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22 January 2011
Dear friends,
[b]The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the land mafia from the ruling party
is occupying the villages of fisher folk by using force and destroying
the eco system of the coast by earth filling in the sea and cutting the
mangrove forests.
One infamous land grabber, Mr. Haji Muhammad Younus attacked a
century-old fishermen’s village, the Kakkapir, to vacate the village by
its inhabitants, injuring many persons by firing at huts of the
village. The police refused to file the FIR (first information report)
owing to the involvement of powerful persons. Two fishermen who
reported in writing about the incident to the police were searched by
the armed men of the land grabbers to punish them for lodging a
complaint.
The land grabbers have occupied many villages and encroached upon them
to make houses for commercial purposes. A vast area of the coastal line
was filled with earth through land filling and converted into commercial areas.
[/b]
[b]CASE NARRATIVE[/b]:
Mr. Haji Muhammad Younus and his son Mr. Zulfiqar Younus are activists of the ruling party, Pakistan Peoples Party, and infamous for grabbing land around the coastal area of Mauripur, Karachi
and encroaching on the small villages of the fisher folk. Mr. Zulfiqar
was also the Town Nazim (Mayor) of Kemari Town during the regime of
former General Musharraf for five years. The major coastal area comes
under the Kemari town.
On January 16, a group of about forty armed persons headed by Zulfiqar
Younus attacked the Kakkapir village at 8.20 pm and fired automatic
weapons for almost one hour at the huts, injuring many people. The
villagers identified some attackers by name. Some identified armed men
include Shakeel Ahmad S/O Siddique, Usman
S/O Ali Muhammad, Faqeer S/O Usman, Ramzan S/O Ali Muhammad, Ishaque
S/O Hussain, Shafi Muhammad S/O Haji Fazlu, Aslam alias Mamoo Jan S/O
Haji Suleman and Majeed S/O Aali. Others can be identified when seen.
During the attack they also damaged and fired upon the office of a
social organization, working for the welfare and health care of the
fisher folk, and looted the valuable assets of the office that costs,
according to the villagers, about Rs. 300,000/=.
The local activists of the village informed the police by calling 15
but the officers did not respond to the complaint. Then the leaders of
Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum, an organisation of the fishermen, called
police to help and tried to lodge an FIR against the said group but the
station house officer (SHO) Maripur, Mr. Nasrullah Khan, not only refused to do so but also insulted and asked the police to throw them out from the police station.
Then hundreds of fishing persons including women and children under the
leadership of the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum demonstrated against such
lawlessness in front of Press Club Karachi on January 18, 2011. In
reaction to the demonstration, some drunkard henchmen of the land
grabber named Shakeel S/O Siddique, Shafi S/O Haji Fazlu, Muhammad
Saleem S/O Urs and others again rushed into the village, abused and
threatened the villagers that if any action was taken by the villagers
then they would face serious consequences.
Two persons of the village, Haji Abu Bakar S/O Haroon and Abdul Ghani
S/O Muhammad Siddique, who first lodged the complaint of attack on
January 16, were hiding because the attackers have threatened that
those persons will face strong reactions from their group as they have
reported the matter to the police.
[b]SUGGESTED ACTION[/b]:
Please write to authorities informing them that the land grabbing
belonging to ruling party is harassing the poor villagers of the fisher
folk to grab their century-old village through force and intimidation.
Please urge upon them to prosecute the police officials of Maripur
police station for refusing the right of the aggrieved party to file a
complaint and also take legal action against the perpetrators for
destroying the eco system by acquiring the filling the sea and cutting
the mangroves plants along the coastal area.
The AHRC is writing a separate letter to UN Special Rapporteur on the
Question of Housing rights calling for his intervention into this case.
