Media
Release
October
5, 2008
Pashtuns want peace
not war and support Joe
Biden to pacify over 700 mudrassas
in Pukhtunkwa!
Toronto - Canada – Two
meetings of the Pashtun Peace
Forum (PPF) Canada and the UK London were held
on October 3, 2008 and October, 4, 2008 to
discuss the situation in Pukhtunkwa - Pakistan and Afghanistan after
a suicide bomb attack on Asfand Yar Wali Khan,
leader of Awami National
Party (ANP) in his ‘hujra’ (guest-house)
which killed four Pashtun
people and injured more than 18 innocent
people.
The PPF members strongly
condemn attack on Asfandyar
Wali Khan, president
of ANP (who is
also chief of foreign
affair committee in the national assembly
- pakistan) and extends ANP the full support
and sympathy at this crucial juncture of Pashtuns’ history.
PPF expresses deep concerns over the war in
Pukhtunkhwa and appeals to Pashtuns across
the board including Mehmood Khan, Sherpao and,
Fazlu Rehaman to forge unity among their ranks
to counter the War imposed on Pashtun nation.
Pashtun is a proud and secular nation and the
followers of non-violence philosophy preached
and practiced by their great leader, Fakhr-e-Afghan
- Bacha Khan. Pashtun needs to unite and follow
the non-violence philosophy for viable peace
in Pashtun areas.
PPF also reminds the
Pashtun leadership to expose the different source
of terrorism which is the continuation of Afghan
Jihadi groups and their supporters since 1979.
Pashtun leadership needs to train youth to defend
their homes, hujras, mosques, land aver 50 million
innocent Pashtuns.
PPF also remind the international
community to consider the plea of Democratic
VP candidate Joe Biden to take care of the
over 700 mudrassas (religious schools). PPF
propose that these madrassas should be converted
to the ‘Bacha Khan
Peace Schools’ to avoid war and bring sustainable
peace.
PPF remind the international community
that Pashtuns do not need bombs and suicide jackets. Pashtuns
need education, teachers, schools, jobs, transport,
small industry, and above all peace. It can only
be done through direct foreign investment, forming
and training peace keeping Pashtun militia, sound
governance, the rule of law and peace.
The
PPF appeals to all the Pashtuns, friends, and
the international community to engage and empower
Pashtuns on both sides of the Durand
Line as they are the people who can bring peace,
progress and development not only to their own
nation but to the global community. The
PPF reminds the Pashtuns and the world that Pashtuns
will once again make the region a civilization
of art, culture, trade, prosperity, peace, and
global safety and security if given a fair opportunity
of peace building and development.
Contact:
Pashtun Peace Forum
120 Wentworth St. N. Hamilton, ON L8L 5V7 Canada
Jahan Zeb & Inayat Kakar-Canada
pashtuninstitute@yahoo.com
Nasir Ahmad & Zia Ur Rehman – UK London
engr_nasirahmad@yahoo.com, zia_red@hotmail.com
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