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NATIONAL NEWS
Karachi
..........12 killed in city violence
..........12 killed in city violence
..........Violence claims 11 lives in city
..........26 dead as city violence escalates
..........Over 350 families rendered homeless
..........Uprooted Malir families still wait to go back home
MQM
..........MQM's list of 'repressive measures'
..........Govt trying to ignite ethnic riots says MQM
..........MQM demands discussed, next meeting in Karachi
..........We didn't get govt charter, claims Ajmal
..........No-demand for separate province, Altaf assures ANP
..........Dehlavi pins hope on future rounds
..........Both sides condemn terrorism : Cases issue taken up at talk
..........Javed favours nationality status for Mohajirs
..........Babar accuses MQM of ethnic cleansing
..........MQM in broad accord with Gul
..........Govt may revise some demands on conditions
US sanctions
.........US unveils package to end Pressler, sanctions
.........Indonesia not buying F-16s
Punjab CM
.........PML(J) group offers 'cooperative govt' in Punjab
.........Wattoo, Saroop and PPP leaders discuss PDF alliance
.........Wattoo given time to settle issues with PPP
.........'Chattha best choice for Punjab chief ministership '
.........Centre, Wattoo agree : Body formed to resolve Punjab crisis
PML-J ready to quit govt for PML's merger
Eights Amendment under challenge in SC, says Chief Justice
HRCP raps torture, wrong policies
New ministry to check HR abuses
India not involved in terrorism: Lambah
Turmoil to end in 2 months: Babar
Three US citizens arrested for smuggling heroin worth Rs 30m
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BUSINESS & ECONONICS
Pakistan may go to WTO : Textile talks with US breakdown
Pakistan seeks IMF assurance on funds
Recovery along broad front
Donors urge Pakistan to give up costly new initiatives
Pakistan's economy : World Bank to formulate proposals
Rupee lower by 7 paisa against $
Rise in inflation unlikely : SBP-withdraws special deposit requirement
The Business & Financial Week
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EDITORIALS & FEATURES
The ugly equation By Ardeshir Cowasjee
Let's Storm injustice together A letter from Lahori
Enough to break your heart A page from the Lahore Diary
The quest for a way out in Karachi By Dr Mubashir Hasan
A long series of welcome surprise From M. Ziauddin
Easing Pressler sanctions From the Editorial Column
Baloch killings: a new factor By Latif Baloch
A search for common points By Tahir Mirza
Is a ministry necessary? From the Editorial Column
*From Our Magazines
..........Dial T for.... By Dr. Altamash Kamal
& Rizwan Tufail
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SPORTS
Malik case not taken up by ICC
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=================================================================== 950714 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 killed in city violence ------------------------------------------------------------------- By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI July 13: Five MQM activists and a policeman were killed during an early Thursday morning raid on the Korangi house of a PPP councillor, which has been, forcibly occupied by MQM workers.Elsewhere in the city six people including a local PPP leader, were gunned down raising the month's death toll to 137, a record since 1992.
The bodies of young MQM workers were brought for autopsy at the Jinnah Post-graduate Medical Centre 12 hours after their death. However, the bodies were handed over to the families without any post-mortem examination. The bodies had bullet wounds either on the waist or back. One of them was shot in the neck while another had his right hand smashed by the AK-47 bullets. There was rupture in their skin at several places which the police claimed was caused when they tried to scale the walls of neighbouring houses but fell.
Soon after the police action, supervised by the Senior Superintendent of Police, East, Wajid Ali Khan Durrani, the entire Korangi area plunged into violence as protesters set ablaze four vehicles resorted to heavy shooting and paralysed the entire area. Heavy contingents of police, backed by armoured personnel carrier, had raided the Korangi house of PPP councillor Mohammad Shafi, which had been in the control of MQM workers since June 21. Police claimed that MQM workers had raided the house of PPP councillor Mohammad Shafi at 9 pm on June 21, demanded Rs 50,000 for the purchase of arms and ammunition, kept Mr Shafi, his wife and 10year-old son hostage till June 23 and then thrown them out. They claimed further that the MQM youths, who later used the house as a torture cell, had looted all the cash and valuable. Neighbours confirmed that the house had been in the use of MQM workers but claimed the police killed all the five when one of the head constables was killed during the shootout. "There was an exchange of gunfire and then the police stormed the house. Later we were told that five boys had been killed," said a neighbour. "Three MQM workers died on the spot, and two others who were captured alive were allegedly killed in cold-blood by the police," a neighbour claimed. "I was awaken by the shooting. I heard the cries of my brother Ghazanfar, 18, and a neighbour, Imran, 15. They were crying for help. Then the police killed both of them," said Shaheen Begum, the eldest sister of Ghazanfar, whose house is opposite to that raided by the police. Relatives and neighbour who visited the mortuary of the Jinnah Post-graduate Medical Centre to collect the bodies confirmed that the youths went into the house of the PPP councillor to sleep there. "My brother was not an MQM worker. He was, you can say, a supporter. On Wednesday night, Anees, an MQM activist, came to our house and asked my