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[b]SAMPLE LETTER[/b]:
Dear __________,
PAKISTAN: The villages of fisher folks are being grabbed by powerful persons from the ruling party
[b]Name/s of victim[/b]:
1.Villagers of the Kakkapir village,
Maripur, Kemari twon,
Karachi-PAKISTAN
2.Haji Abu Bakar S/O Haroon,
Kakkapir village,
Maripur, Kemari twon,
Karachi-PAKISTAN
3.Abdul Ghani S/O Muhammad Siddique,
Kakkapir village,
Maripur, Kemari twon,
Karachi-PAKISTAN
[b]Names of alleged perpetrators[/b]:
1.Sub-Inspector Nasrullah,
Station house officer (SHO) Maripur police station,
Karachi, PAKISTAN
2.Haji Muhammad Younus,
Former president of Pakistan Fishermen Cooperative Society,
Sandspit,Maripur, Kemari twon,
Karachi-PAKISTAN
3.Zulfiqar Younus son of Haji Muhammad Younus,
Former Town Nazim of Kemari Town,
Sandspit,Maripur, Kemari twon,
Karachi-PAKISTAN
4.Shakeel Ahmad S/O Siddique,
Sandspit,Maripur, Kemari twon,
Karachi
5.Faqeer S/O Usman,
Sandspit,Maripur, Kemari twon,
Karachi
Ramzan S/O Ali Muhammad,
6.Ishaque S/O Hussain,
Sandspit,Maripur, Kemari twon,
Karachi
7.Shafi Muhammad S/O Haji Fazlu,
Sandspit,Maripur, Kemari twon,
Karachi
8.Aslam alias Mamoo Jan S/O Haji Suleman
Sandspit,Maripur, Kemari twon,
Karachi
9.Majeed S/O Aali.
Sandspit,Maripur, Kemari twon,
Karachi
[b]Date of incident[/b]:January 16, 2011
[b]Place of incident[/b]:Kakkapir village, Maripur, Kemari town, Karachi
I am writing to voice my deep concern regarding the criminal activities
of a land mafia, belonging to ruling party, the Pakistan Peoples Party,
in the coastal areas of Karachi. The malpractices of land mafia along
129 Km extended strip of Karachi coast have been dreadfully increased
by speeding up the cutting of mangroves forests, filling earth into the
sea, occupying the coastal land and selling it out, occupying the
ancient villages of fishermen and threatening their lives. However, the
UN has declared the Year 2011 as the Forests Conservation Year, but the
criminal silence of law enforcement agencies
and relevant departments of Sindh is encouraging the land mafia to do
so. Such a situation has turned the livelihood of fishermen and the
costal eco system into a misery.
On raising their voices against such malpractices the indigenous
fishermen along with the media and civil society including the sole
representative movement of fishermen-Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF),
they face the bitter enmity of the land grabbers.
Recently, a large group of forty armed men headed by Zulfiqar Younis,
former town Nazim (Town Mayor) and activist of ruling party attacked
the Kakapir village at 8:20 pm on January 16, 2011 along with 40 armed
persons and started firing for almost an hour. Besides, they put the
office of fishermen’s local social organization’s office on fire and
looted the valuable assets of the office that cost more than Rs.
300,000/=. They abused the honourable elders of the village, raised
slogans and intimated the villagers to stop raising voices against them
otherwise they would be killed.
I am shocked to know that the local activists of the village informed
police by calling 15 but police did not respond to our complaint. Then
the leaders of Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum, an organisation of the
fishermen, called police to help us and tried to lodge FIR against the
said group but the station house officer (SHO) Maripur, Mr. Nasrullah
Khan, not only refused to do so but also insulted and asked the police
to throw them out from the police station.
I am appalled that the two persons of the village, Haji Abu Bakar S/O
Haroon and Abdul Ghani S/O Muhammad Siddique, who first lodged the
complaint of attack on January 16, were hiding because the attackers
have threatened that those persons will face strong reaction from their
group as they have reported to police. Their lives are in danger.
Please write to authorities that the land grabbing belonging to ruling
party is harassing the poor villagers of the fisher folk to grab their
century old village through force and intimidation. Please urge upon
them to prosecute the police officials of Maripur police station for
refusing the right of the aggrieved party to file a complaint and also
take legal action against the perpetrators for destroying the eco
system by acquiring the filling the sea and cutting the mangroves
plants along the coastal area.
I urge you to take action against the land grabbers belonging to ruling
party who are harassing the poor villagers of the fisher folk to grab
their century old village through force and intimidation. Please
prosecute the police officials of Maripur police station for refusing
the right of the aggrieved party to file a complaint and also take
legal action against the perpetrators for destroying the eco system by
acquiring the filling the sea and cutting the mangroves plants along
the coastal area.
