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Re:[chottala.com] FW: [columbiabasi] Fwd: [cmcnorthamerica] APOLOGY DAY FOR PAKISTAN‏



 According to Mr. Uddowllah it can be analyzed that in 1947 British & in 1971 Paki administration are turned out in creating refuge & in killing 3 millions or more people Half Bengal named Bangladesh is created not for Justice of law to establish honest administration & not for humanity & human right only for doing corruption works by our rulers. Is it not?
--- On Wed, 9/6/10, siraj uddowllah <siraj_58@hotmail.com> wrote:


From: siraj uddowllah <siraj_58@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re:[chottala.com] FW: [columbiabasi] Fwd: [cmcnorthamerica] APOLOGY DAY FOR PAKISTAN‏
To: chottala@yahoogroups.com
Received: Wednesday, 9 June, 2010, 10:00 PM

 

As our learned dina khan is correctly saying:-  At that time the famous Bengal leader Sher-E-Bangla AK Fazlul Hoque who raised the Lahore Resolution in 1940 was opposing for creating such type of Pakistan by Bengal division. 

However as result of creation of Pakistan we have got one Independent country named Bangladesh (half Bengal)  to do  looting & corruption works by our dear sonar political leaders

 

 

 

    Dear chottala readers,

    1)  Perfectly true because of Pakistan we are seeing Bangladesh now.

    2)  Similarly because of Bengalis, Pakistanis are seeing Pakistan now.

    3)  Why corruption is in Bangladesh only? In which country there is no corruption?

         i)        In India there is corruption. Even Prime Minister Late Rajib Gandhi

             was entangled in Bofors scandal.

         ii)       Asif Ali Zardari is now named as 10% and is now increasing day by

             day.

         iii)       Philippine's Marcos was entangled in corruption charges during his

             tenure.

         iv)       Nigeria is full of corruption even exceeding all corrupted countries.

         v)       Italy's mafia group is wellknown throughout the world.

               And in this way there are so many countries which are entangled in

               corruption.

         People of half Bengal (the then East Pakistan) because of their majority  

         votes  took a tremendous part in the creation of Pakistan. As a result of

         which:  

        a) The West Pakistanis by their corruption looted East Pakistan for 25 years.

        b) When lootings were completed they gave ultimate reward to us in 1971.

     Dowllah.

  


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Re: [chottala.com] Jamaat agrees to change charter



On reading the speeches of Mr. Ashraf & Mr. Sen. Surenjit in news papers about the BNP proposal of annual expenditures according to program it seems that Parliament Members who are public paid & public representative are needed to learn more for earning more quality knowledge to know more about constitution & the purpose to make rules of law for constituting that in constitution to rule country & to lead the nation lawfully according to constitution.


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From: AbdurRahim Azad <Arahim.azad@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [chottala.com] Jamaat agrees to change charter
To: chottala@yahoogroups.com
Received: Wednesday, 9 June, 2010, 6:42 PM

 
By the way of deceptions, thou shalt create your image ............ ..!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! !!!

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 4:21 AM, dina khan <dina30_khan@ yahoo.com> wrote:
 
Not only charter but also needs in Bangladesh to change of all political leader's character.

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Subject: [chottala.com] Jamaat agrees to change charter
To: chottala@yahoogroup s.com
Received: Tuesday, 8 June, 2010, 4:10 PM


 
 
Jamaat agrees to change charter
Tue, Jun 8th, 2010 1:50 am BdST
 
Dhaka, June 7(bdnews24.com)—Jamaat-e-Islami has agreed to change the clause in its constitution on 'divine law' in the face of Election Commission's objection.

The fundamentalist religion-based party will exclude sub-clause 5 under section 2 which states, in short, that the only sovereign power is the almighty Allah and that the party would not accept any law except that of the almighty.

On top of that, opposition BNP's key ally will ensure that its central committee has 33 percent women as members by 2020.

Moreover, Jamaat submitted a written explanation about four other issues, secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed told reporters after a meeting with the Election Commission on Monday.

Chief election commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda, election commissioner M Sohul Hussain and the EC secretary were present at the meeting on the party's constitution.

A nine-strong Jamaat delegation included its assistant secretary Mohammed Kamaruzzaman, Abdul Kader Mollah and ATM Azharul Islam.

The party had been notified thrice by the EC to amend sections of its constitution that contradicted the country's constitution and electoral laws.

Mojaheed said, "A sentence of the constitution was supposed to be amended at the time of registration. But it appeared in the party's permanent constitution due to a printing mistake."

"The amendment will be made again," he said

Regarding women leadership, Mojaheed said it was at the footnote of the constitution but the EC demanded that the provision be included into the main body of the constitution.