brother Mazhar to accompany them if he wanted to see movies on VCR. Sometime early in the morning, Mazhar came to our house, prepared some tea and left it again. As soo n as he entered the councillor's house it was surrounded by the police," said his eldest sister Shaheen. Azizur Rehman, a newspaper hawker, whose 15-year-old son Mohammad Imran, was among the five dead, said that he had left his house early in the morning to sell newspapers. "I came to know about the incident at 4 pm. My son was not working for any political party. Now the police are claiming that he was an MQM activist," he remarked. Police, however, claimed that al1 the five who died in the encounter were terrorists. They were identified as Mohammad Imran alias Chota, Mohammad Anees alias Commando, Rao Khalid, Shafaat and Mohammad Ghazanfar alias Zafar. Head constable Mohammad Saeed was killed while another constable, Mohammad Ramzan, was wounded in the attack. A local PPP leader was killed when his Orangi clinic was raided by unidentified armed men. Dr Mohammad Irfan Shahid, area president of the PPP, was sitting in his clinic at the time of the attack. He was critically wounded and died on his way to hospital. DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS 950718 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 killed in city violence ------------------------------------------------------------------- By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, July 17: Twelve more people, including a police officer fell victim to the unabated violence in the city on Monday raising the month's death toll to record I72 and. the toll during the year rose to 1,107. At least five people were killed in Gulbahar alone where the police and rangers tried to demolish fresh bunkers allegedly set up by the MQM activists early on Sunday morning. The locality remained disturbed throughout the day with reports coming from the locality claimed that MQM activists were fighting with rangers, police and Haqiqi workers. Edhi volunteers found a body in a sack in the area which was later identified at that of assistant sub-inspector Abdul Razzak, 45. A note was also found on the sack, which read: "Anyone who confronts us will meet the same fate." Imran, 21, a mason, was shot dead in Gulbahar by some unidentified men. The MQM claimed he was party supporter. Another man Akhtar Ali, 38, was also killed in the same area. His family claimed he was sleeping on the rooftop when he was hit by an stray bullet. The MQM claimed that of its workers were the victim of the shooting by the rangers. In the same locality, police also found bodies of two unidentified young men, one of whom bore torture marks. Two other bodies were found in the morning at a garbage dump near Gilani Mosque at Ghulam Hussain Qasim Road in the Garden area. One of them was identified as factory worker Ayaz Ali Butt, 30. Police suspect both the victims were kidnapped, tortured and l ater their bodies were thrown at a garbage dump. In the Orangi Extension near Islam Chowk, another young man Liaquat Hussain, 25, was shot dead near his house. Sujawal, I9, an owner of, a milk shop, was found dead in Nazimabad. His body was found on railway track. A note was also found on his body which said: "Fate of an informer." An unidentified body was found in a graveyard at Baloch Para in Liaquatabad. Another unidentified man was shot dead near Rahim Public School in Korangi. Abdul Kalam, who was wounded in Pak Colony on July 3, died in the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital on Monday. DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS 950719 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Violence claims 11 lives in city ------------------------------------------------------------------- By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, July 18: Three women were among the 11 people who killed in the unabated violence on Tuesday raising the month's death toll to 183. At least five people were killed alone in Gulbahar area which remained disturbed throughout the day with intermittent shooting. Ethnic tension gripped the troubled locality after three members of a Sindhi family were gunned down by armed men inside their house in the afternoon. Khatija, 70, her brother; Abdul Rahim, 45, and daughter-in-law Salma, 30, wife of Badrul Islam, died and two others were injured in the attack. Usman, 40, son of Khatija and Qamar, 15, son of Abdul Rahim, were wounded in the attack and admitted to the Civil Hospital. Police accused the MQM for carrying out the attack. "There were at least 12 Sindhi houses in Ali Basti. Nearly all of them have abandoned their houses owing to threats hurled by the MQM. The family was attacked because it was still there," said a police officer of Gulbahar police station. Two other woman - Shahida, 14, and Bilquis, 50 were also fell victim of heavy shooting in Gulbahar. A 55 year old recently retired police officer was kidnapped and killed in Nazimabad No. 2. His body with hands and feet tied, was found in the boot of a car. Inspector Raja Mohammad Ishaq of Sindh Reserve Police had come from Hyderabad on Monday night and was proceeding for his Gulbahar House, when he was kidnapped and killed. Ahmed Zaman, 17, was shot dead by armed men in Madina Colony of Korangi. A young MQM worker Imran was killed in Orangi. He was standing outside his house when he was hit by bullets. Later in the night, an unidentified body was found in Orangi Extension. Police also found an unidentified body at Abyssinia Lines. Altaf Hussain, 20, resident of Ghanchipara, was killed in drive by shooting in Eidgah area on late Monday night. Hussain, who was critically wounded in the attack was taken to nearby Civil Hospital where he died of his wounds. After his death, some enrage d youths accusing lack of medical treatment to the dead, went