Yours sincerely,
----------------
[b]PLEASE SEND YOUR LETTERS TO[/b]:
1. Mr. Asif Ali Zardari
President of Pakistan
President's Secretariat
Islamabad
PAKISTAN
Tel: +92 51 9204801/9214171
Fax: +92 51 9207458
Email: publicmail@president.gov.pk
2. Mr. Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani
Prime Minister of Pakistan
Prime Minister House
Islamabad
PAKISTAN
Fax: + 92 51 9221596
E-mail: secretary@cabinet.gov.pk
3. Syed Qaim Ali Shah
Chief Minister
Karachi, Sindh Province
PAKISTAN
Fax: +92 21 920 2000
E-mail: pppsindh@yahoo.com
4. Mr. Syed Mumtaz Alam Gillani
Federal Minister for Human Rights
Ministry of Human Rights
Old US Aid building
Ata Turk Avenue
G-5, Islamabad
PAKISTAN
Fax: +9251-9204108
Email: sarfaraz_yousuf@yahoo.com
5. Mr. Muhammad Ayaz Soomro
Minister for Law, Parliamantry Affairs & Criminal Prosecution Service
Sindh Assembly Building,
Court road, Karachi, Sindh province
PAKISTAN
Fax: +92 21 9211982
E-mail: secy.law@sindh.gov.pk
6. Chief Justice of Sindh High Court
High Court Building
Saddar, Karachi
Sindh Province
PAKISTAN
Fax: +92 21 9213220
E-mail: info@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk
7. Ms. Nadia Gabol
Minister for Human Rights
Government of Sindh,
Pakistan secretariat, Barrack 92,
Karachi, Sindh Province
PAKISTAN
Fax: +92 21 9207044
Tel: +92 21 9207043 +92 21 9207043 +92 21 9207043 +92 21 9207043
E-mail: lukshmil@yahoo.com
8. Dr. Faqir Hussain
Registrar
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Constitution Avenue, Islamabad
PAKISTAN
Fax: + 92 51 9213452
E-mail: mail@supremecourt.gov.pk
9. Inspector General of Police
Police Head office, I. I. Chundrigar road
Karachi, Sindh Province
PAKISTAN
Fax: +92 21 9212051
E-mail: ppo.sindh@sindhpolice.gov.pk
Thank you.
Urgent Appeals Programme
Asian Human Rights Commission (ua@ahrc.asia)
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[b]International Human Rights Day 2010 - Download our pre-print PDF version of the annual reports [url=http://www.humanrights.asia/resources/hrreport/2010]here[/url].[/b]
Asian Human Rights Commission
19/F, Go-Up Commercial Building,
998 Canton Road, Kowloon,
Hongkong S.A.R.
Tel:
Fax: +(852) - 2698-6367
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22 January 2011
Dear friends,
[b]The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information that the land mafia from the ruling party
is occupying the villages of fisher folk by using force and destroying
the eco system of the coast by earth filling in the sea and cutting the
mangrove forests.
One infamous land grabber, Mr. Haji Muhammad Younus attacked a
century-old fishermen’s village, the Kakkapir, to vacate the village by
its inhabitants, injuring many persons by firing at huts of the
village. The police refused to file the FIR (first information report)
owing to the involvement of powerful persons. Two fishermen who
reported in writing about the incident to the police were searched by
the armed men of the land grabbers to punish them for lodging a
complaint.
The land grabbers have occupied many villages and encroached upon them
to make houses for commercial purposes. A vast area of the coastal line
was filled with earth through land filling and converted into commercial areas.
[/b]
[b]CASE NARRATIVE[/b]:
Mr. Haji Muhammad Younus and his son Mr. Zulfiqar Younus are activists of the ruling party, Pakistan Peoples Party, and infamous for grabbing land around the coastal area of Mauripur, Karachi
and encroaching on the small villages of the fisher folk. Mr. Zulfiqar
was also the Town Nazim (Mayor) of Kemari Town during the regime of
former General Musharraf for five years. The major coastal area comes
under the Kemari town.
On January 16, a group of about forty armed persons headed by Zulfiqar
Younus attacked the Kakkapir village at 8.20 pm and fired automatic
weapons for almost one hour at the huts, injuring many people. The
villagers identified some attackers by name. Some identified armed men
include Shakeel Ahmad S/O Siddique, Usman
S/O Ali Muhammad, Faqeer S/O Usman, Ramzan S/O Ali Muhammad, Ishaque
S/O Hussain, Shafi Muhammad S/O Haji Fazlu, Aslam alias Mamoo Jan S/O
Haji Suleman and Majeed S/O Aali. Others can be identified when seen.
During the attack they also damaged and fired upon the office of a
social organization, working for the welfare and health care of the
fisher folk, and looted the valuable assets of the office that costs,
according to the villagers, about Rs. 300,000/=.
The local activists of the village informed the police by calling 15
but the officers did not respond to the complaint. Then the leaders of
Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum, an organisation of the fishermen, called
police to help and tried to lodge an FIR against the said group but the
station house officer (SHO) Maripur, Mr. Nasrullah Khan, not only refused to do so but also insulted and asked the police to throw them out from the police station.
