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[chottala.com] Ayesha Siddiqua: Pakistan’s Brave Woman

Ayesha Siddiqua: Pakistan's Brave Woman

August 13th, 2008 by SWARAAJ CHAUHAN, International Columnist

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Six months ago I wrote about a brave Pakistani woman who has been relentlessly fighting the two arbiters of her country's destiny, Pakistan's army and the US administration. (See here…) When she was virtually hounded out of Pakistan, Dr Ayesha Siddiqa sought refuge in the world of US academia.

Here is Ayesha Siddiqua's fresh salvo from the Stanford University as reported in the Chowk. "Ayesha Siddiqa said that behind the US support for certain elements of the Pakistani society was its specious perception of modernity. She noted that whenever the western media speaks of Pakistani politicians it inevitably looks for that person's western educational credentials, for education from Harvard or Oxford. Similarly, the West considers army generals 'modern.'

"She accused the US of strengthening the Pakistan military. 'Military today is a giant which has strong political control, economic control, and a very dominant social presence; a military that has over 7% share of the GDP, which controls one-third of heavy manufacturing in the country, which controls 6-7% private sector assets. It has a huge economic presence. It is a constant story of uneven development, between different organizations and institutions.'

"Ayesha Siddiqa debunked the argument that Pakistan economy has always been in better health under military dictators. She explained how Pakistan had to pay a heavy price at the end of every military rule.

"That the 'sham stability' under General Ayub Khan in 1960s ended with the breaking up of Pakistan, Zia's period of 'stability' gave Pakistan the Jihadi culture, and now the high economic performance era of Musharraf's rule has given Pakistan gaping fault line in the society, between its secular and conservative elements.

"Ayesha Siddiqa rebuked 'educated' Pakistanis who look down upon the masses, call them illiterate and accuse them of being subservient to authority. She asserted that the real stability in Pakistan would come from its ordinary people and the latest elections had shown that these 'illiterate' people were quite capable of making intelligent decisions.

"Ayesha Siddiqa was still excited by the election results because 'I as an ordinary Pakistani can say that we are not a failed state. The civil society is alive. These elections tell us that we are as ordinary or extraordinary as anybody else'.

"She impressed upon the audience that Pakistan was far from being a failed state—it had an active civil society. Analyzing the recent elections she said people did not just vote against Musharraf (through voting against PML-Q), Pakistanis also rejected other symbols of authoritarianism.

"She said the army can be kept out of politics if the civil governments negotiate with the army on military's economic interests. Ayesha Siddiqa's expectation from the Pakistan army was that of a professional force which would not interfere in politics. Just sit back, relax, play golf and not get into politics, was her advice to the Pakistan military." More here…

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Military Inc. Author Dr. Ayesha Siddiqua in Aik Din Geo Kay Saath with Sohail Warraich.

 
 
 
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[chottala.com] 151 garment units vandalised since Jan

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151 garment units vandalised since Jan

Out of 151 factories vandalised till August, 109 have been attacked due to rumour over workers' death

Tuesday September 02 2008 04:58:57 AM BDT

At least 151 garment factories were vandalised between January and August as tens and thousands of workers protested over low wages and "rumoured deaths" of their fellow labourers, the industry said Monday. The crisis management cell of the Bangladesh(The Financial Express)

Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) said sweater factories made up nearly 50 per cent of the list of vandalised factories.

"Rumour over workers death" caused most of the damage, as workers -- acting like an angry political mob -- took to the streets and attacked factories to trace out their missing colleagues, the cell said.

"Out of 151 factories vandalised till August, 109 have been attacked due to rumour over workers' death," Mansur Khaled , BGMEA joint secretary who heads the crisis cell, said, adding the rests were due to protests over low wages.

"In almost every case the missing worker was later traced out to be in sound health. We have investigated these rumour incidents but still don't have idea how they were spread and who were behind."

The crisis cell said the factories damaged during the period were "bigger in size, each employing an average 8000 workers and most of them have good payment and labour relations record."

"Together they make up some 40 per cent of the country's RMG exports.," Khaled said, adding since January at least 12 factories had to be shut down sine die following vandalism.

Bangladesh has some 4500 garment factories, which accounted for 76 per cent of the country's US$14.11 export earnings last year.

The factories also make up 10 per cent of the country's gross domestic product and 40 per cent of the country's total industrial workforce.

Male workers aged between 18 and 23 years with a minimum educational qualification of matriculation were behind the attacks, the cell's findings said.

BGMEA chief Anwar-Ul-Alam Chowdhury Parvez, who ordered the in-depth study on the labour unrest, said the findings pointed that "vested quarters" was out to destroy the country's single largest export earner and employer.

"We have seen that most of these factories have very good payment and compliance records. Yet why they were being targeted deliberately," asked Parvez.

"The fact that rumours over workers' death were causing most of the unrest proves that some vested quarters are out to smear the image of Bangladesh's ready-made garments industry," he added.

Parvez did not specify the "vested quarters" but blamed the government for a poor law and order situation in the industry.

"In most of the incidents, the government's law enforcing agencies acted late and lazily, leaving the workers to do whatever they wanted. The government even did not issue a statement condemning these incidents," he said.

Fazlul Hoque who heads the Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association, a group of some 1200 factories, termed the incidents "mysterious".

"The more you analyse these incidents, the more you become confused. It is a mystery that only the good factories are being attacked," Hoque said.

Union leaders rubbished the "conspiracy theory", saying the escalation of unrest was mainly due to protests over low wages, as the country's more than 2.5 million garment workers have been the worst hit by sky-rocketing prices.

"Workers hit the streets and sometimes attacked factories because of mistreatment by the owners and very poor and irregular payments," Amirul Haq Amin, general secretary of National Garments Workers Federation said.

"Over the last two years, rice prices have doubled, house rent shot up while cost of living rose by more than 70-80 per cent. Yet the workers were hardly been compensated," Amin said.

"In the last ten years, we have seen most of the big owners multiplying their assets and factories. Yet, workers salaries' remained almost the same," said Shamima Nasrin, the president of Swadhin Bangla Garments Federation.

Nasrin also blamed physical torture and harassment by mid-level managers for the escalating unrest.

"There are hundreds of girls and boys who have been tortured by the managers," she said.

The escalation of labour unrest came despite a 20 percent increase in garment exports during the period, which buttressed the country's economic growth in a year of natural calamities and soaring inflation.

Manufacturers said growth would have been much higher had the government ensured security at the factories.


 The Financial Express


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[chottala.com] September and Ramadan issue of sonarbangladesh.com

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we are glad to announce that September 2008 and Ramadan 1429  issue of  online magazine sonarbangladesh is updated, click at
 
onward, we will get @ sonarbangladesh.com
a. fortnightly update of magazine section
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