Myths and Realities -- CSS Examination

The upper house of parliament recently passed a resolution to allow aspirants of Central Superior Services (CSS) to take examinations in Urdu as well alongside with English, though the resolution is adopted in favor 0f Urdu . Senator Siraj ul Haq referred Article 251 of the Constitution, which clearly directed to implement Urdu language as official language, however, the decision could not be implemented even after 45 years. The principal argument in the favor of Urdu , is the example given those of the developed countries, including China, Japan, France, Germany, Korea and others, as they achieved success by using their own language as an official entity. The counter argument , as envisaged by Senator Sussi Palejo, highlighted that English is an international language and spoken all over the world. PTI members also supported in favour of English, personified FPSC’s inability to implement the contents of the Resolution in haste. Urdu is supposed to be an official language in the government sector by 1999, as per the Constitution of Pakistan, but unfortunately, the constitutional obligation is yet to be fulfilled.  

It is not the first time that Dr Ishrat Hussain has been given the Task to reform the Civil Bureaucracy of the county.  Earlier, he was given the similar  task in 2011, but his proposals were not implemented as those did not attract the legislators; though Dr Ishrat termed the then CM Punjab Shahbaz Sharif as a “role model for the Chief Ministers of other provinces — a hard act to follow,” in his book “Governing the Ungovernable”.  The bent of mind is exposed as that of typical bureaucratic mind-set to serve the current ‘Political Lord’. The role Model of Dr Ishrat Hussain is currently facing severe corruption and mal-governance charges.

The resignation of Mr Tariq Khosa PSP (who is the elder brother of Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, and former Chief Secretary and Principal Secretay to  PM, Mr Nasir Khosa),  from Dr Ishrat’s Task Force is being seen as a protest against the federal government’s move to exclude the Police Service of Pakistan (PSP) from the civil services examination. He maintained, “In my view, excluding police from the common civil service exam is a dangerous move toward bureaucratic elite capture,”. He opined,  ‘’he had a great respect for Dr Ishrat Hussain (the task force head) and adviser to the prime minister Arbab Shahzad. However, in meetings of Task Force on Civil Service Reforms and Government Restructuring, I begged to differ about creating a separate service stream of police,” he maintained.

“Policing, unlike military, is not a force. It is a management and service delivery instrument. Unlike in India where the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the Indian Police Service (IPS) are inducted through one central examination, we are venturing into an area which will have impact on the federation,” Mr Khosa orchestrated.

He said the police would be marginalised to initially a provincial service and eventually a local government institution as is the case in the US. He suggested that the Pakistan police should remain part of the general administration group.

“The Pakistan Administrative Service (PAS) should accept us as part of a policy delivery mechanism. We should be inducted through one common examination as is being done now,” he said. “I had to resign from Task Force on account of principles, otherwise I would have continued to oppose this move,” he said.

 The scribe has interviewed number of CSS Aspirants to get their first hand reaction and opinion. Majority of them are confused as they maintained that the rumors to make many Post- Graduate Degree-holders of variety of subjects, are being declared as ineligible for CSS Examination.  Majority of the Aspirants are too vocal on the Induction system of FPSC. “ A Bachelor can be a PAS officer , while a Phd in the relevant subject can be declared as unsuccessful . Miss Javeria Maqbool, the topper of CSS Examination of 2014, failed the written examination of CSS 2015. She failed in Essay. She appeared in exam without knowing her final fate in allocation list in 2014 hence her failure would have no impact on her and rightly so.

The person, who topped the examination, is declared as fail in the very next examination, orchestrated, how inconsistent, unpredictable and inefficient organization FPSC. The main crush of CSS Aspirants are PAS and PSP groups followed by Foreign Services , Customs and Inland Revenue Groups. Rest of the groups are not that attractive in the eyes of Aspirants. There are many examples that students who failed in a subject , got far better marks in next appearance , but failed in other subject, in which, he or she got even 70% plus, earlier.  In some cases many Aspirants got the total numbers far better than the topper , but failed in any subject with one or two marks .

