Campaign For Justice for Mir Murtaza Bhutto- September

The consistent efforts of fighting for justice are interpreted as revenge by others. They miss the point all together. One can only seek revenge for something that is replaceable. This relation is not. Revenge won’t be bringing back the one for whose return the awaiting eyes can die for. Persistent fight for justice is to save others from going through the same pain. To put an end to this madness, that can change the course of lives drastically.

For those who think time heals all are delusional. As some things time can’t heal. It can’t bring back people, moments spent with them & most of all the fact that they are not present in your future. Therefore the concept of forgetting with time won’t work. There is no balm which can heal such wounds. The only thing that can come closest to the idea of healing is if the personal struggle can save others from similar ends.

-Fatima A.

When life seems chaotic,
Hope is all that you own,
The violence destroys the calm,
Look at the fluttering flag,
The harmony in sync with the moon
I am that star.

When the path forward seems hazy,
Bridges are nowhere in sight,
The journey feels yours alone,
Look at your skin tepid with heat
Invisible behind the sun
I am that star.

When power silences the voices,
Justice seems to be elusive,
The memories of us fuels your will,
Look into the mirror smiling,
The twinkling in your eyes
I am that star.

When you miss me,
Times seem uncertain,
The heart sings of our separation,
Look up to the dark sky,
The light that shines on you
I am that star.

-kAy

In Solidarity
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Campaign For Justice for Mir Murtaza Bhutto- July

Obviously freedom of the people on the right side of things is a throne in the side of those in power for so obvious reasons. So to be safe they are kept behind bars so that the machinery of power is not affected. But who is actually afraid of this confinement, those put away wrongly or those claiming freedom?

The ultimate freedom belongs to justice after all. Because even while being free the wrong doers are confined & tortured by their deep inside conscious & they spend their freedom trying to clam these feelings down. In the end justice will always take its course & the truth will surface in front of everybody. As the saying goes, “You can fool some of the people all of the time & all of the people some of the time but you can’t fool all of the people, all of the time.

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Campaign For Justice for Mir Murtaza Bhutto- June

They say neither evolution nor revolution take place in one day, both of them require long stretches of time. With this law the concept of patience comes for free. Those aiming for a revolution should make patience part for their nature. This is not just needed for attaining the goal of revolution but for the attaining it in the right manner.

A hasty revolutionary path leads to the wrong results, the wrong kind of compromises & once this cycle starts there is no turning back. Without patience the struggle goes down the drain, the sacrifices wasted, the blood traded. And most of all to bear all the pain which comes to those who have chosen this path, they need to hold on to patience.

However, patience does not mean silence in the face of injustice, corruption & everything that the people have been fighting for. When the limits are crossed it is a call for action. People blamed them for all the wrong that happened & that will happen but they did what was needed to be done.

Looking back they have nothing to be ashamed of.

~Fatima Arif

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Campaign for Justice for Mir Murtaza Bhutto-May

Youth is beautiful; it’s fresh & full of idealism & the passion to be able to change everything that is the cause of pain, as its felt the most in these budding years. With all the carefree attitude in the air, these are the very years that define the rest of the life, lay the basic pattern for it. Those who take the rough path for fulfilling their ideals don’t get killed at the hands of the history; a death they refuse to accept; every other form of it faced with their chins up & clean hands.

It isn't about how old you are; It is about how you are when you become old. Make the right choices, fight for the right causes, speak up for the truth, be a better person.

Continue to seek justice...

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Campaign for Justice for Mir Murtaza Bhutto-April

It is an empty slate, clean slate, you can write what you want on it, that is how we are born into this world

Slowly you try to remove the purity of this world, when power gets to you, slowly you try to silence the truth, slowly you try to run away from reality

Up until a time comes when all you can see is darkness. How your power has made lives seem so trivial. How you decide what the world should see. How you think purity does not need to live

When we try to show you that there is still a voice that cannot be silenced you feel as insecure and powerless as you have never felt before. You cannot believe there are still those that want to preserve the truth, the dignity and the honor of a nation, of a legacy.

