Violations, transgression against Muslims in Myanmar

November 15, 2012

The international media continue to broadcast the news of the killing and violence activities against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, which reap the lives of innocent people whose only guilt is their affiliation with the righteous religion of Islam.
What calls for much pain and grief is the fact that there are children and women among the victims, not to mention setting fire to houses and forcing hundreds of citizens to flee their homes.
There is no doubt that such atrocious acts, genocide, and displacement represent crimes, which are totally rejected by the human conscience and deplored by each and every human being, regardless of his/her religion, beliefs and race.
Such acts are totally condemned and are considered horrible violations of human rights, which calls the international community, including its governmental and non-governmental institutions and organizations, to assume its responsibilities to put an end to this human catastrophe, take urgent and tangible procedures to stop the aggressive acts against the innocent individuals, ensure the safety of the individuals and their properties within the Muslim community in Myanmar, secure a safe return for the displaced people to their homes and compensate them as required by the principles of justice, and refer the criminals to justice.
Afterwards, the international community is required to adopt a policy of reconciliation and integration among the Muslim and Buddhist communities.
We, at the Arab Thought Forum, call for a true solution of the present situation and a study of the roots of the problem and the reasons behind discrimination against the Rohingya Muslim community, who are entitled to their vested rights of citizenship.
We also call upon human rights organizations, other competent organizations in the UN, as well as the regional organizations and the civil society to contribute to solving this issue as per their jurisdiction.
As we call the international community to assume its responsibilities in protecting the Muslims of Myanmar and putting an end to the violations against them in this time of hardship, we pay attribute to the stand of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and Al Azhar in this regard, and we call upon all the other related organizations to follow their example and cooperate with them.
We, at the Arab Thought Forum, express our vigorous willingness to cooperate with everyone to get this objective achieved; and we are well-prepared to do everything within our capabilities to protect the humane and ethical principles that all human beings are committed to safeguarding everywhere.
The writer is chairman of the Arab Thought Forum.

A group photo of BZU Multan's Students with Rana Mashhud d,speaker Punjab assembly in lap top giving ceremony

Aung San Suu Kyi calls on Burma to send more troops to end violence

08 Nov 2012

Aung San Suu Kyi has called on Burmese government to send more troops to end the sectarian violence in the west of the country

Four months after tensions between the Muslim Rohingya minority and Buddhists in western Burma's Rakhine State erupted in clashes which have left over 100 people dead and more than 100,000 displaced, Ms Suu Kyi has bowed to the pressure on her to speak out on the violence.

In a joint statement issued with lawmakers from Burma's various ethnic groups, Ms Suu Kyi called on the government to send more troops to the region to ensure peace and stability. The statement also calls for the government to explain its policies towards the Rohingya, as well as for a review of Burma's restrictive citizenship laws, which render the vast majority of the estimated 800,000 Rohingya stateless.The Nobel Peace Prize winner and leader of Burma's opposition has been the subject of rare criticism from human rights groups for her failure to take a stand on the sectarian violence which in the last month alone has left an estimated 30,000 Rohingya homeless. Last weekend, Mrs Suu Kyi again appeared to duck the issue when she said she would not use "moral leadership" to speak out on the plight of the Rohingya.

The reluctance of both Ms Suu Kyi and Burma's President Thein Sein to back the Rohingya has been ascribed to their fear of alienating voters ahead of the 2015 elections. Many Burmese regard the Rohingya as illegal immigrants from neighbouring Bangladesh, despite evidence suggesting they have been a presence in Rakhine State since the early Nineteenth Century.The statement, while not mentioning Bangladesh by name, appears to apportion some of the blame for the situation on Dhaka. "Both governments that share common boundaries should respect and take common responsibility for border security and immigration matters," it said. "It is imperative that both countries systematically prevent border crossings."

Dr,Raza Muhyoudin (M.S civil hospital Multan) visiting on the mother&child's week in Multan

Bal Thackeray off life support system, security beefed up in Mumbai

Nov 15, 2012

MUMBAI: Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, whose condition turned critical last night, is showing signs of improvement and has been taken off the life support system, party spokesman Sanjay Raut said on Thursday.

"Yesterday definitely there was some problem. Balasaheb is stable and responding to treatment and off life support system. Yesterday there was the need for him to be on life support system but today it is not," Raut, a Rajya Sabha MP, said.

No medical bulletin on the ailing 86-year-old leader's condition has been issued as yet, but one of the doctors attending on him said Thackeray was still being administered oxygen.

"He is being given oxygen and his condition is still not good," the doctor, who did not want to be identified, told .

Meanwhile, security outside Thackeray's 'Matoshree' bungalow in suburban Bandra has been stepped up following yesterday's incidents in which Shiv Sainiks had damaged some media vehicles and equipment.

Large contingents of Mumbai police and Rapid Action Force have been stationed and the area has been heavily barricaded.

Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has been continuously monitoring law and order situation in the state in view of Thackeray's condition.

"Last night, Chavan held a high-level meeting with the chief secretary and top police officers. Since this morning, he is in constant touch with family members of the Sena chief," official sources said.

Large number of shops and business establishments in Sena strongholds like Dadar and Parel were closed as anxious party workers converged at 'Matoshree' to inquire about their leader's health.

Politicians, film personalities and captains of industry made a beeline for 'Matoshree' as a mark of solidarity with the Thackeray family.

Union minister Sharad Pawar, BJP chief Nitin Gadkari, party's deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gopinath Munde, Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh, actors Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt, filmmakers Madhur Bhandarkar and Ashok Pandit and industrialists Rahul Bajaj and Venugopal Dhoot visited 'Matoshree' to inquire about Thackeray's condition.