Why not, the first top ten papers of all the subjects are made available on the FPSC website?? Aspirants must know , how the marking system is deciding the fate and future of them, besides getting the first hand knowledge of the  content of all top papers . The marking system of the top papers will also expose the worth of the examiners and the respective paper-checkers.

Every year almost 96 to 97 % aspirants fail in the written portion of CSS examination. Once GC Lahore ( now University) is termed as one of the best institution for CSS breed .

Majority of the CSS officers, from first CTP to 15 CTP have directly or indirectly influenced by the institution or its faculty members . Now it is very rare to see such entrants in Civil Service. The huge rate of failure in the top competitive examination, depicts the glaring flaws in our college/university education system , where students are devoid of professional counseling and moral encouragement by their illiterate or less literate ( in most of the cases) parents. When this stuff from university lands in the talent-hunt apparatus--- both are exposed.

Since decades students are asked to become proficient in English Language . Students, even at University Level, are not imparted ‘the creativity and innovation’ . Students are supposed to read Pakistani newspapers, especially the respective editorials; but, as believed, some editorials are not in the line of the state policies as their media owners are allegedly pursuing their own agendas, so students get confused in getting the qualitative input sources.    Most of the students prefer cramming in semester-based degrees. They are mostly prone to the whims of their teachers , who themselves are not tuned to meet the requirements to impart qualitative knowledge. We can’t find literary wizards , like those of  Altaf Gohar, Qudrat ullah Shahab , Javed Qureshi, Perveen Shakir, Mustafa Zaidi etc in the present  bureaucratic lot or even in aspirants . I was shocked , during an interaction with the students an University; when it was revealed that the majority of  them didn’t know that Perveen Shakir belonged to Customs Group.

The Literature is discouraged to take as an optional subject. A dean of English Department of an University confided  me that he hardly suggests any aspirant to opt literature as subject , “as if  William Shakespeare may appear in the paper of English Literature In CSS Examination  , he will hardly get 40 to 45% marks, due to traditional tough marking standards since decades. “Everybody  can’t be Perveen Shakir , who opted Urdu Literature and responded to the questions related to her own poetry as an emerging poetess”. He viewed.

Do Power , money and authority make the aspirants to go beyond any legal way to achieve their “Golden Goal”? In 2013, the young, educated aspirants of the CSS exam have managed to steal their answer sheets with the help of post office officials in Faisalabad and then returned the same by correctly solving their papers in a bid to pass the exam. This unique scandal of the country’s history has jolted the Federal Public Service Commission and created doubts about the fairness and credibility of the most-cherished competitive exam in the country — the CSS competition. In 2017, FIA arrested Muhammad Arif Khan from Faisalabad, who was operating a fake Facebook account in the name of Sadia Kausar, who  appeared almost 17 times, before FPSC, including three CSS attempts, as a candidate against various posts.

However, he could not qualify in any of these attempts. Such repeated failures infuriated him to an extent that he, in order to avenge his failure, undertook cyber crime against FPSC. On the other side of the story , FPSC didnt inquire into the matter of a guy, whose guess work was too authentic, what is the principal cause of his failure in 17 attempts of FPSC’s various exams. In recent CSS Exam 2019,

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested 3 individuals, including two government officers for leaking CSS exam papers.  FIA conducted a raid in Lahore’s Kacha Lines Road on basis of information and arrested excise and taxation officer, Syed Tajjamul Hussain Naqvi, who was reportedly part of the gang which leaked CSS exam papers. Another suspect, identified as Engineer Bilal Shehzad Sial was arrested after Naqvi’s mobile phone was examined. The arrested suspects have indicated the involvement of Federal Public Service Commission Balochistan’s Assistant Director, Khalid Hussain Mugheri; Punjab jail department’s assistant superintendent, Owais Sharif, and Multan regional tax office inspector, Sajjad, during the investigation.

The suspects leaked exam questions via WhatsApp to students in return of hundreds of thousands of rupees, the FIA said. Recently, Rs 980,000 was also sent to Mugheri’s bank account in Multan through Sajjad and raids are being conducted to arrest Mugheri. The secrecy system of CSS is exposed . God forbid if a situation may arise similar to that of examinations , which are held in Sindh, where almost all examiners allow the use of cell phones, guides , notes etc in the examination halls, while centers are sold.

