PAKISTAN DAY

March 23 2012

The Holy Quran states

“And We have not sent you (O

Muhammad) except as a mercy to the worlds.”

[Holy Quran 21:107]

The Holy Prophet (pbuh) said

“A Muslim is the one from whose hands and tongue

other Muslims are safe.”

[Tirmidhi]

Background

• Pakistan is the land of Iqbal founded as a hope for Muslims of the Indo-Pak Subcontinent.

• Our beloved Pakistan has been subjected to one crisis after another since its inception.

• Let us share some historical points to become aware of the current situation.

‘Pakistan Day’ - March 23rd

On this historic day, Muslims of the Indo-Pak subcontinent came together to assert their aspirations for a land for Muslims.

A land that would be a haven for Muslims to practice their faith along with peoples of other faiths.

A land based on mutual respect and love of all schools of thought.

Founder of the Nation

We are starting with this fundamental principle that we are all citizens and equal citizens of one State (Presidential Address to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on 11th August, 1947).

We are now all Pakistanis--not Baluchis, Pathans, Sindhis, Bengalis, Punjabis and so on--and as Pakistanis we must feel, behave and act, and we should be proud to be known as Pakistanis and nothing else (Reply to the Civic Address presented by the Quetta Municipality on 15th June, 1948).

Founder of the Nation

The prosperity and advancement of a nation depends upon its intelligentsia, and Muslim India is looking forward to her young generation and education classes to give a bold lead for our guidance and a brilliant record of historical achievements and traditions (December 24, 1940).

Founder of the Nation

You are free; you are free to go to your temples. You are free to go to your mosques or to any other places of worship in this State of Pakistan. You may belong to any religion, caste or creed (Presidential Address to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on 11th August, 1947).

Founder of the Nation

My guiding principle will be justice and complete impartiality, and I am sure that with your support and co-operation, I can look forward to Pakistan becoming one of the greatest Nations of the world (Presidential Address to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan on 11th August, 1947).

QUESTIONS ?

Where is our BELOVED Pakistan?

What elements are creating an environment of chaos and calamity?

What does our religion tell us about the sanctity of other Human Beings?

Tragic Events: 2010 HRCP

Report 1,159 people were killed in 67 suicide attacks. The fatalities included 1,041 civilians. 2,542 people were killed and 5,062 injured in terrorist attacks.

237 political activists and 301 other civilians were killed in targeted killings in Karachi. 81 people were killed in Lyari gang wars.

900 people had been killed in US drone strikes during the same period.

118 people were killed and 40 injured in 117 targeted killings in Balochistan. They included 29 non-Baloch ‘settlers’ and 17 members of the Shia Hazara community. Bodies of 59 missing persons were found in the province.

2010 Tragic Events

July 10, 2010: A double suicide bombing killed 102 people in the village of Kakaghund in northwestern Pakistan.

January 1, 2010: At least 88 people were killed when a suicide car bomber blew up himself and his vehicle as people gathered to watch a volleyball game in the village of Shah Hasan Khan, in Bannu district of north-west Pakistan.

2010 Tragic Events

November 5, 2010: A suicide bomber killed 68 people at a mosque in the northwest area of Darra Adam Khel. Hours later, grenades thrown into a second mosque, near Peshawar, killed at least two people.

October 2010: 25 people were killed in a blast at a shrine in Punjab province. Another attack at a Karachi shrine two weeks earlier killed nine and was claimed by the Taliban.

2011 Tragic Events

April 1, 2011: At least 41 people were killed in twin suicide bomb attacks at the Sufi shrine in Dera Ghazi Khan district, in Pakistan's central province of Punjab, as worshippers gathered for a festival. The Taliban claimed responsibility.

March 31, 2011: At least 13 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack on the leader of one of Pakistan's most influential Islamic parties and a long–standing ally of the Afghan Taliban movement. It was the second suicide bomb attack on the leader of Jamiat Ulema–i–Islam in two days. Twelve people were killed when a suicide bomber on a motorbike attacked a crowd in Swabi waiting for Mr. Rehman to address them.

Gruesome Brutalities

Mass beheadings in Parachinaar , Pakistan and other areas

Mass gun shot killings of civilians based on religious background

Mass bombing of Mosques

Target killing of Notables

Some major attacks

Dataa Darbar shrine bombed

Mausoleum of Abdullah Shah Ghazi bombed

Sri Lankan Cricket team assaulted- March 3 2009

Multiple religious gatherings bombed with mass casualties

A Minute to Ponder

What is the source of chaos in Pakistan?

Who wants Pakistan to fail as a state ?

Why such mass killing of Pakistani civilians?

Why leaders including religious scholars are not clearly condemning these acts and calling it “Haram”.

A Minute to Ponder

How long will our apathy let this continue?

What can we do to encourage Love and Respect of all Pakistanis regardless of their background?

Lets Stop this Chain of violence!

Promote Mutual Respect and Love for all Pakistanis.

End support of elements that promote hatred of other Pakistanis.

Promote Tolerance !

Support all efforts for national unity !

Respect all schools of thought, whether they are Sunnis, Shias or Non-Muslims .

What Can I do?

Every person with a conscience has a role to play.

Keep up to date with the current issues affecting Pakistan. Write letters to concerned authorites

Read and Analyze : Who is gaining benefit from the chaos in

Pakistan? Does Islam allow massacres of other

Pakistanis? Who has planted the seeds of chaos and

disunity in Pakistan?

What Can I do?

Organize Programs to remember Our Holy Prophet PBUH, who is the source of Rahma sent by Allah swt. Invite all schools of thought.

Organize unity committees in your mosque, centers, and neighborhoods.

What Can I do?

Identify speakers or pseudo leaders that hurl insults at other Pakistanis and boycott them.

Identify hate spreading groups and boycott their activities.

And last but not least.. Pray for the betterment of Pakistan

and its great people….

Long Live Unity

Long Live Pakistan

From Concerned Pakistanis

concernedpakistanis@gmail.com

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