on a rampage in the hospital and beat up a doctor. DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS 950720 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 26 dead as city violence escalates ------------------------------------------------------------------- By Ghulam Hasnain KARACHI, July 19: Twenty-six people fell victim to terrorism and gunbattles between the MQM activists and members of law enforcement agencies on Wednesday, raising the month's death toll to 209. Among the dead were a four member family, six MQM workers, three policemen and two paramilitary troops. After a heavy shootout in the day between the police and the MQM workers in Gulbahar, hundreds of men, women and children abandoned their houses when an announcement on a public address system was made that rangers would launch an operation in the area. Witnesses claimed that the MQM activists asked the people to abandon their houses to save their women's honour as the rangers are going to launch a massive operation in Gulbahar near Khajji ground. The MQM activists, the witnesses said, also abandoned their bunkers after hundreds of rangers started surrounding the area before launching the operation against terrorists and criminals active in the area. 12 people were killed in district West six in district Central, and another six in district East. Five people, including a teenager, were killed in the Gulbahar area. Unidentified men kidnapped a police constable and shot him dead in Gulbahar. The body of an unidentified 13-year old boy was found stuffed in a sack in the same area. Two young MQM activists were killed when police resorted to indiscriminate shooting in Gulbahar. An unidentified young man was shot dead near Imam Zainul Abedin Hospital in Gulbahar. Four members of a family were kidnapped and killed in the jurisdiction of Mominabad police station. Unidentified men raided the house of a 70 year old owner of a sweet s hop in Orangi, kidnapped him, his 50 year old wife, 14 year old son-in-law. A couple of hundred yards away from the house all the four were shot and killed. The hands of Mohammad Yaseen were tied behind his back. Besides them, three others including a police officer were kidnapped and killed by unidentified men in Orangi. In Korangi, six people including four MQM activists were killed on Wednesday. Unidentified men killed MQM workers and later threw their bodies in Korangi. Two other MQM workers were also killed, two others were arrested while four of their companions escaped after a shootout with the police in Korangi in the jurisdiction of Zaman Town police station. Two young unidentified bodies were found in Pak Colony. Two paramilitary troops, who were employees of Defence Services Guards, were kidnapped and killed at Sharea Faisal. After killing the two, armed men stopped a taxi, shot and injured its driver and then loaded the bodies in his tax and asked him to take them away. On his way from Sharea Faisal near Rashid Minhas Road to Civil Hospital, the injured driver whose name coul d not be known tried to seek the help of two army guards on duty as Central Ordnance Depot but was refused help. The body of a woman who was tortured to death was found in a sack thrown at Chilltan Hotel in Saddar. In Khokhrapar, Abdul Rehman, 20, an Afghan national and a muezzin, was knifed to death by unidentified men. A Constable 35, was killed on the main M. A. Jinnah Road near Eidgah by unidentified men. Police claimed that he stopped two suspects at Hoor Market but one of the suspects shot and killed him. At the time of the attack hundreds of police and paramilitary troops were on duty in the area in view of a Chehlum procession. Some other constables who were with Muzammil at the time of the incident later claimed that they were unable to fire at the susp ects as the area was crowded with people. DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS 950717 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Over 350 families rendered homeless ------------------------------------------------------------------- By Ghulam Hasnain KARACHI, July 16: At least 350 mainly middle-class families have been shelterless since last thursday when their houses were forcibly occupied by armed gangs in Al-Falah area of Malir after a dispute over a shrine was given an ethnic twist by some vested interests. Hundreds of women and children have spent the last three days in a make-shift tent set up a couple of hundred yards away from their lost houses while men are sleeping in the open. Several other families have shifted to their relatives' houses in other parts of the city. Worst affected are dozens of office-goers-mostly bankers who came to know about the fate of their houses on Thursday afternoon when they returned from work and since then are virtually in the same clothes they last wore to go to office. The affected families, which denied any political affiliations, accused the ruling People's Party ministers and leaders for inciting ethnic riots in the area. Crisis hit the locality on Wednesday when police booked some Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM) activists for the murder of two Sindhi brothers which the neighbours claimed was the result of tension between two rival Sindhi and Baloch groups, not only involved in drug business but also eager to control the shrine of Baba Gharib Shah located in Hansabad area. The crisis was further deepened when Sindhi and Baloch residents of Siddiq Goth and Hansabad surrounded by Urdu-speaking Mohajirs were given an impression that their houses will come under attack and convinced them to send their women and children to safe r places. The next morning, affected families claimed that the drug dealers brought armed outsiders from other rural areas who started issuing warnings to the residents to vacate their houses. Thursday also