With the changing scenario of the world, FPSC and the public policy managers in the government sector must tune to new standards.  The Civil Service has defined itself as the ‘basic wheels on which the entire engine of the ‘state vehicle’  is supposed to run. In the age of Hybrid or Fifth generation War, while our principal strategists either slow down the process of reformation with a required pragmatism or they still follow the colonial approach to run the affairs of state machinery , ignoring the  modern day political challenges faced by Pakistan.

Reportedly, the proposed Civil Services will be divided into four-tier system, i.e., All Pakistan service, Federal service, Provincial service and District service.

Pakistan Administrative Services and Police Services of Pakistan will come under All-Pakistan civil service. while Federal Services includes Foreign Services of Pakistan, Pakistan Customs Services, Pakistan Revenue Services, Pakistan Audit and Accounts Services, Military Land and Cantonment Services and Technical Services will come under Federal Government. Group specific examinations will be conducted. The Provincial Services include Provincial Management Services, Provincial Civil Services, Provincial Technical Services and Provincial Judicial Services ( But is yet to define how will high courts react to this proposal). Simultaneously, the District Services include District based technical services, agricultural services, health services, educational and taxation services will be introduced. DHA/RHA at district health system is the example and pre-requisite for this.

It is also believed that Pakistan Railways will be made Federal department while, Pakistan Postal, and Commerce and Trade Groups will be abolished. Postal service will be devolved to compete with private sector. And for CTG Commerce and Trade Group, the group will be abolished and Trade Development Authority Board (TDAB) will be formed. TDAB will recruit their own professionals as per their need and availability of funds basis.

Apparently, as the proposed structural reforms revealed, the Old DMG or present PAS seems to be dominated by Pakistan Civil Service followed by Police Service . Now the proposed structural reforms lead to 4 classes of civil services. So far no strategy has been evolved under which the equality of promotion criteria can be maintained in all 4 tiers- Nor the role of officers from Pakistan Civil Service in the other provincial and District services , is defined yet. It is yet to clarify, who will be the professionals, those may conduct the Screening examination followed by General examination then the Group Specific examination and Psychological evaluation, followed by an Interview and allocation. Who will judge the clarity of perception within a candidate, professional tendency, analytical writing skills and aptitude?. If the same FPSC selectors may go for new bureaucrats then the similar lot of policy-makers will emerge , as we witness today.   Reportedly, as it is proposed that all the respective tiers of civil service will be depoliticized, but who will give this guarantee? Is there be any proposal of inbuilt mechanism that the civil service may remain apolitical?? This can’t be happened till the legislators themselves bring the political reforms within their political parties and in the governance system of the state.  So it is still an uphill task to introduce a reforms , which needs answers to multiple questions. 

 I think FPSC must devise its strategy to rethink the whole procedure of Induction of young bureaucrats , training and their deployment in the respective fields/ departments.  The International Civil Service Effectiveness (InCiSE) Index is the first comprehensive index of international indicators of civil service effectiveness. It aims to assess the performance of central civil services around the world. In effective civil service can play an important role in determining a country’s progress and prosperity, and the InCiSE Index’s core objective is to help countries determine how their central civil services are performing, and to learn from each other.

The InCiSE Index can be used:

• as a performance improvement tool for civil service leaders to find out which countries perform best in which areas and learn from them;
• as an accountability tool which allows citizens, government officials and politicians to find out how well their civil service is performing.

We recognise the important role central civil services can play in determining a country’s progress and prosperity, and our priority is to secure long-term funding to enable the InCiSE project to expand further. We see the InCiSE Index as a learning and performance improvement tool for governments around the world, and the goal is to produce it on a regular basis and to increase country coverage while maintaining data quality. FPSC  must get benefit from the InCiSE to reform Civil Service of Pakistan and  monitor the performance of the bureaucrats as per the standards of InCISE, which is at the surface is not touched yet.  

