sukkur and other cities in the province of Sindh (Pakistan)
> deserve their own country. An independent country for Urdu-speaking people
> will solve their economic problems on one hand and provide an environment
> of
> freedom from the military dictatorship of Punjab province on the other.
> Time
> has now come that the cruel domination of Punjab must end by all means. The
> Punjabi military has been ruling Pakistan ever since its inception. The
> Urdu-speaking great leaders who had struggled for the freedom of Pakistan
> were brutally murdered as part of the Punjabi conspiracy to hijack the
> country. It has become inevitable now that Punjab should no longer be given
> the right or power to continue its control on other smaller provinces of
> Pakistan. At least Sindhis, Pathans and Balochis have some of their
> regional
> identities but the Urdu-speaking people have been compelled to become
> Sindhis which is not possible. Urdu-speaking people have their own identity
> and worth. It is not possible for Urdu-speaking people to become part of
> Sindh. This attempt to make Urdu-speaking people part of Sindh has always
> failed. This fact that Urdu-speaking people are independent in their
> thinking and are able to represent themselves more effectively if they are
> independent, should be accepted and recognized by the whole world. One
> cannot force a French person to become German or a Czech citizen to become
> Spanish or a Polish citizen to become Russian, similarly, one should also
> not force an Urdu-speaking citizen to become Sindhi. Urdu language is much
> different from Sindhi language. Not only language, there is glaring
> difference in terms of culture, traditions, national character, vision,
> approach, mindset and above all religious thinking. Indeed Sindhis are
> brothers of Urdu-speaking people in their joint effort to get rid of
> Punjab's political domination through achieving independence of Jinnahpur
> and Sindhudesh. Urdu-speaking people cannot be forced to stay with Sindhis
> forever and without their own right of freedom. Both Urdu-speaking people
> and Sindhis deserve their respective identities through formation of
> Jinnahpur and Sindhudesh. Both these nations are not ready to remain under
> the umbrella of socalled Pakistan which is nothing but a political colony
> of
> Punjab. This colony must, therefore, disintegrate without any further
> delay.
>
>
>
> If other separatist movements in the world are accepted and acknowledged
> worldwide, movement for a free and independent state for Urdu-speaking
> people currently living under dictatorial siege of Pakistan army should
> also
> be embraced by the United States of America and other Western nations. If
> Kosovo can get independence in 21st century, why not Urdu-speaking people
> of
> Pakistan can get their own country called Republic of Jinnahpur.
> Urdu-speaking people are also intelligent, educated, hardworking and
> politically sound to fight for their independence in the 21st century.
> Urdu-sepaking people should not be under estimated or considered as any
> regional minority of Pakistan. Urdu-speaking people represent the most
> educated class in the presently undivided Pakistan. When it come to
> educational statistics of Pakistan in the field of education, the
> contribution of Urdu-speaking people is upto 80\%. It must be noted that
> Pakistan without Urdu-speaking people is nothing but a jungle of
> illiterates
> from Punjab and people in uniform who have hijacked this country for the
> economic betterment of military dictators along with Punjabi bureacracy and
> their families.
>
>
>
> Republic of Jinnahpur shall be an economic capital of South Asia which will
> beat Dubai and Singapore on one hand and become a great place for foreign
> investment on the other. The deserving people of Republic of Jinnahpur will
> have job opportunities because of billions of dollars of foreign investment
> which is at present hindred because of terrorist activities sponsored by
> Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and other military sponsored
> organizations. Such terrorist activities conducted by Pakistan's ISI and
> other military sponsored militant organizations have rather blocked the
> economic progress of Karachi which in turn have created hurdles for the
> deserving educated Urdu-speaking class to invite foreign investment into
> Karachi. It is only possible if Karachi gets its independence and formation
> of Republic of Jinnahpur shall ensure that the deserving Urdu-speaking
> people will get their right of progress and prosperity under the banner of
> an independent country called Republic of Jinnahpur.
>
> Pakistan has been declared a failed state and therefore remaining part of
> Pakistan means declaring ourselves as failed too. Urdu-speaking people of
> Karachi cannot be classified as failed because it is due to them that
> Pakistan has been surviving so far. Had there been no educated class making
> contribution towards Pakistan's economic growth in the last 60 years,
> Pakistan would not have reached to the level where it is now. However, due
> to its political failure and its inability to remain as a sovereign state,
> Pakistan is very close to its disintegration. In such a situation, it would
> not be ideal for Urdu-speaking people to remain intact with Pakistan.
> Rather, it is important that Urdu-speaking people should initiate their
> fight for freedom while Pathans, Balochis and Sindhis should follow suit.
> Republic of Jinnahpur can establish a precedence for freedom of all nations
> currently suffering under the military siege of Punjab.
