I dont see it that way, every community is essential and intregral part of karachi. The city doesnt belong to MQM, it belongs to pakistan. It is city of migrants and immigrants, thats why some Swat and tribal IDPs chose karachi.
Its wrong to say that Punjab didnt welcome IDPs. Pindi has large number of pashtuns , it was also favourite destination of IDPs . Pindi is turning into second karachi due to settling of large number of pashtuns
i am speechless on you bias towards mohajirs and are even not willing to accept the reality, you are trying to support those who refused to let your people in and cursing those who are your benefactors?
Dilshad AzeemThursday, May 21, 2009
ISLAMABAD: The Punjab government has decided in principle not to allow camps for the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the province, The News has learnt.
“The IDPs can cause trouble for the province just like the Afghan refugees. So, we have decided not to permit their entry or setting up of camps for them in the Punjab,” sources in the provincial government said.
However, the Punjab government has formed an inter-provincial coordination committee (IPCC), after consultation with the ANP-led Frontier government, to provide aid to the IDPs at their camps in the NWFP.
The IPCC comprises two members each from the Punjab and the NWFP. “The NWFP members will inform the Punjab government of the requirements of the IDPs.” The director general relief and the district coordination officer (DCO), Attock, would coordinate with the NWFP members of the IPCC as representatives of the Punjab.
“If it becomes mandatory for us to accommodate the IDPs any way, a computerised registration system would be set up to ensure strict check on their activities till their return,” the Punjab official sources said.
As the Punjab describes such restrictions as part of its security policy, the Frontier government believes that such a step would create provincial disharmony as no Pakistani citizen could be barred from staying at any corner of the country.
Director Public Relations (DPR), Punjab, Mohiuddin Wani, while speaking on behalf of the
provincial government, said any final decision about the issue would be taken once the IDPs started migrating to the province.
Responding to a query, the DPR said the Punjab government would welcome the displaced persons whenever it deemed necessary. ìPresently, the NWFP government is absorbing all the IDPs.î
Also, Director General Relief, Punjab, Rizwanullah Baig, said the people of the province were donating generously for the IDPs. ìWe will provide all kinds of material assistance to the displaced persons through a coordination committee.î
However, ANP Vice President Haji Muhammad Adeel said: ìYes, we have heard that the Punjab is not willing to take the IDPs and this step will send a wrong message to other provinces.î Adeel said the Punjab should also declare war on terror as the Frontier province had done. “Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has announced assistance for the IDPs, which is only peanuts in view of the fact that Punjab is the elder brother.”
PML-N Chairman Raja Zafarul Haq, in his talk with this correspondent on Monday, had given “rising temperature” as the major reason for not allowing the establishment of the IDPs’ camps in the Punjab.
A PML-N consultative round held in Islamabad last Monday with Nawaz Sharif in the chair had first discussed to adopt a policy of extending help to the displaced persons while retaining them within the NWFP.
ISLAMABAD, June 4 The Pakistan Muslim League-Q has criticised the governments of Punjab and Sindh for banning the entry of displaced persons into their provinces.
Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Parvaiz Elahi, the party's secretary-general Mushahid Hussain Sayed and its NWFP chapter president Amir Muqam said the decision to keep the displaced people out of Punjab would be resisted.
Mushahid Hussain said the international community had ignored the federal government's appeals for financial aid for help about three million IDPs because the government had lost the confidence of donors.
He called upon foreign governments and aid agencies to provide funds to the NGOs working for wellbeing of the IDPs.
Amir Muqam said the Punjab government had failed to keep its promise of providing government school buildings to accommodate about 200,000 IDPs who had entered the province.
He said that if the federal government failed to provide relief to the IDPs it would lose support for the military operation.
He said the government should brief the elected representative of the Malakand region on the status and timeframe of the operation to enable the IDPs to plan their return to their homes.
Chaudhry Parvaiz Elahi said his party had provided relief goods worth about Rs20 million to the IDPs and the process was continuing.