The writer is an Islamabad-based Analyst, Consultant of Public Policy and Civil Service. Also heading an Organisation Journalists for International Peace. He can be approached by email president@j4ip.org

The Lost Glory of Pakistani Media By Iftikhar Chaudri

Pakistan’s Media is in an embryonic state- this is the principal argument, which is being given,  in relation to Pakistani Media , when its demerits are under-discussion. How long this state can persist? In fact with the commercialization of the Media, many factors are stitched to the wayward growth of it. The reader and viewers are being devoid of ‘journalism of news content’ and commercial colors become dominant feature of present Media Realm.

 It is exactly what happened to the classical and neo-classical mega hits, which transform into another ‘genre’, by remixing with rap or ‘jhankar’ music.  I do agree that journalism in modern era is more or less, commercialized.  What we identify in the present circumstances is'" the conduct of a journalist in the factual reporting and tailored/influenced reporting" .

With the passage of time, the mushroom growth of TV Channels, not only opened the Media market but also a Media or Information Industry gets roots. Since the Mushraf Era, the media house owners realized , the importance of its role in the power structure of Pakistan, they started manipulating the things in accordance to their own whims. The restoration campaign of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary , by the civil society and Lawyers community is an eye-opener for the owners of the media houses. The ‘ball-to-ball’ commentary of “the Restoration Campaign”  , on TV channels shocked the military dictator General Musharaf , who was forced to quit the power, later ‘honorably escaped’ to UK.    

Pakistan’s political set up , at the surface, is corrupt and it becomes a lucrative business to invest (mostly black money) in the elections and then earn through the power as a parliamentarian. As witnessed, the Media owners have also started minting money by exploiting corrupt politicians, anti-people Civil Establishment, to the extent, exposing the sacred Cow- the Military Establishment.

 In this game of power and money, the media owners start influencing, directly or indirectly each and every news item, being telecasted. Certainly, they have adopted a role of ‘power broker’.

To achieve their lusty pursuits, the media owner first destroyed the institution of ‘Editor’, ‘News Editor’ and start dictating the terms to their own anchors and journalists, through their ‘ kitchen cabinet’ or team of new manipulators. 

Whatever, an employee journalist writes column, article or posts news items , is mostly cleared from the’ HQ, under the new strategy ’. SO the role of an independent journalist is drastically reduced. The sudden surge in salaries and rapid shuffle or reshuffle of ‘Talk Shows’ anchors, personify the flow of immense wealth, through the power of broker-ship. Almost every anchor acts on behalf of their owners--- rightly and sarcastically termed these anchors as “ Siayasi Adaakar” by Asif Zardari. The corrupt political set-up, gave a stir to media, to play their role in the mainstream political scenario. 

The power ‘Qalam’ and ‘ Camera’ , has been purchased. The journalists who react to the ‘violation of the principles of journalism’ are either sidelined or sacked. The power of money and perks overshadowed, what is called “Professionalism”.  In this whole game of power, a professional working journalist is ‘the most affected individual’, whose job is insecure and can be kicked out, whatever stature he or she holds.   

Today, prominent news channels have rather dangerously attained the ability to sway public opinion (with their sometimes heavily opinionated broadcasting). From airing uncensored violence, showing political ‘cat fights’ to calling government functionaries the ‘mafia’, media ethics have often been kept at bay with the excuse of freedom of expression. While media freedom is still much celebrated in Pakistan and acts as the self-proclaimed savior of the Pakistani people, a combination of unprofessional news channels, political debates-cum-public-bashing-of-politicians and public brainwashing through airing loaded caricatures that call for moral righteousness, all point to the fact that the media industry in Pakistan is still very juvenile. Perhaps eight years is not long enough to attain maturity and professionalism. The media in Pakistan is fast turning into a self-serving (rather than public-serving) industry an industry that glorifies itself, is self-righteous and, most discomforting of all, and has a huge persecution complex.  

