1- NATIONAL INTEGRATION

MQM wants to see national integration flourish and is of the view that without establishing a just and equitable system, national integration and the concept of Pakistan as one nation can never be achieved. MQM is of the view that mere slogans and sermons cannot consolidate and concretise national integration. To achieve this object all unjust policies and laws have to be abolished. It is through these discriminatory laws that injustice and exploitation is being perpetuated on the basis of language, ethnicity, culture, territory, nationality and religion against certain segments of the society. Whenever any class of people is unjustly treated, it gives rise among them a sense of deprivation and alienation which in turn weakens the bond of national integration. MQM therefore desires that all such unjust laws and policies should be dispensed with allowing all citizens of the country to enjoy the benefits of justice. Only then a feeling of belonging and a sense of national integration would flourish.

MQM wholeheartedly accepts the cultural, linguistic, regional, racial and religious identities of all citizens of the state. To deny such distinctions and identifications is tantamount to denying reality. Realism and Practicalism further assert that by accepting all these identities, the injustices can be eliminated thereby bringing the various communities of the country closer to each other. National integration will also strengthen as a consequence. It is therefore imperative to recognise and accept the constitutional rights of Sindhi, Punjabi, Pakhtoon, Mohajir, Baloch, Saraiki, Brohi, Makrani and all other nationalities, fraternities, lingual, cultural and religious units to provide them justice so that the fervour of national integration could grow and kinship develop.

MQM desires that by mutual co-operation in the spirit of give and take and with consensual approach, steps be taken to formulate and execute such development programs by the federal and provincial governments in which every region of the country is able to participate and effectively share its benefits and that no class of the populace should feel left out and bypassed.

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