Then hundreds of fishing persons including women and children under the
leadership of the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum demonstrated against such
lawlessness in front of Press Club Karachi on January 18, 2011. In
reaction to the demonstration, some drunkard henchmen of the land
grabber named Shakeel S/O Siddique, Shafi S/O Haji Fazlu, Muhammad
Saleem S/O Urs and others again rushed into the village, abused and
threatened the villagers that if any action was taken by the villagers
then they would face serious consequences.
Two persons of the village, Haji Abu Bakar S/O Haroon and Abdul Ghani
S/O Muhammad Siddique, who first lodged the complaint of attack on
January 16, were hiding because the attackers have threatened that
those persons will face strong reactions from their group as they have
reported the matter to the police.
[b]SUGGESTED ACTION[/b]:
Please write to authorities informing them that the land grabbing
belonging to ruling party is harassing the poor villagers of the fisher
folk to grab their century-old village through force and intimidation.
Please urge upon them to prosecute the police officials of Maripur
police station for refusing the right of the aggrieved party to file a
complaint and also take legal action against the perpetrators for
destroying the eco system by acquiring the filling the sea and cutting
the mangroves plants along the coastal area.
The AHRC is writing a separate letter to UN Special Rapporteur on the
Question of Housing rights calling for his intervention into this case.
To support this appeal, please click here: [url=http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/support.php?ua=UAC-008-2011][img]http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/images/send_small.gif[/img][/url]
[b]SAMPLE LETTER[/b]:
Dear __________,
PAKISTAN: The villages of fisher folks are being grabbed by powerful persons from the ruling party
[b]Name/s of victim[/b]:
1.Villagers of the Kakkapir village,
Maripur, Kemari twon,
Karachi-PAKISTAN
2.Haji Abu Bakar S/O Haroon,
Kakkapir village,
Maripur, Kemari twon,
Karachi-PAKISTAN
3.Abdul Ghani S/O Muhammad Siddique,
Kakkapir village,
Maripur, Kemari twon,
Karachi-PAKISTAN
[b]Names of alleged perpetrators[/b]:
1.Sub-Inspector Nasrullah,
Station house officer (SHO) Maripur police station,
Karachi, PAKISTAN
2.Haji Muhammad Younus,
Former president of Pakistan Fishermen Cooperative Society,
Sandspit,Maripur, Kemari twon,
Karachi-PAKISTAN
3.Zulfiqar Younus son of Haji Muhammad Younus,
Former Town Nazim of Kemari Town,
Sandspit,Maripur, Kemari twon,
Karachi-PAKISTAN
4.Shakeel Ahmad S/O Siddique,
Sandspit,Maripur, Kemari twon,
Karachi
5.Faqeer S/O Usman,
Sandspit,Maripur, Kemari twon,
Karachi
Ramzan S/O Ali Muhammad,
6.Ishaque S/O Hussain,
Sandspit,Maripur, Kemari twon,
Karachi
7.Shafi Muhammad S/O Haji Fazlu,
Sandspit,Maripur, Kemari twon,
Karachi
8.Aslam alias Mamoo Jan S/O Haji Suleman
Sandspit,Maripur, Kemari twon,
Karachi
9.Majeed S/O Aali.
Sandspit,Maripur, Kemari twon,
Karachi
[b]Date of incident[/b]:January 16, 2011
[b]Place of incident[/b]:Kakkapir village, Maripur, Kemari town, Karachi
I am writing to voice my deep concern regarding the criminal activities
of a land mafia, belonging to ruling party, the Pakistan Peoples Party,
in the coastal areas of Karachi. The malpractices of land mafia along
129 Km extended strip of Karachi coast have been dreadfully increased
by speeding up the cutting of mangroves forests, filling earth into the
sea, occupying the coastal land and selling it out, occupying the
ancient villages of fishermen and threatening their lives. However, the
UN has declared the Year 2011 as the Forests Conservation Year, but the
criminal silence of law enforcement agencies
and relevant departments of Sindh is encouraging the land mafia to do
so. Such a situation has turned the livelihood of fishermen and the
costal eco system into a misery.
On raising their voices against such malpractices the indigenous
fishermen along with the media and civil society including the sole
representative movement of fishermen-Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF),
they face the bitter enmity of the land grabbers.
Recently, a large group of forty armed men headed by Zulfiqar Younis,
former town Nazim (Town Mayor) and activist of ruling party attacked
the Kakapir village at 8:20 pm on January 16, 2011 along with 40 armed
persons and started firing for almost an hour. Besides, they put the
office of fishermen’s local social organization’s office on fire and
looted the valuable assets of the office that cost more than Rs.