First time in the history of Pakistan, the accountability of journalists, is demanded by the civil society and  the intelligentsia. The Malik Riaz Saga, opened Pandora-box of journalists, got money, luxury cars, plots and foreign trips etc, to protect the interests of Land mafia and glorify the ‘deeds’. Many Media groups are utilizing their anchors to protect their financial interests viz a viz government of Pakistan. Reportedly, tax evasion by some groups and securing financial aid in any shape by these power-brokers, is openly in practice . These power-brokers , are masterly creating professional and commercial rivalries among journalists, it not only damaged the credibility of their competitors but also imposed a threat of vulnerability of employee journalists. In this whole game of power, media owners, spared themselves from direct criticism of the masses.  

The media managers of the government failed to justify the allocation of Secret Funds meant for journalists , in Supreme Court. The Apex Court freezed SS Fund of billions of rupees, with immediate effect. They tried to buy the professional sympathies through highest civil awards to some journalists , which is unprecedented , in the history of Pakistan. So far government is waiting the ‘positive outcome’ of the ‘temptation’. 

The News content in Media is reducing day by day, because of the very reason . Now the only threat to the owners of Print and electronic media is- the Social Media…. They are being exposed on this platform – Shaheen Sehbai syndrome, leakage of Malik Riaz / Mubasher Luqman off the Camera chat etc, and accountability for the corrupt journalists are being voiced at social Media.  Despite all the oddities, new TV channels are in the offing and many more new newspapers are appearing to grab or twist the public opinion for their vested interests, before and after the forthcoming General Elections.    

Shia Target Killings- Is Solidarity of Pakistan Endangered- By Iftikhar Chaudri

The whole nation strongly condemned the  killings of  seven innocent Shia Muslims in two separate sectarian attacks by unidentified gunmen in Quetta, on 1st Sep 2012.. Journalists for International Peace also strongly criticized the barbaric act by anti-state elements who want to shatter the religious harmony and attempt to crate sectarian clashes .

The target killings of Shias , personifies, the complete failure of Pakistan's intelligence and Security agencies, besides shameful role of FC and police. Not even a single target killer of Hazara and Shia community has ever been nabbed by agencies, rather these agencies are allegedly held responsible for increasing " Missing Persons'  in the province . As a defense and strategic analyst, I have strong belief that foreign elements have penetrated into the folds and tiers of local disgruntled elements; that too the complete failure of State institutions; are being patronized by foreign hostile agencies... Our counter intelligence efforts are totally failed.. We didn't identify the agent handlers in Pakistan, so far..

 What is the duty of intelligence and law enforcing agencies???? They are being fed by the taxes of the people of Pakistan and they demonstrated worst performance in the recent days. We have top security brains, we have top strategists, we have brave sons of the soil who are sacrificing their lives for their homeland, then where lies the flaw and loopholes??? The most impotent Chief Minister Aslam Raisani  mostly stays in Islamabad - he has apparently no interest in the provincial matters of law and order...

The phenomenon of target killing of Shia community is not just confined to Balochistan, the buses and coaches are being stopped , mostly in Northern Areas and killers take out the people , get identification through the NIDs and through Kalima Recitations. We failed to identify those so-called religious institutions where this kind of fanatic breed is being prepared and under-nourishment. The role of religious leaders is so pathetic in this regard. Just few terrorists can destroy Pakistan’s top security circles , which even 1965 and 1971 wars didn’t witness. Instaed of considering all the Balochis as anti-state elements , our energies must be focused to nab the agent-handlers and breaking the networks of foreign trained terrorists and their masters, in Pakistan.

Unfortunately, media is receiving ' statements of Tehreek-e Taaliban and those statements are being published and telecasted. But we have miserably failed to locate and identify the  culprits, who issues press releases.. Earlier similar press releases are sent , allegedly by Osama Bin Laden and Aemin uz Zawahiri from unknown places? Our agencies could able to locate their ' unknown places'.   

Pakistan's so-called parliament has approved laws in hours which may suit to all the parliamentarians, rejecting Agriculture Tax,  approve third term for a PM, Head of the party can play havoc with the careers of political fellows,  who wont able to dance to their tunes... But nobody thinks to legislate the anti-terrorist laws in accordance with present wave of ' terror' , a war which is being waged in Pakistan to appease some other country or countries, for certain vested interests. The subject draft bill is playing now a ping pong  game within the parliamentary committee and the other stake holders.

