Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Who are terrorists and who provide them support base?


Who is Mangal Bagh? Who is Abdul Wali alias Umar Khalid? Who is Fazlullah? Who is Gul Bahadur? Who was Baitullah? Who was Hakeemullah Mehsud? who was Tariq Afridi? who is Ayub Afridi? who is Jangrez? Who is Arif Afridi? who is Muslim Khan? Who is Maulana Faqir? Who is Qari Shakeel? who is Maulana Nazeer? etc and etc. Now we have to clear the mind of terrorists supporters. Let us see. Who is Imran Khan? Who is Shahbaz Sharif? Who is Hameed Gul? Who is colonal Imam? Who is Qari Akhtar? Who is Commissioner Javed? Who is Professor Ibrahim? Who was Qazi Hussain? Who is Munawwar Hassan? Who is Maulana Aziz, Who is sartaj Aziz? Who is Rahimullah Yousafzai? who is Saleem Safi? Who is Rustam Shah Mohmand? who is Sirajul Haq? Who is Hafiz Saeed? who is sheikh Rashid? 
Now you people have to decide who are who and what is what. Those who say Pakistan establishment is serious to eliminate terrorism are living in fool paradise and yesterday All Parties conference will give no positive results. it was just a move to make sentiments of people cold and nothing will happen more. Now people have to realize their own duty, foe and friends if not more and more blood will continue to be shed by terrorists and their supporters.

Who killed our children in Peshawar school attack? Zar Ali Afridi

Pakistan has turned as a laughing stock at international fora. Children genocide is unacceptable. shedding of corpses of the innocents should come to an end. No politics over the dead bodies of civilians. shedding of crocodile tears over the children genocide in Peshawar school by military, right wing politicians, religious so called killers mulla, psedo academia, columnists and political parties working as terrorists mass fronts etc should be stopped as it is joke with people whose children were martyred. For God sake o people understand who are your enemies and who are your friends. You have minds please use it. Who are terrorists? you all know. and who are apologists of terrorists? you all know well. Why you are being cut? please think over. No Jew, no Indian and no American has come to attack you. Only religious people sporting beards shot your kids. Who are their friends in your surrounding? Only religious parties like JI, JUI(S), lashkar Tayyaba, Lashkar Jahngvi, Sipah Sahaba, Tableeghi Jumat, Jaish Muhammad etc and their students wings are either supporters of terrorists or they themselves are involved and all are funded, assisted, and supported by Pakistan Intelligence agencies. Now you have to decide who to ask for shedding of your children,s blood and genocide?  

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

International Human Rights Day and violation of human rights in FATA


December 10, 2014
By Zar Ali Khan Afridi
December 10 is celebrated as International Human Rights Day throughout the world. Pakistan is signatory of Universal Declaration on Human Rights and it has ratified it also. Over all situations of Human Rights in Pakistan are not ideal. Rights in Pakistan are not accepted and citizens face hardships and troubles in getting things done. Every government claims to fulfill promises made before elections but soon they turned back and forget what they say before their elections. Pakistan has remained under dictatorial regimes for quite some time and it is reason that democracy has not been allowed travel its distance. Pakistan is no less than a hell for religious minorities and religious sects like Shia, Ahmadis, Ismailia’s, Hindus Sikhs and Christians. Thousands Hindus left Sindh a province of Pakistan due to duress of the Muslim majority and went to India to get a sigh of relief there. Many Christian’s families were set alive on fire in most parts of the country especially in Punjab. Their houses were set on fire and were demolished. Recently a Christian couple in Qasur Punjab was put in brick kiln alive after who had a monetary dispute between couple and brick kiln owner. The owner alleged the couple to have committed blasphemy. This is a tragic incident of human rights violation one has ever witnessed.
Federally Administered Tribal Areas called FATA which is known as worst place on the earth due to militancy and terrorism. This area can also be known as a Human Rights free Zone. Frontier Crimes Regulations of 1901 is itself an anti human regulation. Article 247 of Pakistan Constitution 1973 deprives legislators of FATA to legislate for the area they are representing. People are also restricted to seek justice through courts because courts have no jurisdiction in FATA. Even cases related to fundamental human rights can not be taken to courts. A political Agent and his subordinates are the people at helm of affairs and decide the fates of people. They are police, prosecutors, lawyers and judges at same time. Their decision is final. This itself a violation of basic human rights of the people of FATA. The reason is that terrorists from around the globe gathered in FATA and started terrorism with support of some state and anti state actors in Pakistan. 11000 tribal elders, political and social activists, Human rights defenders and women rights defenders were targeted . Famous among them are Zarteef Khan Afridi, Fareeda Afridi, Master Khan Habib Afridi, Mukarram Khan Atif, Haji Gherat Khan Afridi, Malik Dawa Khan Afridi, Farooq Wazir and his father Malik Mirza Alam Khan wazir along with 9 other family members assassinated on one day. The list is long but it is just an example and tip of ice berg.
In 2011 FCR was amended and some light changes were announced. Territorial responsibility clause was amended and it was added that male children under 16 years’ age and male members of families above 65 years of age will not be arrested and detained. But still children and aged persons are detained and put in lock ups of political administration. The recent detention of Ihtisham Mullagori of Jamrud Khyber Agency is just an eye opener for the state. Human Rights Defenders like Ali Wazir of South Waziristan and Muhammad Hassan from Parachinar Kurram Agency are still teased and tormented by state agencies and political and district administrations. Ali Wazir was arrested last day but soon was released. Muhammad Hassan who has some land dispute with his relatives is also tortured by political administration due to his work for the rights of his people. Now a day he is under house arrest and needs assistance legal and financial both. Offices of NGOs working for human rights in FATA were closed and many were blown up by terrorists. Working in FATA  as a human rights defender is hard but still HRDs are engaged doing it and face problems but their determination to work for the rights of people keeps them stuck to their work despite having myriad issues. Under FCR thousands of people are still jailed in different parts of the country. Dr Shakeel Afridi who was alleged to have worked for CIA to track down Osama Bin Laden is one of them who has been languishing in jail. His family is not allowed to meet him. His lawyers are deprived of visiting their client. His brother Jameel Afridi has been visiting Peshawar since 2011 but only once he was allowed to meet his brother and still he is waiting to see how his brother is? He also belongs to FATA and needs free and fair judicial trial.
 More than2.5 million Internally Displaced Persons from FATA including women. Children and aged and ailing people are living a miserable life in camps if there are any and in host families or in rented houses in different parts of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the rest of Pakistan. Three provinces out of four refused to accommodate them in their areas. Children and women are suffering from many issues like food, water, proper shelter, clothes and diseases. Government has left them like cattle and animals. They were ordered to leave their respective areas to cleanse militancy but were not given any alternative. Operation in North Waziristan started in June last 2014 and is still going on without knowing any progress. People demand for repatriation to their homes but government has been changing words and is using tactics to prolong the worries and troubles of the people. IDPs from Khyber Agency are no less than their fellows IDPs. People from Frontier Regions of FATA are even not recognized as IDPs and government has done nothing to support them.