The amendment will be made at a meeting of Jamaat's top decision-making body, the Majlish-e-Shura, scheduled in the first week of the next month, he said.

"Written explanation has been submitted to the Election Commission on some clauses including establishment of an Islam-based society based on justice and provisions for non-Muslims."

He said, "Bangladesh Communist Party's constitution speaks of establishing communism which is contrary to the state's constitution. But the Election Commission did not object to that."

"We do not think Election Commission's objection to establishment of an Islamic society based on justice is rational," he said.

"Both BNP and Awami League have a tradition for nominating candidates. Jamaat-e-Islami also nominates its candidates based on the decision of party's Majlish-e-Shura."

"The Election Commission has said that it will inform us about its decision later."

Regarding Jamaat's constitution, CEC Shamsul Huda said Jamaat aspired to establish a religion-based society.

But according to law, a party's constitution cannot discriminate against citizens on the basis of religion, gender, colour, creed, race or sect, he said indicating that a religion-based party was bound to discriminate.

"We asked for an explanation since the law and Jamaat's constitution contradicted each other in spirit."

"This is the first time that Jamaat has spoken of non-Muslim membership in its constitution," he said, adding that a letter was sent to Jamaat asking it to amend six issues.

"They have agreed on two amendments and gave explanations regarding the other four issues in writing."

The election chief said his office would seek further amendments if Jamaat's response is found unsatisfactory.

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[chottala.com] Israel eases Gaza blockade on some banned foods



Israel eases Gaza blockade on some banned foods

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JERUSALEM – Israel eased a three-year blockade of Gaza Wednesday to allow in some previously banned food items in an effort to defuse the worldwide furor over its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound international flotilla. But critics said the step falls far short of what is needed in the impoverished Palestinian territory.

In the first tangible step to temper the uproar caused by last week's raid, Israel only narrowly expanded the list of items that can enter by adding little more than snack foods and spices. It did not permit the most sought after items, such as cement, steel and other materials needed to rebuild the war-devastated territory and it was unlikely to ease international pressure.

"The international community is united in seeking an urgent and fundamental change in Israel's policy of blockading Gaza," said Maxwel Gaylard, the U.N.'s most senior humanitarian official in the Palestinian territories. "A modest expansion of the restrictive list of goods allowed into Gaza falls well short of what is needed. We need a fundamental change and an opening of crossings for commercial goods."

Israeli officials said the move was meant to defuse pressure for an international investigation of the May 31 raid. The clashes broke out after Israeli naval commandos boarded one of six ships on the flotilla and some of the hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists on board attacked them with pipes and other makeshift weapons. The Israelis killed nine.

The clash drew attention to the blockade, imposed by Israel and Egypt to punish and isolate Hamas militants who seized power of Gaza in 2007. Hamas does not recognize Israel, and refuses to renounce violence. Israel also wants to put pressure on Hamas to release a captured Israeli soldier it has held for four years.

The blockade prevents all but basic humanitarian items and consumer goods from getting in, bars exports and prevents the import of goods such as metal cans and tubs of margarine needed for industrial production.

Israel says the restrictions are needed to prevent Hamas, a group that has fired thousands of rockets into Israel, from rearming. It claims construction materials such as cement or metal could be used for military purposes.

Gaza has been mired in poverty for decades but the closure deepened the misery, erasing tens of thousands of jobs and preventing the area from repairing damage from a fierce Israeli military offensive last year launched in response to years of Hamas rocket attacks from the territory.

Palestinian official Raed Fattouh, who coordinates the flow of goods into Gaza with Israel, said soda, juice, jam, spices, shaving cream, potato chips, cookies and candy were now permitted. He said military officials began approving the expanded list of permitted products in meetings with Palestinian liaison officials last week.

Fattouh said Israeli officials rebuffed Palestinian requests for construction goods, raw materials for factories to operate and medical devices.

"I think Israel wants to diffuse international pressure," said Fattouh. "They want to show people that they are allowing things into Gaza. But it's not important for Gaza. The important thing for us is construction materials, electrical goods, notebooks, many things."

A Hamas spokesman, Sami Abu Zuhri, said the gesture was not worth commenting on.

An Israeli government official said authorities would continue to ease the blockade but could not lift the embargo altogether as long as Hamas remains in control.

The Israeli officials all spoke on condition of anonymity pending a formal government announcement.

Some of the items banned from Gaza seem arbitrary. Basic foodstuffs such as instant coffee and coriander were barred as luxury items, while more expensive foods such as herbal tea, salmon steaks and low-fat yogurt were permitted.