300,000/=. They abused the honourable elders of the village, raised
slogans and intimated the villagers to stop raising voices against them
otherwise they would be killed.
I am shocked to know that the local activists of the village informed
police by calling 15 but police did not respond to our complaint. Then
the leaders of Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum, an organisation of the
fishermen, called police to help us and tried to lodge FIR against the
said group but the station house officer (SHO) Maripur, Mr. Nasrullah
Khan, not only refused to do so but also insulted and asked the police
to throw them out from the police station.
I am appalled that the two persons of the village, Haji Abu Bakar S/O
Haroon and Abdul Ghani S/O Muhammad Siddique, who first lodged the
complaint of attack on January 16, were hiding because the attackers
have threatened that those persons will face strong reaction from their
group as they have reported to police. Their lives are in danger.
Please write to authorities that the land grabbing belonging to ruling
party is harassing the poor villagers of the fisher folk to grab their
century old village through force and intimidation. Please urge upon
them to prosecute the police officials of Maripur police station for
refusing the right of the aggrieved party to file a complaint and also
take legal action against the perpetrators for destroying the eco
system by acquiring the filling the sea and cutting the mangroves
plants along the coastal area.
I urge you to take action against the land grabbers belonging to ruling
party who are harassing the poor villagers of the fisher folk to grab
their century old village through force and intimidation. Please
prosecute the police officials of Maripur police station for refusing
the right of the aggrieved party to file a complaint and also take
legal action against the perpetrators for destroying the eco system by
acquiring the filling the sea and cutting the mangroves plants along
the coastal area.
Yours sincerely,
----------------
[b]PLEASE SEND YOUR LETTERS TO[/b]:
1. Mr. Asif Ali Zardari
President of Pakistan
President's Secretariat
Islamabad
PAKISTAN
Tel: +92 51 9204801/9214171
Fax: +92 51 9207458
Email: publicmail@president.gov.pk
2. Mr. Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani
Prime Minister of Pakistan
Prime Minister House
Islamabad
PAKISTAN
Fax: + 92 51 9221596
E-mail: secretary@cabinet.gov.pk
3. Syed Qaim Ali Shah
Chief Minister
Karachi, Sindh Province
PAKISTAN
Fax: +92 21 920 2000
E-mail: pppsindh@yahoo.com
4. Mr. Syed Mumtaz Alam Gillani
Federal Minister for Human Rights
Ministry of Human Rights
Old US Aid building
Ata Turk Avenue
G-5, Islamabad
PAKISTAN
Fax: +9251-9204108
Email: sarfaraz_yousuf@yahoo.com
5. Mr. Muhammad Ayaz Soomro
Minister for Law, Parliamantry Affairs & Criminal Prosecution Service
Sindh Assembly Building,
Court road, Karachi, Sindh province
PAKISTAN
Fax: +92 21 9211982
E-mail: secy.law@sindh.gov.pk
6. Chief Justice of Sindh High Court
High Court Building
Saddar, Karachi
Sindh Province
PAKISTAN
Fax: +92 21 9213220
E-mail: info@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk
7. Ms. Nadia Gabol
Minister for Human Rights
Government of Sindh,
Pakistan secretariat, Barrack 92,
Karachi, Sindh Province
PAKISTAN
Fax: +92 21 9207044
Tel: +92 21 9207043 +92 21 9207043 +92 21 9207043 +92 21 9207043
E-mail: lukshmil@yahoo.com
8. Dr. Faqir Hussain
Registrar
Supreme Court of Pakistan
Constitution Avenue, Islamabad
PAKISTAN
Fax: + 92 51 9213452
E-mail: mail@supremecourt.gov.pk
9. Inspector General of Police
Police Head office, I. I. Chundrigar road
Karachi, Sindh Province
PAKISTAN
Fax: +92 21 9212051
E-mail: ppo.sindh@sindhpolice.gov.pk
Thank you.
Urgent Appeals Programme
Asian Human Rights Commission (ua@ahrc.asia)
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[b]International Human Rights Day 2010 - Download our pre-print PDF version of the annual reports [url=http://www.humanrights.asia/resources/hrreport/2010]here[/url].[/b]
Asian Human Rights Commission
19/F, Go-Up Commercial Building,
998 Canton Road, Kowloon,
Hongkong S.A.R.
Tel:
Fax: +(852) - 2698-6367
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