Regards
Zar Ali Khan Afridi
A Human Rights Defender
&
Chairman
Tribal NGOs Consortium
SF-47, Deans Trade Center Peshawar Cantt Pakistan

+92-91-3015963337   

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Human Rights Defenders in FATA need defense

Human Rights Defenders in FATA are in need of defense. Rights are being frequently violated due to absence of formal law of the land. State is not fulfilling its responsibilities though people of FATA are paying regular taxes to the national exchequer of Pakistan. Article 247 in constitution of Pakistan restricts courts jurisdiction and also deprives FATA legislators to legislate for the FATA. FATA reforms have been announced in 2011 by then President of Pakistan but they are yet to be implemented. Laws related to children are yet to be implemented there. Political Administration of FATA do not care reforms implementation. Still children of age under 16 and old persons above 65 are still arrested and detained.  Human Rights Defenders like Ali Wazir and Muhammad Hassan who raise voice against human rights violation by state agencies are arrested. The area where Human Rights Defenders themselves need defense then doing work in such area is really not like a bed of roses but is a herculean task.
Regards
Zar Ali Khan Afridi

Monday, December 8, 2014

Famous Human Rights Defender of FATA Ali Wazir arrested and released

Famous Human Rights Defender of FATA Muhammad Ali Khan alias Ali Wazir was arrested by Administration of D I Khan yesterday and latter on after the pressure from local leadership of Wazir, Mehsud, Betani, Sherani tribes and individuals and activists of civil society Administration decided release Ali Khan Wazir. After contacting Ali Wazir he narrated that he was arrested because he was protesting district Administration for demolishing the property and stalls of the displaced tribes men who are busy doing their petty business in DI Khan near Tank Adda. Zar Ali Khan Afridi Chairman Tribal NGOs Consortium strongly condemned this unlawful act of the said Administration and detention of Ali Wazir for staging a peaceful protest over the demolishing of IDPs shops in DI Khan by district Administration. We ask the district Administration to stop demolishing of FATA IDPs shops and stalls in DI Khan because on one hand leaders in Pakistan claim that people of FATA presented sacrifices for the sake of Pakistan and her people but on other hand business opportunities are taken away from their hands and forcing them to be terrorists and militants which people of Waiziristan and other areas of FATA hate and want to lead a good and peaceful life. We strongly deplore the conspiracy of Administration and term it against humanity and tribal people and FATA.

Friday, December 5, 2014

Ihtisham a teenager boy was released from lock up of Jamrud Khyber Agency FATA

Ihtisham Mullagori from Jamrud Khyber Agency FATA was released from the lock up of Assistant Political Agent of Jamrud sub division. Ihtisham is a teenager who was detained for last 3 months for the crime of one of his family members. This is the gift of Frontier Crimes Regulations 1901 in which there is a clause called collective responsibility. Under this inhuman clause if one is accused of doing some thing wrong to the state or thinks to do some thing wrong against the state in future then all clan and tribe is arrested. In 2011 FCR has been amended by then President of Pakistan  Asif Ali Zardari and the said clause has been amended considerably but ironically political Administration in FATA still use the clause against people of FATA which is a great injustice with people and constitution also. There has been an amendment that boys under 16 year of age and male members under 65 year of age will not be arrested but clause amendment are still to be implemented by the political Administration. Political Administration of FR Peshawar is also not lagging behind any political Agent or his sub ordinate Assistant Political Agent which is stil;l arresting and teasing old people not less than 80 years. This trend of rights violation is needed to be stopped.
Regards
Zar Ali Khan Afridi
Chairman
Tribal NGOs Consortium
& Coordinator
Child Rights Movement FATA