witnessed heavy shooting as armed gangs which, the residents claimed were also enjoying the backing of police and rangers, knocked at their doors and asked the residents to immediately vacate the premises. Mir Zamir Ali, 43, claimed that the dowry of his three daughters was inside the house which he feared has been looted. "I attempted to visit my house but they fired at any who tried to reach the affected houses," he said. Neighbours alleged that some PPP ministers and party leaders visited the 5iddiq Goth and are allegedly inciting the Baloch youths against Mohajirs. DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS 950719 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Uprooted Malir families still wait to go back home ------------------------------------------------------------------- By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, July 18: Hundreds of families remained homeless in Malir for the sixth consecutive day on Tuesday as city administration was unable to help restore their houses. In the afternoon, representatives of various communities-Gujrati, Mohajir, Punjabi and Baloch met the Deputy Commissioner (East) Wajid Rana in his office. It was decided that video films of the abandoned/locked houses would be made to assess the damages caused to the houses and to make arrangements for the return of affected families to their houses. But to neighbours' utter shock the rangers did not provid e security cover to the area representatives, who, as per an earlier decision in the afternoon, intended to make the video film of the affected houses. A KESC team, which reached Hansabad area to restore electricity on Tuesday, was also unable to do its job in the absence of any security cover by the rangers. DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS 950716 ------------------------------------------------------------------- MQM's list of 'repressive measures' ------------------------------------------------------------------- By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, July 15: The Mohajir Qaumi Movement negotiating team leader Ajmal Dehlavi on Saturday released a list of "repressive measures" taken by the government during the period from July 6 to 14-before and after the resumption of talks between the govern ment and the MQM teams on July 11. 1. On July 6, a former MQM councillor, Aslam Sabzwari, died in police custody owing to torture by police, Intelligence Bureau and other secret agencies pawned. 2. On July 7, a case was registered at Baldia Town police station against MQM chief Altaf Hussain, Senator Ishtiaq Azhar, and MQM negotiating team members Ajmal Dehlavi and Shoaib Bokhari for snatching a yellow cab and setting it on fire. 3. On July 9, police continued aids and arrests in Hyderabad and not only the MQM activists but many pedestrians were also picked up. 4. Police and rangers resorted to indiscriminate firing in Gulberg, Water Pump and Saghir Centre areas on July 9 during the MQM protest strike damaging the walls of a number of apartments and breaking windowpanes. 5. Haqiqi and Pakistan People's Party workers backed by rangers and police looted and ransacked property in a number of houses in Orangi Town and Korangi. In Korangi, the Haqiqi men, riding in armoured personnel carriers, resorted to indiscriminate firing , and at least 25 people were killed up to July 9 during to firing by terrorists and rangers. 6. Raids were conducted in Mirpurkhas also on July 9 by police, IB and rangers, and dozens of MQM workers were taken to unknown places where they are being tortured. 7. On July 10, PPP men resorted to firing in Khawaja Ajmer Nagri PS jurisdiction due to which many people were injured and many more were forced to shift to safer places. 8. Sukkur police and rangers shot dead an MQM worker, Awan Rehman son of Abdul Sattar, in custody but depicted it as a case of encounter with police. Abdul Rehman was arrested from Khairpur on July 9, the incident occurred the very next day. 9. On July 10, the MQM came to know that hundreds of arrested Muhajir Qaumi Movement workers from NWFP, Balochistan and Punjab, including Ataullah Kurd, Iftikhar Randhava and Arbab Mushtaq, were being subjected to torture by IB and other agencies and bein g forced to leave MQM and Altaf Husain. 10. On July 10 MQM worker and sympathisers were arrested in Korangi, Orangi, Liqauatabad and North Karachi. An MQM worker Ikramullah Farooq was arrested in Orangi and later murdered. Before his arrest, his younger brother was arrested and tortured. During the entire operation, two guards of PPP MNA Afaq Shahid, Rana and -Pasha, were present with the police. 11. On July 11, while the first round of talks was continuing victimisation reached its peak and police rangers and others conducted raids in Orangi Town, Gulbahar, Federal B Area, Kharadar, Al-Fallah and Korangi. 12. MQM worker Saeed was picked from Hyderabad and later shot dead. 13. On July 12 police and rangers conducted raids at Burns Road, North Karachi, Orangi, Korangi, Lyari, Malir Clifton, Pir Colony, Mehmoodabad and F B Area and made arrests. 14. On July 12 MQM chief Altaf Hussain announcement postponement of two-day protest plan of the party. 15. Raids continued on July 13. 16. On July 13 three MQM workers and two sympathisers were murdered in Korangi. 17. Rangers and police started a "grand operation" on July 13 in North Karachi sectors E and D and picked up all above 15 years of age. 18. MQM worker Ikram Ahmed Farooqi, arrested by police on July 10 was murdered on July 13. 19. On July 14 All Pakistan Mohajir Students Organisation (APMSO) members were arrested from Burns Road area. 20. In North Karachi and New Karachi over 200 people were picked up on July 14. 21. Police and rangers raided the General Post Office and arrested more than 18 MQM workers including Labour Division joint incharge.
DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS 950714 ------------------------------------------------------------------- MQM demands discussed, next meeting in Karachi ------------------------------------------------------------------- *From Nasir Malick ISLAMABAD, July 13: The MQM demands were discussed during the second round of the government-MQM talks in the federal capital on Thursday with both sides agreeing to hold the next meeting in Karachi on Sunday. The change in the venue of talks has been made at the request of the MQM negotiating team. "We are satisfied with the pace of talks," leader of the MQM negotiating team told reporters after the talks. The government also distributed its 21-point demands, which it claimed was handed over to the MQM negotiating team. But MQM leader Ajmal Dehlavi denied having received any such document. There was no mention of this document in the Joint statement released by the government after the talks. "We have not received any such demands and you can see there is no mention of it in the joint statement," Mr Dehlavi said. Ajmal Dehlavi, however, said during today's talks, the MQM demands were discussed. "A preliminary review of our demands was made during these talks," he said. "At least 50 per cent of them, which are less controversial, were discussed." He said even on these demands, the government side said it would have to consult the prime minister and the Sindh government. Mr Dehlavi said all six demands for which the MQM-had launched a two-day weekly strike were discussed. "These relate to maintenance of law and order, providing relief to the affected families, compensation to the families of those whose members have died in violence and forming a commission to pinpoint those government officials who committed excesses during the operation," he added. "It was a preliminary discussion and we presented our point of view on these demands," Mr Dehlavi said. "They were convinced on most of these demands." A source said the MQM today formally handed over its 18-point Charter of Demands along with additional fiscal demands to the government side at the beginning of the talks. Then the government side handed over its 21-point Charter of Demands to the MQM mem bers. The major demands made by the government were that the Altaf Group should renounce violence, ask its workers to surrender weapons and give up its policy of ethnic cleansing. "The Altaf group will ask its workers involved in violent acts to surrender themselves before the police authorities. In exchange, the government will consider appropriate concessions," one of the government's demand stated. It did not specify what "appro priate concessions" it would offer the MQM. The other government demands include asking the Altaf group to stop killings of government employees, dissociate itself from demands for the division of Sindh, condemn Indian atrocities in Kashmir and desist from drawing any parallel between Karachi and t he Kashmir dispute. Interestingly, the government's charter of demand mentions Mohajir Qaumi Movement (Altaf) only once and that too at the end of the document, while mostly it has been referred to as the Altaf Group. A government team member said the MQM suggestion to shift the talks venue to Karachi was accepted as a gesture of "goodwill by the government side." A one-page joint statement issued at the end of the talks said: "The government team negotiating with the MQM held five-hour discussions during the second round of talks. During today's meeting the MQM demands were preliminary discussed and the two sides explained their view points about them. The six points, which ar e of immediate nature and for which the MQM was staging a two-day weekly strike were also discussed. The government agreed to provide some data which was required by the MQM for furthering the talks. The two sides agreed to restore early peace. N.D.Khan i nformed the MQM team that Rangers were only on "defensive patrolling" in Karachi. The two sides also reviewed the loss of life and property in Orangi Town and other areas. It was decided to hold the next round of talks in Karachi on Sunday at 10.00am at G overnor's House." The following are the 21 points which the government handed over to the MQM team. 1. The Altaf group shall publicly renounce violence. No calls will be given for strikes, arson, damage to public and private property. The leader of the Altaf group will ask his workers to surrender weapons at police stations. 2. The Altaf group will ask its workers involved in violent acts to surrender themselves before the police authorities. In exchange, the government will consider appropriate concessions. 3. That the Altaf group will give up its policy of ethnic cleansing. It will stop targeted killings of Punjabis, Pathans, Sindhis, Balochs and will desist from killing Mohajirs opposed to it. 4. The Altaf group will accept pluralistic democratic system and work within it. For this it will tolerate and accommodate dissent from Haqiqis, Jamaat-i-Islami, Jamaat Ulema-i-Pakistan, the PPP and the PPI. 5. That the Altaf group will stop , targeted killings of LEA (Law & enforcement agencies), GOP (government of Pakistan) plus GOS(government of Sindh) employees. 6. That the Altaf group will surrender the gang leaders and its members (names will be provided in due course). 7. That the Altaf group will wind up its training camps in India and recall Javed Langra and others who have been stationed there. 8. That the Altaf group will agree that all those facing charges of heinous crimes and allegations of sniper firing will have to face proceedings in trial courts. 9. That the Altaf group will not extend political support to any person or group wanted for murder e.g. as they did in case of Aslam Sabzwari, a wanted criminal with head money of Rs 1.5 million. 10. That the Altaf group will disassociate from its demand for division of Sindh, which is tantamount to division of Pakistan, or any other scheme that seeks to alter the territories of Pakistan as defined in Article 1 of the Constitution of Pakistan. 