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To the Editor
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Airlifting stranded Pakistanis
Sir, The stranded Pakista-lis are languishing In approx mutely 70 camps throughout langladesh in the most ap-alllng conditions — seeing mly can best describe their lub-human existence for the ast 20 years or more. Leading lewspapers both at home and broad have been expressing ptimism about their repatria ion as imminent and hevitable. But at times the ]uestion of funds constraint is aised, at times the air fare Is ilown out of proportion, maybe >y some malicious quarters while the matter silently issles out only to re appear when the going gets tough. What is most ironic Is while 30th the relevant countries
avc whole heartedly wel-omed the imperative of reparation along with the ilakhah based Rabi tat Al-Alam U-lslami and the UK based or [anisation headed by Lord An-als. the British MP. It Is still a nystery where the snag is.
It is high time the most roncerncd parly, the Bangla-lesh Government, should put lome teeth into this man-nade tragedy by sending lop nlnlsters. the PM included, if ossible, alongwlth the top >rass of the Dhaka based habitat Al-Alam Al-lslami and he Pakistan High Com nissioner to create a favorable mpression on the Islam! Jmmah for raising funds so as o bring this unfortunate affair o a speedy conclusion.
A grand opportunity awaits here Just for the asking
hereby doing away with a sig-itficant chunk of expenses. I efer to the empty HaJ flights which are proceeding to lakkah for bringing back Hajis o Bangladesh and way back to lornco, Indonesia, Malaysia, iingapore, Thailand etc If he Bangladesh Govcrnmcnl akes the initiative, 1 am cer-ain, none of these airlines will lecline to accept airlifting the tranded Pakistanis and drop >lng them off Karachi in .ahorc. After all. almost all hese flights will be proceed -ng to Makkah empty. More-iver, this Is not a nouveau idea if my senile brain, it is a ested and proven scheme which, If I correctly recall, was ndertaken in 1984. A little sacrifice here and there cah ring immense relief, for it would be too much for Pak-stan to foot the bill alone.
We have frequently heard hat Iran and Saudi Arabia etc. were offering millions of dol-ars since the late 1970s. 1 am :ertain, these arc the nations hat will never let down the Jmmah, cost what it may. This nan-made tragedy has already caused immense sufferings, in-
iulls and a heart ache to this lub-conlincni. In fact one :ould have dubbed this stranded Pakistanis' issue as he sorrow of this sub-conti-icnl. There are much better examples set by some of the nost mini states, by bringing iliens suffering and stranded n one corner of the globe, hrough enemy territories on lecret and not-so-secret lights — simply because the iliens professed the same rcll-;lon throughout their exodus 1000 years or more ago, Irrespective of their colours, caste ir creed — the Palashas of Ethiopia, 1 mean.
May Allah bring this dis [raceful insult and effront of he stranded Pakistanis to Ils agieal conclusion.
ialahuddln,
^rostshah Colony, Chittagong.
Foreign investment
Sir, I am a foreign citizen Canada) about to leave your ountry with a feeling of great orrow and pity- What a con-rast from my feeling of cxhlla ation and excitement at com
ng to Bangladesh — to invest n a foreign land, employ oiiiclcss people, and help nodcrnlzc and Improve the luality of life of my Muslim rothers in this part of the world.'
You see. I should have real-zed from my arrival at Dhaka irport to be irtterrogated by in Immigration officer who could not speak English) In-itsted in trying to interrogate nc and my wife as If we were lolng something shameful and llcgai by visiting the country. Tien, to watch him stamp on •ur passports report to Police IB office within 15 days of ar Ival" as if we arc some type of rimlnals reporting for proba ion, and then finally, arriving it the Textile Ministry to gel in NOC to set up a Textile Tinting/Finishing/Stitching lant in Bangladesh, with aboul 15 million of foreign equity which would save your gov-rnment about S30 million In oreign exchange annually, only o be told that they arc no ongcr giving permission for uslnesses such as this. I sup ose that a country like langladesh which Imports K>% of fabric required for
garments doesn't really need a mill which can locally produce this fabric. maybe because you arc so rich In foreign exchange that you just cant find a way to spend it fast enough?
It is with great sorrow that I leave, knowing the poor and the weak of this country will never know prosperity and liapplncss with these types of closed minded policies in your government. Perhaps you should at least look at Pakistan for guidance!
Sam Rashid
Vancouver, Canada.
The Panamanian lesson
Sir, President Bush leaving the place of a public meeting unable to deliver the speech and covering the eyes against the tear gas is an unlikely fable
Moral of the story : If the neighbor s son Is naughty let the parents teach the leaaon. Don’t take him to your own house lo punish him.
MA Haq
Green Road Dhaka