Stateless in Bangladesh and Pakistan Generation of Oppressed
By Guest Blogger • Aug 25th, 2009 • Category: Politics • 5 CommentsThe following is a brief narrative of the tragic saga of a stateless minority population spread over three countries and six decades. This minority has suffered incredible atrocities in the form of mass killings, rapes, arson, confiscation of property, loss of employment, economic exploitation, mass and arbitrary denial of nationality of the scale, level and frequency unknown anywhere else.
Picture : A MUKTI BAHINI leader holds a cigarette before putting it to face of a young man at a public rally at Dacca. The youth and three others called “Razakars” or local militiamen under West Pakistani command were executed before 5,000 men and children.
Associated Press, December 18, 1971
In the months leading up to the Independence of India, there was extensive violence against this minority in the State of Bihar in eastern India. In August 1947, upon creation of independent India and Pakistan (East and West), this population migrated to East Pakistan where they worked hard and found relative peace and tranquility. This lasted for a little over two decades. In 1971, the Bengali majority in East Pakistan launched their own independence movement and victimized this minority on account of their close association with the ruling West Pakistanis. There was extensive violence against this minority in East Pakistan in the months leading up to and following the independence of Bangladesh. They were gathered in camps all across Bangladesh for their safety where
they expressed and registered their desire to be repatriated to their country, Pakistan. Estimated 250,000 men, women, and children have lived in these camps for over three decades in inhumane conditions. Pakistan arbitrarily stripped them of their nationality.
Bangladesh does not recognize them as citizens either. Their three decade old status of de facto statelessness alone is deserving of world’s attention and concern. We have researched and collected historical information and evidence about this minority and presented at this website − www.strandedpakistani.org. You are invited to independently research this topic. We are confident that you will be convinced of the profound and chronic nature of the injustice. We seek your help in obtaining justice for this oppressed minority.
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Why do punjabi muslims shun the Bihari muslims?
It is very interesting, QUITE REVEALING of the paunjabi mindset that these Biharis are shunned and denied the citizenship of “pakistan” but punjabis claim theier heart bleeds for the kashmiri muslims.
On a different note it is funny this article attempts to depic the Biharis to be innocent victims. They actively colluded with the punjabi army in 1971, naturally Bengalis resent them.
Bring the hammod rehman commission report on board and every thing would become crystal clear to all that how corrupt generals had made this mad move to rule the remaining portion of Pakistan.You know the major bureaucracy in west Pakistan were from Punjab who were also remain in 3 year confinement till accord was being signed.In presence of these bureacrats even then bhutto faced clear defeat due to hatred seeds planted by wrong propganda in west Pakistan.
These men are real witness of who massacred these biharis but as all were bestowed by lucrative posts after their release in govt so all preferred to shut their eyes in serious massacre done by our cruel military establishment of that time.
It is not biharis or mountaineers who were targeted to impose military supremacy in the region these were just experimental rats in our army books and rest are taken as batmen or ordinary soldiers to these arm masters to rule the poor civilians,
For continuation of dirty politics in our barracks we have designed ethnic groups to support the wrong doings.mohajar issues were raised to highlight the case of biharis without any authentic and solid support to real victims and here in Punjab JI was supported to kept alive the cause of Kashmir and in the fulcrum armymen are controlling state matters by playing see saw like game in north and south of our country as per requirement.
All the evils in our poor history are due to our fraud and false leadership, which were and are not the real followers of the true teachings of ALLAH, PROPHET MUHAMMED (pbuh), HIS PERSONS and QURAN. It is continuously going on since last days of HOLLY PROPHET(pbuh). Our sympathies for these patriot but poor people, could do nothing, bacause our fraud leadership is enjoying a sound alcohalic sleep.
WHO TOLD THAT BENGALI MUSLIM MASSACRED BIHARIS???????????????THEY KILLED ALMOST 500000 INNOCENT BENGALIS..EVEN WHEN DA BENGALIS WERE PRAYING OR RECITING HOLY QURAN…THEY ARE JUST MUNAFIKS..AND SLUM IS THEIR BEST PLACE…IF U COME TO BD I WILL SHOW U BIG TANK WHICH BIHARIS FILLED WITH BENGALI BLOOD…THEY CUT BENGALIS HEAD LIKE ANIMALS,,,,WE HATE BIHARIS