Jamhoori Watan Party Chicago's reception in honor of
Mr Rasool Bux Palijo
11th February '06
Chicago, Illinois
A gathering was hosted by Ali Afzal Bugti of BSO-NA and central committee member of
Jamhoori Watan Party in Chicago, Illinois in honor of Mr Rasool Bux Palijo . Other special
guests included Mr Iqbal Tareen, sindhi human
rights activist from Texas, and Munawar Laghari and Sohail Ansari of the World Sindhi
Institute. A detailed and participatory discussion of the political situation of Pakistan and
the contextual geopolitical situation
took place with consensus on all points.
Mr Palijo spoke extensively of the 1940 resolution and the Pakistan envisaged by
Mohammed Ali Jinnah . Quoting the founder of Pakistan, Palijo said that in the federation
that Jinnah intended , the center was supposed to have control over foreign affairs ,
defence and defence related communication , that is all . All other matters were supposed
to be in the
domain of the federating units or provinces as they were later called. The right of opting out
of the federation after the framing of the constitution, was guaranteed to each federating
unit . Mr Palijo condemned the current military operation in Balochistan and spoke strongly
against the military government's insistence on proceeding with construction of further
dams on the Indus.
Others present included Arshad Umrani, Akhtar Umrani (PPP representatives), Ehtasham
from Asia News Chicago Broadcast , Salman Aftab, Omer Khan, Ishaq Tunio of Friends of
The River Indus .
Baloch Society Of North America (BSO_NA) Baloch Society Of North America (BSO_NA) is Non-Profit Organization, working to unite and Organize all Baloch in North America, to expose the Occupation and Oppressive policies of Pakistani and Iranian Governments against Baloch people and our Baloch land (Balochistan), and to bring their Human Rights Violations in Balochistan into the world’s Notice.