>
> When I say "Punjab", I do not intend to include those great people of
> Punjab
> who consider themselves as Ghulaman-e-Ahl-e-Bait (Servants of Holy Prophet
> Muhammad SA, His beloved daughter Hazrat Bibi Fatima AS, His loyal
> son-in-law Hazrat Ali AS, His beloved grand sons Hassan AS and Hussain AS)
> and also the Seraiki nation who were wrongfully made part of Punjab
> province
> by the cruel Punjabi politicians in order to gain monetary gains by
> manipulating the total population of Punjab province. Even after 60 years,
> the Seraiki belt has been economically kept backward while poor Punjabi
> servants of Ahl-e-Bait were deprived of their constitutional right of
> serving in the Pakistan Army because of Wahabi-oriented policies made by
> Asian Hitler called General Zia-ul-Haq back in 1979 which kept Shia and
> true
> Barelvi Sunni Muslims away from army jobs. The doors of Republic of
> Jinnahpur shall remain open for such Punjabi brothers forever.
>
> As for the Pathans, Balochis and Sindhis, I would like to convey my message
> to them that they should also get up from long sleep. The Punjabi military
> killed several Pathan freedom fighters, Baloch freedom fighters and even
> stabbed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto who had brought back home 90,000 Punjabi
> Prisoners of War. The brutality of Punjabi military can be evaluated on the
> basis of their one single act that they stabbed and killed Zulfiqar Ali
> Bhutto who was their rescuer from Indian prison. Not only this, the Punjabi
> military recently killed Benazir Bhutto in order to wipe her off from the
> political scene to keep the status quo alive. The murder of Bhuttos should
> be sufficient for the Sindhis to wake up and get their own independence
> from
> Pakistan by forming Sindhudesh. Similarly, independent Pakhtoonistan and
> Balochistan should also appear on the world map in the nearest future.
>
> The Urdu-speaking people are peace-loving people in true perspective. They
> dont want any confrontation, however, they have their right to defend
> themselves against the brutality of Punjabi army. The Urdu-speaking people
> shall not become victim of yet another Operation Cleanup which was once
> conducted by Punjabi army in 1992. Nawaz Sharif and his Punjabi political
> team of hypocrites cannot succeed in their conspiracy to regain substantial
> power again although they have just swallowed a bitter pill of shaking
> hands
> with Asif Zardari, a Sindhi man and spouse of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto. It is
> important that Asif Zardari should immediately understand conspiracy and
> hidden agenda of Nawaz Sharif and his political team of hypocrites who do
> not possess any sympathy or love for any nation otherthan typical Wahabi
> minded Punjabis. Nawaz Sharif is only waiting for the right time to
> confront
> Asif Zardari and as such Nawaz Sharif will definitely attempt to get into
> Pakistan's National Assembly through a by-election and thereafter challenge
> Asif Zardari and Bhuttos' Sindh-based political party called Peoples'
> Party.
> I cannot accept for any reason that Nawaz Sharif or his political team of
> hypocrites would ever accept any Sindhi, Pathan, Baloch or Urdu-speaking
> person to become Pakistan's prime minister. This is impossible for any
> Punjabi hypocrite like Nawaz Sharif to extend his hand for cooperation or
> affection towards any Sindhi, Pathan, Baloch or Urdu-speaking person in the
> name of socalled political reconciliation. I ask all the politicians from
> Pakhtoonistan, Balochistan, Seraiki belt and Sindhudesh not to believe
> Nawaz
> Sharif and his false promises of mutual cooperation or other similar sweet
> slogans. A snake is always a snake. Nawaz Sharif cannot be trusted.
>
> I want all Urdu-speaking people living in Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur and
> other parts of Sindh to become active members of JINNAHPUR LIBERATION
> MOVEMENT. This movement shall be non-militant and non-violent in reality.
> This movement shall be run by Urdu-speaking intellectuals, educationists,
> workers, students, businessmen and politicians. This movement shall be
> peaceful and totally committed for creating international awareness about
> the great demand for an independent state called Republic of Jinnahpur by
> the Urdu-speaking people living under military siege of Pakistan army.
>
>
> As it has been established that Pakistan is a 100\% failed state and in
> view
> of the fact that living under military siege of Pakistan army in the
> disguise of an artificial democracy which has brought the same old faces of
> corrupt and cunning politicians from Punjab, time has come for the
> urdu-speaking nation to get up and acquire their own independent country
> called Republic of Jinnahpur. In order to achieve this task, there are many
> hurdles. However, impossible is nothing. Either we fail to prepare or
> prepare to fail. Urdu-speaking nation cannot afford to remain in such a
> situation that makes them rather a third class citizen in Pakistan. They
> are
> treated as "untouchables" like in India. They have no province of their
> own.