Security  and Law Enforcing Agencies believe , as it is demonstrated in recent weeks , also pointed out by Chief Justice of Pakistan , in SC Registered Quetta, the use force, which proved to be counter- productive. Pakistan's intelligence agencies have to work alot to strengthen their legal department to make robust the gathering of valuable ' evidences' , which may fulfill all the legal requirements for severe punishments to terrorists . It is the institutional weakness of the security and law enforcing agencies that they keep the suspects in ' cells' for months and even failed to gather valuable ' evidences'. To just blame Supreme Court and lower courts for releasing the culprits is not justifiable in the present circumstances. as the Courts require bonafide evidence and witnesses as far as the present law of the land is concerned. 

The recent years also exposed the lack of intelligence ‘ Sources’ or less cultivation of “ valuable sources’ to get intelligence leads or access to the hostile elements. The security paradigm is drastically in the modern warfare, no doubt security agencies are well aware of the   rapid changes in gathering modern intelligence information system. Pakistan agencies needs to utlise their expertise in the field of practical technical surveillance system, which is totally  exposed in the OBL Case. The Mehran Base, GHQ Attack, Attacks on ISI offices, attack on Commando unit at Tarbela and so on, concluded with the analysis that some insiders might have assisted the terrorists, which shows that there is dire need to adopt nationalistic policies, not to succumb to the wishes of ‘foreign masters’ .   

Almost whole Balochistan Assembly is in Ministerial fold, then, why the people at the helm of all affairs failed to perform?? Despite all the reservations, We appeal to president Asif ali Zardari, PM Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, COAS General Kiyani , DG ISI Lt Gen Zaheer ul Islam-, DG MI and DG FC Balochistan- to undertake measures to identify the culprits and bring in front of Nation- Otherwise, God forbid, whole Pakistan will be put on fire of the sectarian clashes, which is  the principal motive of the hostile agencies and even those enemies who meet us in the garb of true friends. 

The very existence of Pakistan will be at stake , God forbid,  if civil and military brains don’t sit together, with equal national spirit to eradicate the wave of sectarian  terrorism and target- killings.

The writer is Defense and International Relations’ Analyst, President of Journalists for International Peace.

An Open Letter of Journalists For International Peace to Ban Ki Moon- Genocide of Muslims in Myanmar

Mr  Ban Ki Moon

Secretary General

United Nations Organization

New York, USA

NO: HQ/Myanmar /A-2

Dated: 6 July 2012

Subject : Massacre of Muslim Community in Myanmar

Dear Secretary General ,

I hope that letter of mine will find you in the best of health and prosperity. I am pushed to write the pathetic condition of Muslims of Myanmar , with special reference to the present massacre.

Myanmar has a population 75 million with meager portion of 0.7 million of the Muslim population. The Burmese Muslims have been under this affliction after 1962 when the Army usurped the power in Burma. It all started on 3rd June 2012 when 11 innocent Muslims were killed by the Burmese Army and the Buddhist mobs after bringing them down from a bus. A vehement protest was carried out in the Muslim majority province of Arakan, but the Protestants fell victims to the tyranny of the mobs and the army.

Trying to elude capture and an imminent killing; Burmese Muslims thronged to the Bangladeshi border, but all they met was dismay. The Government of Bangladesh refused to offer them asylum. Whish is another painful story 

Over 500 Muslim villages have been incinerated hither-to. Thousands have been exterminated. The persecution of the Burmese Muslims at the hands of the Buddhist mobs is at its full swing. Yet all the human rights organizations have maintained a criminal silence up till now. Has the Muslim world become so callous that they remain undeterred by such genocide?

This is not a new thing or an unprecedented massacre. Muslims have been a subject to such hostility even before. If we go through the annals of history we come to the very tenable conclusion that Muslims were always on the suffering side. Islam is a religion of peace and harmony. It doesn’t allow its followers to lay-waste any other tenet. This leaves behind a big question mark. Why are the followers of such a peaceful religion being oppressed from time to time?