11. That the Altaf group shall publicly denounce, as a principle of policy, the atrocities and gross violations of human rights committed by the Indian occupation forces in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The following amongst other measures, steps and ac tions shall be taken in furtherance of the above objectives: a. The Altaf group shall forthwith desist from drawing any parallel between Karachi, which is part of Pakistan, and occupied Jammu and Kashmir, which is an internationally recognised dispute. b. The Altaf group shall immediately stop all its efforts at international forums and internally to shift the attention of the international community from the atrocities being committed by Indian troops in occupied Jammu and Kashmir. 12. The Altaf group shall publicly stop its policy of Press censorship under threat of coercion and desist from, either directly or indirectly, interfering, coercing or intimidating the Press. 13. That the Altaf Group shall abandon its policy of ethnic cleansing under which it has sought to turn homogenous Karachi into a mono-ethnic city. 14. That the Altaf group shall withdraw its slogan: "Who is disloyal to Quaid, deserves death". 15. The MQM (Altaf group) shall not exploit, discredit or dishonour women by using them or incidents relating to them for the purpose of inflaming passions, e.g. as in the case of Farzana where medical rape had not taken place. 16. The Altaf group shall publicly withdraw its call: "Sell TV, VCR and purchase Kalashnikov". 17. The Altaf group shall pay a mutually agreed compensatory amount according to Islamic principle of Qisas and Diyat in a fund to be created for the welfare of the families of all those persons belonging to the law enforcement agencies who fell victim to sniper firing and members of opposing political parties who have been made victims of targeted killings by the terrorists belonging to the Altaf group's militant faction. 18. The Altaf group shall immediately stop its malicious campaign to internationally defame and malign the State of Pakistan, its national institutions and its elected government, e.g. distortion of the Prime Minister's speech at Kasur (give them a copy o f speech). 19. The Altaf group will not call Mohajirs opposing them "Ghaddars". 20. The Altaf group will welcome the Karachi package. 21. Workers of the Altaf group will close its torture chambers, stop receiving Bhatta from shopkeepers and give up extortion of businessmen. DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS 950715 ------------------------------------------------------------------- We didn't get govt charter, claims Ajmal ------------------------------------------------------------------- By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, July 14: The head of the MQM negotiation team, Mr Ajmal Dehlavi, said on Friday that his party was not delivered the 21 point charter as maintained by the government. Speaking at a Press conference, soon after his arrival here from Islamabad at MPAs Hostel in Azizabad, he said: "We were busy in talks with the government team when the 21-point charter was released to the print and electronic media by the government." Tariq Javed, Shaikh Liaquat, Shoaib Bokhari and Qazi Khalid, the members of the MQM negotiation team were also present. He said if the government had the intention to programme to present its demands to the MQM "it should have informed us" before handing over the document to the print and electronic media. He alleged that the issuance of an "unauthenticated document' by the government was aimed at "sabotaging" the talks. "The government has tried to get the MQM provoked and to sabotage the talks," he added. DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS 950718 ------------------------------------------------------------------- No demand for separate province, Altaf assures ANP ------------------------------------------------------------------- *From A Correspondent PESHAWAR, July 17: Awami National Party (ANP) has again expressed dissatisfaction over the government policies, and resolved that unless it is removed, the country could not be steered out of present predicament. The Deputy Secretary General of the ANP, Qazi Mohammed Anwar, a dissident of the PPP and a former advocate general of the NWFP, at a Press conference here on Monday released decisions taken at ANP's Central Committee's meeting held under the presidentship of the party's chief, Mohammed Ajmal Khattak, at Rawalpindi on Friday last. Replying to a question regarding MQM's demand for a separate province, Qazi claimed that the MQM chief, Altaf Hussain had given a written assurance to the ANP that his party would never demand for the division of Sindh and termed it a propaganda by the go vernment to portray MQM's negative impression to achieve its 'nefarious designs'. DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS 950718 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dehlavi pins hope on future rounds ------------------------------------------------------------------- By Our Staff Reporter KARACHI, July 17: The head of the MQM negotiating team, Ajmal Dehlavi, said here on Monday that their expected meetings with the President and the Prime Minister on the occasion of the fourth round of talks in Islamabad on July 20 would help resolve the c ontentious issues between the government and the MQM. Briefing journalists at the Karachi Press Club, he said that both the parties had agreed to exercise restraint over the issuance of provocative statements in order to create an atmosphere conducive to making the talks a success. He termed the pace of nego tiation "promising and satisfactory". Mr Dehlavi said: "The main theme of today's discussion was how to restore peace and get the people rid of violence. It is an honest move on the part of both the parties to level the ground for the resolution of issues." He said he and his colleagues had apprised the official team, led by Federal Law Minister N. D. Khan, of the continuing raids on the houses of his party workers, their arrests and killings in fake police encounters. The official team, he claimed had promised that these issues would be taken up with the provincial administration. He hoped that the pace of