Sari Bashi, an Israeli human rights advocate whose group, Gisha, has led criticism of the blockade, called Israel's easing a "cosmetic" gesture.

"We are pleased that juice and sesame paste are no longer considered threats to Israeli security, but Israel needs to let in raw materials necessary to allow Gaza residents to engage in dignified, productive work," she said.

Israel has rejected calls for an international investigation into the raid, fearing it would be biased against the Jewish state. Instead, officials are working on a formula for an investigation to be run by Israelis while including some international observers. Israel has been seeking U.S. support for this approach, but so far has not been able to reach a formula.

"We are conferring with various factors in the international community regarding the appropriate process of investigation that will expose the facts on the Gaza flotilla. We know the truth," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told an investors' conference.

Netanyahu said he, along with top government and military officials, would be willing to appear before the probe, but said it must look at key questions about the activists that clashed with the soldiers. Israel alleges they were hired mercenaries.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100609/ap_on_re_mi_ea/gaza_blockade

  • Mohammad Fri Jun 04, 2010 07:01 am PDT Report Abuse
    I am glad to see it.Mairead McGuire, Thank you for your step. It brings light and hope for million of people.
  •  
    Richard W. Fri Jun 04, 2010 07:20 am PDT Report Abuse
    The Freedom Train Rides again. You are the heroes for a world stuck in its own hatred.
  • Break a bunch of maritme laws but we are not resisting...what bull!
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    Flaso The Vigilante Fri Jun 04, 2010 07:25 am PDT Report Abuse
    Israel, America offshore military base.
    Comment hidden due to low rating. Show Comment
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    Jeffrey Fri Jun 04, 2010 07:35 am PDT Report Abuse
    a far more meaningful tragedy was when hezbolah murdered 300+ marines in their barracks in beirut.
    the only relevant LIBERTY now is that hamas, hezbolah and their funders iran and syria deny it.
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    Doum Fri Jun 04, 2010 07:38 am PDT Report Abuse
    This was a crime, they attacked a boat in international waters, it's against international law.

    We should refer Israel to the U.N. security council and U.N. International Court for crime against humanity, if you dont, you cant bring Iran or North Korea to the U.N. because they wont have any credibility.

    International Law is for every country, none of them is above the Law not even Israel, is they are allowed to be above the law then everyone can break the law, justice for all or justice for none you must choose but you cant have justice for some
  • MartinZeil Fri Jun 04, 2010 07:46 am PDT Report Abuse
    They are helping the people that lives under Israel control and occupation they live in a tiny concentration camp called Gaza they are helping the children of Gaza
     

 

 



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Re:[chottala.com] FW: [columbiabasi] Fwd: [cmcnorthamerica] APOLOGY DAY FOR PAKISTAN‏




As our learned dina khan is correctly saying:-  At that time the famous Bengal leader Sher-E-Bangla AK Fazlul Hoque who raised the Lahore Resolution in 1940 was opposing for creating such type of Pakistan by Bengal division. 

However as result of creation of Pakistan we have got one Independent country named Bangladesh (half Bengal)  to do  looting & corruption works by our dear sonar political leaders

 

 

 

    Dear chottala readers,

    1)  Perfectly true because of Pakistan we are seeing Bangladesh now.

    2)  Similarly because of Bengalis, Pakistanis are seeing Pakistan now.

    3)  Why corruption is in Bangladesh only? In which country there is no corruption?

         i)        In India there is corruption. Even Prime Minister Late Rajib Gandhi

             was entangled in Bofors scandal.

         ii)       Asif Ali Zardari is now named as 10% and is now increasing day by

             day.

         iii)       Philippine's Marcos was entangled in corruption charges during his

             tenure.

         iv)       Nigeria is full of corruption even exceeding all corrupted countries.

         v)       Italy's mafia group is wellknown throughout the world.

               And in this way there are so many countries which are entangled in

               corruption.

         People of half Bengal (the then East Pakistan) because of their majority  

         votes  took a tremendous part in the creation of Pakistan. As a result of

         which:  

        a) The West Pakistanis by their corruption looted East Pakistan for 25 years.

        b) When lootings were completed they gave ultimate reward to us in 1971.

     Dowllah.

  



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Re: [chottala.com] Jamaat agrees to change charter



By the way of deceptions, thou shalt create your image ..............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 4:21 AM, dina khan <dina30_khan@yahoo.com> wrote:
 

Not only charter but also needs in Bangladesh to change of all political leader's character.