In the present circumstances, UNO has more responsibility than that of just sending aid teams in the respective areas, who are even denied access to the grief-stricken Muslims .

According to our information the local Kachin groups have maintained  that the Burmese army is preventing UN aid agencies from transporting humanitarian supplies to 30 refugee camps sheltering thousands of Kachins who are now facing severe food shortages.

“The UN convoys were only permitted to transport aid to the five camps that are in the Mae Ja Yang area. There are 30 other sites still waiting for food and other supplies,” said Samang Kada Doi Pyi Sa, the chairman of the IDPs and Refugees Relief Committee, which is based in the town of Laiza along the Sino-Burmese border.

Laiza also hosts the headquarters of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), which is engaged in an ongoing conflict with Burmese government forces in Burma’s restive northernmost region. In recent days, the Burmese army has reinforced its positions around the city where some 10,000 refugees or displaced persons are currently sheltering. Deprived of UN aid, refugees depend on supplies from the KIO. However, local groups say that the Kachin army is only able to provide the most basic rations such as rice, fish paste and salt.

“There are 1,500 schoolchildren who need education, but we do not have enough teachers or space for schools or classrooms. We can only cope with part-time classes,” said La Rip, the coordinator of the Laiza-based Relief Action Network for Refugees. He said that, typically, one teacher in Laiza managed about 100 students in one class. In other KIO-controlled areas, there are not enough schools to accommodate an estimated 21,000 children nor are there funds to build more schools. “The UN has a duty to help these refugees,” said Samang Kada Doi Pyi Sa, echoing the view from other local Kachin groups that the UN must find other ways to deliver its aid to those in need.

“The UN cannot just wait until the Burmese government gives them permission to enter,” he said. “They must take the initiative now—before it is too late.” Aid workers at camps have also voiced grave concerns over sanitary conditions, especially during this rainy season when tropical diseases can easily spread. Fighting in Kachin State broke out last June, ending a 17-year-old ceasefire between the KIO and government forces. Since then, about 70,000 villagers have been forced to flee their homes. The KIO says the Burmese government is fighting to gain control of the natural sources in Kachin State. Repeated attempts at negotiations and orders by Burmese President Thein Sein to find a ceasefire have so far failed to end military operations.

Dear Secretary General, in the case of powerful groups and countries and where the vested interests of ‘ super power’ are involved Security Council convened emergency meetings. Please tell me if similar genocide of Jews takes place  in Philistine or anywhere in the world? Would the UNO authorities refuse to opt military action?? I personally think the UNO is doing a irreversible mistake in the history of human civilization, by not dealing the situation with iron hand. Unfortunately, Even Nobel Prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi, does not consider Muslims as citizens. She is the lady , for whom Muslim youth have a very soft corner and launched campaigns in their respective countries during her arrest/ detention period.     

 

Unfortunately, the international Media personifies a highly objectionable behavior and keeps a criminal silence, besides all ‘International Champions’ of Human Rights in the European Union and USA.  The voice of Muslim leadership is also so feeble that they cannot hear it by their own ears. In the present circumstances I personally feel that UNO is the only hope which can play a positive role is stopping the Muslim genocide which may , God forbid another cause of the emanation of ‘Terrorists’ from that area as a reaction.

The fanaticism , extremism and terrorism have, at least one unanimous route-cause , that is the denial of civic rights to a particular group ( religious or ethnic) or party  and crush them or try to eliminate them by force.

I , as a President of Journalists For International Peace and my thousands of members around the globe appeal to you to take drastic steps to stop Muslim genocide in Myanmar . It is an historical moment where we can stop the birth of “terrorists’, which may become a permanent irk in the eyes of  ‘Human Rights Champions’ of the world. If the Muslims of Myanmar may take arms or some vested groups start equipping the Muslims, militarily , as alleged for the Muslim reactionary forces of Chechnya, the world will not be considered as safe “ according to the ‘ spirit’ of  the Charter of the UNO”.

Thanking you in anticipation

Yours Truly

Iftikhar Chaudri

President

Journalists For International Peace

Islamabad Pakistan

president@j4ip.org