negotiations would be expedited and relief provided without any delay. Mr Dehlavi said: "We are passing through a very delicate phase and it requires that details of the talks should not be divulged the media in the larger interest of our present exercise." He cautiously said: "The MQM, too, has numerous opponents as the government has. Our opponents will never like any reconciliation between us." On terrorism, he said MQM chief Altaf Hussain, in his various letters to the President, Chief of the Army Staff and the editors of newspapers, had not only condemned the violence against terrorism but also apprised them of the state terrorism against the people. "Our entire party is deadly against terrorism and we want an end to it", he added. "Our entire party is deadly against terrorism and we want an end to it", be added. Asked what the MQM would do if there was a change of government after an agreement was reached, Mr Dehlavi said in that case the next government would be bound to honour the commitments made by its predecessor. "If any change occurs, the present opposition will come into power, and as the opposition led by Nawaz Sharif and its allies, Ajmal Khan Khattak and Maulana Abdul Sattar Niazi, are supporting the demands of the MQM, we will be facing no trouble in dealing with them," he added. To a question, he said the MQM was competent enough to end terrorism provided the law enforcement agencies worked for the establishment of peace in the city, but it could not do this alone. It required the government's cooperation. "Both, the government enjoying all authority and the MQM having the mandate of the urban population, can exterminate terrorism," he said. Asked if an agreement were reached, where would the other terrorist groups stand? Mr Dehalvi said they would be nowhere. To another question, he emphasised that both the parties should ignore any provocative statements that may appear in the next few days. "We have decided to end recrimination, but this decision will take some days to get implemented at the lower levels of the party," he added. He reiterated that the negotiations would continue despite "minor violations by the outer side." Mr Dehlavi said he had handed over a list of 300 detained workers of the MQM, who bad been shifted to other prisons in the interior of Sindh, to the official team to review the cases. DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS 950718 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Both sides condemn terrorism : Cases issue taken up at talk ------------------------------------------------------------------- By Shamim-ur-Rahman KARACHI, July 17: At the end of the third round of talks between the government and the MQM on Monday the two sides condemned violence and terrorism and said they discussed matters relating to cases against elected representatives of the MQM. They also ag reed to hold the fourth round of talks in Islamabad on Thursday. In a brief joint statement issued after the talks, the two sides agreed to refrain from issuing provocative statements against each other as part of the confidence-building measures and decided to cooperate to restore peace and stability to the city. The MQM delegation presented a list of such interned activists as were shifted from Karachi jail to other places and asked the government to make arrangements to bring them back to Karachi. The issue relating to cases against the MQM's elected representatives and activists was also discussed. with the two sides emphasising the need to increase the pace of dialogue for early resolution of the problem. The government side at the talks was led by Federal Law Minister N.D.Khan and included MNAs Zuhair Akram Nadeem of the PML and Afaq Shahid of the PPP. The five-member MQM side was led by Ajmal Dehlavi and included Shoaib Bukhari, deputy leader of the oppo sition in the Sindh Assembly; Qazi Khalid, Tariq Javed, and Sheikh Liaquat Hussain. Analysts believed that condemnation of violence and terrorism in a joint statement and acknowledgement of discussing matters relating to cases against MQM leaders and activists was a significant step toward carrying forward the process of dialogue. DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS 950719 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Javed favours nationality status for Mohajirs ------------------------------------------------------------------- Bureau Report ISLAMABAD, July 18: Suggesting that Mohajirs be recognised as a separate nationality, Senator Javed Iqbal on Tuesday said this would prove a panacea for Karachi's problems. He was taking part in the ongoing Senate debate on Karachi. He argued in favour of multiple nationalities and said the concept of nationalism or a realisation of a separate identity was always sired by a sense of deprivation and the denial of the rights of a particular community. He said that it was naive to believe that this problem c ould be resolved by the use of force. Taking his argument further, the senator said it was wrong to deny the existence of the Mohajir nationality. " Mohajirs have been striving for it for the past 50 years because they are fearful of suffering a fate similar to that of the Biharis of Banglade sh," he added. Criticising the government's 21 point agenda in the ongoing MQM-government talks, he said it was a clear indication of its non serious attitude towards the whole affair. He stressed that the MQM demands must be accepted by the government. An equally severe criticism of the MQM in turn was made by Senator Hafiz Fazal Mohammad. He said "Mohajirs" the world over always assimilated into the culture of their new homeland and no longer remained Mohajirs. Blasting away at the concept of a 'Mohajir nationality', he said there was no such thing. He said: "It wasn't the homeland that didn't accept those who had migrated from India but it were these so called Mohajirs themselves who refuse to accept their new homeland, even after a passage of 50 years". Accusing Gen Zia of furthering his political ambitions in the name of Islam, he charged that Zia had created the MQM to bring about a schism between the masses and their political leadership. Hafiz