> They have no representation in the National Assembly according to their
> population simply because the powerful political parties from Punjab and
> Sindh want to restrict their entry into mainstream politics. The illiterate
> land owners representing the rural dynasty of Pakistan do not want educated
> urdu-speaking people to outclass them. These illiterate landlords and
> jagirdars want to keep their socalled superiority intact by depriving
> people
> of Pakistan from educational prosperity. They dont want urdu-speaking
> nation
> to spread their message of awareness among the masses and therefore these
> land lords and jagirdars are biggest advocates of status-quo in order to
> keep their control on the entire system of governance. Pakistan Army is the
> military arm of such elements which desire their own supremacy all over
> Pakistan. They dont want an educated urdu-speaking person to destroy their
> plans of dictatorship whether military or civil.
>
> I, therefore, suggest that MQM being the single political force of
> urdu-speaking nation of Pakistan should do the following immediately:
>
> 1. TO FORM JINNAHPUR LIBERATION MOVEMENT IMMEDIATELY WHICH SHOULD COMPRISE
> OF URDU-SPEAKING YOUTH, INTELLECTUALS, ARTISTS, BUSINESSMEN, STUDENTS,
> RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS, POLITICIANS, WRITERS & POETS, JOURNALISTS, MEMBERS OF
> CIVIL SOCIETY, EDUCATIONISTS AND PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE IN ORDER TO
> ACCELERATE MOVEMENT FOR ACQUIRING AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY CALLED REPUBLIC OF
> JINNAHPUR;
>
> 2. TO ORGANIZE A MASSIVE PLEBISCITE AND TAKE VOTES FROM URDU-SPEAKING
> NATION
> TO CONSOLIDATE THEIR DESIRE FOR AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY CALLED REPUBLIC OF
> JINNAHPUR;
>
> 3. TO COORDINATE WITH USA SENATORS, EU MEMBER STATES AND THE WORLD'S TOP
> HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS IN ORDER TO MAKE THEM AWARE ABOUT THE DEMANDS OF
> URDU-SPEAKING NATION LIVING IN PAKISTAN AND THEIR RIGHTS OF EXISTENCE WITH
> A
> SPECIFIC IDENTITY UNDER THE BANNER OF REPUBLIC OF JINNAHPUR;
>
> 4. TO APPROACH UNITED NATIONS TO SEND PEACE KEEPING TROOPS TO KARACHI
> IMMEDIATELY TO AVOID YET ANOTHER "OPERATION CLEAN UP" BY PAKISTAN ARMY ON
> THE PRETEXT OF ELIMINATION OF TERRORISM AND SABOTAGING THE MOVEMENT FOR
> INDEPENDENCE;
>
> 5. TO FILE OFFICIAL APPLICATION WITH THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF
> THE UNITED NATIONS TO RECOGNIZE INDEPENDENCE OF REPUBLIC OF JINNAHPUR AND
> REQUEST FOR MILITARY AS WELL AS DIPLOMATIC ASSISTANCE OF THE UNITED
> NATIONS;
>
>
> 6. TO APPROACH MUSLIM WORLD AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION TO THEM ABOUT THE
> POLITICAL RIGHTS OF URDU-SPEAKING NATION AND NEED FOR AN INDEPENDENT
> COUNTRY
> FOR THEM;
>
> 7. TO ORGANIZE CONFERENCES, PRESS BRIEFINGS, SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS
> AND FORA IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD IN ORDER TO CONVEY MESSAGE TO THE
> WHOLE WORLD ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE AND NEED OF AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY FOR
> URDU-SPEAKING NATION IN SOUTH ASIA FOR PEACE AND HARMONY IN THE REGION;
>
> 8. TO APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP TO ALL REGIONAL AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL
> ASSOCIATIONS, GROUPS, TREATIES, CLUBS, UNIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS (TRADE OR
> OTHERWISE) ON BEHALF OF REPUBLIC OF JINNAHPUR;
>
> 9. TO FORM A GOVERNMENT-IN-EXILE OF REPUBLIC OF JINNAHPUR WITH IMMEDIATE
> EFFECT IN ANY EU COUNTRY OR USA OR INDIA;
>
> 10. TO APPROACH PARMANENT MEMBERS OF SUCURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
> TO SEEK THEIR CONSENT AND APPROVAL FOR FORMATION OF REPUBLIC OF JINNAHPUR
> BY
> PRESENTING TO THEM ALL FACTS AND FIGURES IN SUPPORT OF THE IDEA OF AN
> INDEPENDENT COUNTRY FOR URDU-SPEAKING NATION IN SOUTH ASIA;
>
> SAY "YES" TO FORMATION OF REPUBLIC OF JINNAHPUR
>
> SYED JAMALUDDIN
> FRANCE
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