--- On Tue, 8/6/10, Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com>
Subject: [chottala.com] Jamaat agrees to change charter
To: chottala@yahoogroups.com
Received: Tuesday, 8 June, 2010, 4:10 PM


 
 
Jamaat agrees to change charter
Tue, Jun 8th, 2010 1:50 am BdST
 
Dhaka, June 7(bdnews24.com)—Jamaat-e-Islami has agreed to change the clause in its constitution on 'divine law' in the face of Election Commission's objection.

The fundamentalist religion-based party will exclude sub-clause 5 under section 2 which states, in short, that the only sovereign power is the almighty Allah and that the party would not accept any law except that of the almighty.

On top of that, opposition BNP's key ally will ensure that its central committee has 33 percent women as members by 2020.

Moreover, Jamaat submitted a written explanation about four other issues, secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed told reporters after a meeting with the Election Commission on Monday.

Chief election commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda, election commissioner M Sohul Hussain and the EC secretary were present at the meeting on the party's constitution.

A nine-strong Jamaat delegation included its assistant secretary Mohammed Kamaruzzaman, Abdul Kader Mollah and ATM Azharul Islam.

The party had been notified thrice by the EC to amend sections of its constitution that contradicted the country's constitution and electoral laws.

Mojaheed said, "A sentence of the constitution was supposed to be amended at the time of registration. But it appeared in the party's permanent constitution due to a printing mistake."

"The amendment will be made again," he said

Regarding women leadership, Mojaheed said it was at the footnote of the constitution but the EC demanded that the provision be included into the main body of the constitution.

The amendment will be made at a meeting of Jamaat's top decision-making body, the Majlish-e-Shura, scheduled in the first week of the next month, he said.

"Written explanation has been submitted to the Election Commission on some clauses including establishment of an Islam-based society based on justice and provisions for non-Muslims."

He said, "Bangladesh Communist Party's constitution speaks of establishing communism which is contrary to the state's constitution. But the Election Commission did not object to that."

"We do not think Election Commission's objection to establishment of an Islamic society based on justice is rational," he said.

"Both BNP and Awami League have a tradition for nominating candidates. Jamaat-e-Islami also nominates its candidates based on the decision of party's Majlish-e-Shura."

"The Election Commission has said that it will inform us about its decision later."

Regarding Jamaat's constitution, CEC Shamsul Huda said Jamaat aspired to establish a religion-based society.

But according to law, a party's constitution cannot discriminate against citizens on the basis of religion, gender, colour, creed, race or sect, he said indicating that a religion-based party was bound to discriminate.

"We asked for an explanation since the law and Jamaat's constitution contradicted each other in spirit."

"This is the first time that Jamaat has spoken of non-Muslim membership in its constitution," he said, adding that a letter was sent to Jamaat asking it to amend six issues.

"They have agreed on two amendments and gave explanations regarding the other four issues in writing."

The election chief said his office would seek further amendments if Jamaat's response is found unsatisfactory.

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Re: FW: [chottala.com] FW: [columbiabasi] Fwd: [cmcnorthamerica] APOLOGY DAY FOR PAKISTAN



At that time the famous Bengal leader Sher Bangla AK Hazlul Hague who raised the Lahore Resolution in 1940 was opposing for creating such type of Pakistan by Bengal division. 

However as result of creation Pakistan we have got one Independent country named Bangladesh (half Bengal)  to do  looting & corruption works by our dear sonar political leaders

 

 
--- On Mon, 7/6/10, siraj uddowllah <siraj_58@hotmail.com> wrote:

From: siraj uddowllah <siraj_58@hotmail.com>
Subject: FW: [chottala.com] FW: [columbiabasi] Fwd: [cmcnorthamerica] APOLOGY DAY FOR PAKISTAN
To: chottala@yahoogroups.com
Received: Monday, 7 June, 2010, 10:31 PM

 


Dear chottala readers,

The description which "Hamid Mir  Executive Editor of Geo TV in Islamabad"  being a Pakistani journalist cum Editor placed below in his vivid description is really pathetic and most horrible. Even the Israeli jewish people did not have any history of attacking any Palestinian woman the way our so called Muslims of Pakistan did in the past in our the then East Pakistan. I still wonder how our forefathers used to have a choice of considering  those brute Pakistani people to accept as our Muslim brothers and voted overwhelmingly to make one Pakistan. I still remember in 1947 when I was a 6 years school boy I found how the Muslims used to make a slogan of "Larka lengey Pakistan". This Pakistan our forefathers created at that time? I really feel pity for them how wrong they were.   

Dowllah. 

  
 
 
 
                                   APOLOGY DAY FOR PAKISTAN


I am forwarding this article. Truth will triumph over false. You can fool some people for some time but not all the people for all the time. It's an well written article by a rational Pakistani journalist. Also find the link below for information on the journalist.
 
