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MQM proposes IDPs stay in Punjab

KARACHI: MQM Rabita Committee’s senior London-based member Anees Advocate proposed on Sunday that the IDPs of the Malakand agency should be settled either in their own province, NWFP, or in Punjab.

“The IDPs entry into Sindh will create a law and order situation in the province,” Anees argued in his statement. He said that Sindh should not be considered an international orphanage because it was already overcrowded by refugees. 

“It is being witnessed that the majority of the displaced people have come to Sindh even though they could have settled in other parts of NWFP or in Punjab,” he said.  

He said that if the IDPs’ settle in their own province or in Punjab, it will be in their own interest. He said for these reasons, the MQM supported the stance of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) and questioned the prime minister as to why these IDPs were not allowed to settle in Punjab.

“MQM has earlier demanded that the IDPs be registered and then settled in special camps. The Pakistan Army has informed the government that the Taliban are also fleeing disguised as IDPs,” he cited. 

The MQM member said that the influx of hundreds of thousands of IDPs into Sindh would change the demography and permanent residents have a right to object to their arrival in view of the bitter experiences of the past. staff report

Dailt Times: Monday ,May 25, 2009