Fazal reasoned that by promoting such evils as 'bradaryis m' and ethnic prejudicies, Zia ensured that the masses and the politicians remained preoccupied with these developments instead of uniting against his undemocratic rule. Welcoming the talks he nevertheless added that they were being held in an un-natural environment. "One side came up with 18 demands, the other shot back with 21 of its own while there is no influential mediator between the two who is powerful enough to ge t the pact implemented. The president must supervise the talks." DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS 950718 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Babar accuses MQM of ethnic cleansing ------------------------------------------------------------------- Bureau Report ISLAMABAD, July 17: Interior minister Naseerullah Babar on Monday alleged that Altaf group was carrying out ethnic cleansing in Karachi. The allegation, which was instantly refuted by MQM Senators Ishtiaq Azhar and Aftab Shaikh was levelled by Mr. Babar at the prior of the Senate. Responding to a query from Senator, the interior minister said that the pattern of killings during the last one month had established that the Altaf group wanted to force people of other communities to leave Karachi. He said that a large number of Pukhtoo ns and Punjabis were leaving Karachi. Businessmen and industrialists in meetings had complained that a mass exodus of Punjabi and Pathans labourers was going on. MQM Senator Aftab Shiekh, brushing aside the allegation, said that the ministers should avoid giving such statements which were likely to affect the government-MQM talks. He said these statements would not do any good to the talks rather these would vitia te the atmosphere. Ishtiaq Azhar feared that such sort of wild allegations would not only affect the parleys but could also ignite civil war in the city. MQM, he said, never considered Pukhtoons or Punjabis as aliens. "When we talk of the rights of the people of Karachi we demand it for all the people living in Karachi including Punjabis and Pukhtoons," he claimed. DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS 950720 ------------------------------------------------------------------- MQM in broad accord with Gul ------------------------------------------------------------------- *From Ather Ali LONDON, July 19: The Karachi situation was discussed "threadbare" at a meeting in London on Tuesday night between the leader of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement, Altaf Hussain, and his team and Gen Hameed Gul, former chief of the 1st. The five-point formula whi ch Gen Gul had discussed with Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, before coming to London for his meeting with Mr Hussain, had already been conveyed to the MQM leadership and considered by them. Mr Hussain is said to have assured the general, who said he had taken the initiative to break the present stalemate on his own, that the MQM had gone into the talks with the government with the attitude that it would lilce these to reach a positive conclu sion. Mr Hussain, also complained among other things, about the propaganda campaign being carried out by the government and the official media suspecting disloyalty o Pakistan. It was suggested to him by Gen Gul that a "strong statement' from Mr Hussain in supp ort of the Kashmir cause would go a long way in removing the wrong impression. Gen Gul told Dawn that Mr Hussain seemed to be of the opinion that he would go to "the last limit" to see the talks between Government and the MQM succeed. The MQM team feels that the 21-point charter of demands put forward by the government is nothing mo re than "a charge sheet". The MQM did not, during the three-hour long parleys, once raise the demand for a separate province for the Mohajirs. The formula brought by Gen Gul, which has been described by an observer, as "balanced", sets the rules of etiquette. The formula suggested holding of a dialogue to contain the rapidly deteriorating situation in Karachi which has "all the potential to dege nerate into a wider and more menacing ethnic conflict". His suggestions included the initiation of dialogue in accordance with the laid down principles, between the concerned parties through mediators. The second proposal is for an end to agitation/resist ance and the cleanup operation. Thirdly, the setting up of a neutral and authoritative administration for Karachi for interim period. Fourthly, the organisation of ad hoc (impartial) local councils to provide civic relief till local bodies elections are h eld. And lastly, holding of local bodies elections. Among the confidence-building measures suggested is cutting off the media campaign and hostile statements. It also calls for official efforts to recover the missing Ms Rais Fatima and government's word of syrnpathy and monetary relief for Ms Farzana Sulta n. Relief for detained MQM senators is also suggested. Gen Gul's formula urged de escalation rather than escalation of demands as well as repression. It asked the parties to vow to help each other in exposing miscreants and violators after the settlement. The post-settlement actions suggested include general amnesty for emotionally charged crimes, trials for foreign agents and professional criminals and the establishment of a peace corps comprising well behaved youth to reduce overbearing presence of the police. The reaction from the MQM side to the talks is still awaited. DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS*DWS 950716 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Govt may revise some demands on conditions ------------------------------------------------------------------- *From Nasir Malick ISLAMABAD, July 15: Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Saturday presided over a meeting to review the law and order situation in Karachi, an official source told Dawn. Before the meeting, N.D. Khan also held a separate meeting which the Prime Minister during which he briefed her about the two rounds of talks held with the MQM leaders. This was the second of such meetings with the Prime Minister during the last two days