                                  http://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/ Hamid_Mir


Apology Day for Pakistanis

Hamid Mir

SOME people hate me a lot in Pakistan . They hate me because I said sorry to Bengalis two years ago in Islamabad Press Club for the atrocities committed by Pakistan Army in 1971.They hate me because I also demanded an official apology from the government of Pakistan to the people of Bangladesh for the genocide of March 1971.They say I don't know anything. They say I am not a good Pakistani.

They say I was very young in 1971 and I am not aware about the truth. When I say yes I was only a young school going boy in 1971 but I heard and read a lot about the genocide. How can I deny my late father, Professor Waris Mir, who visited Dhaka in October 1971 with a delegation of Punjab University students? My father was a teacher of journalism in Punjab University , Lahore . He was asked by the University administration to organize a visit of the student's union office bearers to Turkey , but he took the boys to Dhaka with their consent. They wanted to know what was actually going on in Dhaka .

I still remember that when my father came back from Dhaka he wept for many days. He told us stories of bloodshed. These stories were similar to the story of my mother. My mother lost her whole family during migration from Jammu to Pakistan in 1947.Her brothers were killed by the Hindus and Sikhs in front of her eyes. Her mother was kidnapped. She saved her life by hiding under the dead bodies of her own relatives. I remember that my mother cried a lot when my father told her that Pakistan army officers raped many Bengali women. My mother said: "We made sacrifices for the safety of our honour but why we are dishonouring each other today?"

My father always said that Bengalis made Pakistan and we Punjabis broke Pakistan . Once he said that March 23rd was Pakistan Day, March 26th should be the apology day and December 16th should be the accountability day. I started understanding the thoughts of my late father when I became a journalist in 1987.

When I first read the Hamoodur Rehman Commission Report I felt ashamed. This report of a Pakistani commission admitted murder and rape but, despite this documentary evidence, many people still live in a state of denial. They say Sheikh Mujib was a traitor who created Mukti Bahini with the help of India and killed many innocent Punjabis and Beharis. I say that Sheikh Mujib was a worker of the Pakistan movement, he was a supporter of Fatima Jinnah (sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah) till 1966.He only demanded provincial autonomy but military rulers declared him a traitor. In fact, these military rulers were traitors because their troops raped their own mothers and sisters. They say I am a liar and an enemy of Pakistan . How could I be an enemy of Pakistan ? My mother sacrificed her whole family for Pakistan . My problem is that I cannot deny truth.

A senior colleague of mine, Afzal Khan, is still alive. He is 73 years old. He worked with Associated Press of Pakistan (APP), and was secretary general of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) from 1980 to 1985. He was sent to Dhaka on March 28, 1971 for the coverage of the army operation. He told me many times that yes Mukti Bahini killed a lot of innocent people but what the Pakistan army did was not the job of a national army. Once he was staying in Ispahani House in Khulna . An army major once offered him a girl to spend a night with. When Afzal Khan asked who the girl was, the major said that she was the daughter of a local police officer and she could come to Ispahani House at gun-point. After this incident Afzal Khan came back to Lahore in May 1971. He says that all those who were responsible for the rape and genocide of Bengalis never enjoyed any respect in Pakistan .

The name of General Yahya Khan is still like an abuse in Pakistan . His son Ali Yahya always tries to hide from people. General Tikka Khan is still remembered as the "butcher of Bengal ." General A.A.K. Niazi wanted to become "tiger of Bengal" but is remembered as "jackal of Bengal ." The majority of Pakistanis hate all those who were responsible for the genocide of their Bengali brothers. That is the reason the family members of these army officers don't even mention publicly that who their fathers were.

But still there are some people who are not ready to admit their blunders. These people are a minority but they are powerful. I consider them enemies of the Pakistan for which my mother sacrificed her family. Why should we defend these enemies? Why doesn't our democratic government officially apologise to Bengalis? This apology will not weaken Pakistan . It will strengthen Pakistan .

I am sure that Pakistan is changing fast. A day will come very soon when the government of Pakistan will officially say sorry to Bengalis and March 26th will become an apology day for patriotic Pakistanis. I want this apology because Bengalis created Pakistan . I want this apology because Bengalis supported the sister of Jinnah against General Ayub Khan. I wants this apology because I want to make a new relationship with the people of Bangladesh . I don't want to live with my dirty past. I want to live in a neat and clean future. I want a bright future not only for Pakistan but also for Bangladesh . I want this apology because I love Pakistan and I love Bangladesh . Happy Independence Day to my Bangladeshi brothers and sisters.
*Hamid Mir is Executive Editor of Geo TV in Islamabad

  

 
 
 
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