Speakers at a seminar on 40th Martyrdom Day of Khawaja Rafique Shaheed here on Saturday paid glowing tributes to him for his struggle against undemocratic forces aimed at rule of law and for the cause of democracy and said the best way to pay tributes to Khawaja Rafique is to wage struggle and implement ideology persuaded by the late.
Chairman Balochistan National Party (Mengal) and former Chief Minister of Balochistan Sardar Akhtar Khan Mengal in his telephonic address said that cruelties of the past are still being committed with the Baloch people. He said that the blots of blood of Baloch can be seen on the preamble of the Constitution. He said that the people of Balochistan are being seen in queue before morgue for identifying the dead bodies of their lost dear ones. He said that every city and village of Balochistan is bleeding.
He said that Zardari, Gilani and present Federal Government are not declared innocent from the cruelties and excesses being committed in Balochistan. He said that the wounds of Baloch cannot be healed only through seeking verbal apology. He said that everyone is included in that sin who instead of ensuring implementation of the Constitution, preferred protection of his interest. Had Pakistani nation taken any lesson from fall of Dhakka, the punishment would have been awarded to the responsible of this tragedy whether they are in uniform or without uniform, he said.
Sardar Akhtar Mengal thanked leadership of PML-N for inviting his father Sardar Ataullah Mengal to Lahore and said if the brutalities in Balochistan should be stopped, missing persons should be traced out and the dead bodies of the lost sons are returned to the Balochs then we are ready to come to Lahore. He said if the responsible are not awarded punishment according to the law then people of Balochistan have the right to choose their own path.
Addressing the seminar, President PML-N Sindh Ghaus Ali Shah said if we want to strengthen Pakistan and democracy, we should support Nawaz Sharif. He said Nawaz Sharif talks about those principles which help promote democratic values in Pakistan. He said that the nation considers Nawaz Sharif as a leader who displayed courage in the hour of trial in 1998 and considered the honour or respect of the nation dearer than his life. He said that Nawaz Sharif is that leader who made the founder party of Pakistan as a vibrant party after being elected as President PML-N in 1993 and had launched an effective contact campaign in Sindh at a large scale as a result of which Muslim League also formed government in Sindh.
Syed Ghaus Ali Shah saluted the boldness and political wisdom of Khawaja Muhammad Rafique and said that Khawaja Rafique embraced martyrdom but did not compromise on principles.
Central leader of Muslim League-N Kh. Muhammad Asif in his address said that people of Pakistan like ideological faces of PML-N. He said that PML-N leadership should avoid such elements which can mar our ideological face. While paying tributes to Khawaja Rafique Shaheed, he said that Khawaja Rafique was a beacon of light for true ideological workers. He was among those companions of former Prime Minister Hussain Shaheed Soharwardi who had raised voice against the dictatorial forces.
Kh. Asif while referring to the cruelties against the people of Balochistan said that the rulers, who take dictation of secret agencies, usurp billions of rupees in the name of development projects and basic rights, seen only in books and there is treason. He said that during the era of Premiership of Nawaz Sharif, serious efforts were made for removing the deprivations of Balochistan and the Blochs were given their constitutional rights but later the rulers wiped out everything by martyring Baloch leaders. He said that now the people of all the provinces are looking towards Mian Nawaz Sharif as they want real democracy and independence. He said that the present government has completed its five years only due to the tolerance by Nawaz Sharif and his commitment to democracy otherwise we can also hatch conspiracy against the elected government. He said it is the right of the people that they should be given an opportunity to renew their mandate on the fixed date.
The talks about delay in general elections are conspiracy of stopping the way of democratic forces, he added.
He said that the people know the faces of those who are hatching conspiracies to stop them from renewing their mandate. He said that people of Pakistan are protecting their rights and will not allow those involved in establishing a state within the state to usurp the rights of the people.
He said that PML-N will not surrender its constitutional right and hoped that in the next elections people of Pakistan will get a chance of correcting their mistakes made in 2008 elections. He said that the elements creating confusion by raising a slogan of bringing so-called change and saving the state instead of politics are insulting the approach, wisdom and conscious of the people. He said that the hidden forces had screened a film in Lahore on October 30, last year, had flopped. There is a programme of showing another film in Lahore Sunday and the people have realised it that this is a dummy film, he added.
While addressing on the occasion, Central General Secretary Jamaat-i-Islami Liaquat Baloch said that supremacy of law, social justice and good governance are the only remedy of all problems. He said that all the political parties of Pakistan are in unison on parliamentary democracy and there is a need to ensure just distribution of resources and national jirga should be called to restore the confidence of Balochistan by removing its deprivations. He urged upon all the democratic forces to be united and do not let any political party to flee from holding general elections. He also emphasised upon to make Election Commission more powerful and to discourage use of huge money in elections. He said that Pakistan will remain forever and will get its due status in the comity of nations with the efforts of political workers.
Elder son of Kh. Muhammad Rafique Shaheed, Kh. Saad Rafiq MNA, in his address, said it is a noble cause to stop the turncoats to hostage the political parties like fighting against dictators. He suggested Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif to remain alert from the new entrants in PML-N and said that we will not let anyone to harm democracy. Former President Supreme Court Bar Association and human rights activist Asma Jehangir termed the presence of political parties a blessing for Pakistan.
Renowned anchor person Hamid Mir and provincial Advisor Kh. Salman Rafique also addressed the seminar.
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