You think this would stop it, that you can cover up everything with your insanity and cruelty and force silence

BUT YOU WERE WRONG
You can hijack a name but you can never own it. You can never be, what you silenced, in your greed to hold onto your power.

WE SHALL FIGHT, THE TRUTH WILL NEVER DIE

The ink of the pen will triumph over the bullets of the gun.

The voice of the conscience of the world will deafen the violence of your power and bloodshed

A day WILL come when we go back to the start, when the slate will be wiped clean and we start again. With a smile on our lips and a prayer in our heart that truth has won and justice is ALIVE. We shall leave it just as we were born with it..

The name will be owned again…

Continue to Seek Justice..

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Fatima Bhutto launches her memoir

Staff Report

KARACHI: The book ‘Songs of Blood and Sword: A Daughter’s Memoir’ written by Fatima Bhutto, daughter of Mir Murtaza Bhutto, was launched on Tuesday.

This was the first time after the assassination of Fatima’s father on September 20, 1996 that she made a public statement on how her life had transformed following the brutal killing of her father and six of his friends. The ceremony was organised at the Clifton Park on the road where Mir Murtaza was assassinated, and was attended by politicians, foreign diplomats, intellectuals, journalists and civil society members.

Prominent attendees included Pakistan People’s Party (Shaheed Bhutto group) Chairperson Ghinwa Bhutto, Sardar Mumtaz Bhutto, Sardar Sher Baz Mazari, Ghaus Bux Maher, Ilahi Bux Soomro, Yousaf Masti Khan and Meraj Muhammad Khan, as well as diplomats and honorary consul generals of Afghanistan, Mauritius, Romania, Cuba and Morocco.

Fatima arrived at the ceremony with her younger brother Zulfikar Junior, and relatives of her father’s associates, who were murdered during the same incident, were also present at the ceremony. She was introduced at the ceremony as the daughter who rose higher than her father’s expectations when he had asked her to write about his life. She said her father had asked her to write about his life’s experiences, something he could not do himself due to the fear of being killed.

She lashed out at those at the helm of affairs of the state and said, those who had orchestrated her father’s killing were among the rulers. “There are people who will go to no end to put a stop to this book,” she added. She complained that the policemen responsible for her father’s assassination had been conferred medals for their bravery. She lamented that her family’s name and history had been hijacked.

She explained that the title of the book came from a poem that was written by leftist Iranian poet Khosrow Golsorkhi, who was persecuted and hanged by the Shah of Iran for his stand against corruption and hypocrisy.


Source:http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\03\31\story_31-3-2010_pg12_4

Campaign for Justice for Mir Murtaza Bhutto-March

Just like a caterpillar after its entire struggle becomes a beautiful butterfly, together we shall be able to finally honour the truth & transform our efforts into the reality of justice.

When all colours combine together, they make a lovely rainbow. However every single colour still stands out distinctly. So too will the truth! Our efforts together are that rainbow. Yet the truth is of essence here. That holds us together and one that shall finally be the reason for justice to prevail. The truth can be distorted and hidden but never buried. At least not for long…..

Continue to Seek Justice..

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Campaign for Justice for Mir Murtaza Bhutto-January

Last year the Club had initiated a Justice Campaign over a period of 7 days, in solidarity with the call made my PPP(Sb) Chairperson Ghinwa Bhutto. When we committed for this cause, to fight till Fatima Bhutto gets justice for her father, Mir Murtaza Bhutto, we meant to be part of this struggle till victory was ours...

In keeping with the ideology behind that week, we shall continue to express our support to Fatima Bhutto, her family and the rest of the families on the 20th of every month over 2010 too. Why should a campaign end only because considerable amount of time has passed, since that ridiculous judgment passed on the 5th of December 2009. This is how we risk losing support and justice for a cause. Our memory fails to remind us that those that committed these heinous acts are still in power.

What can you do, you ask? For starters 'NEVER FORGET'. This is the name of our campaign 'Will Not Forget-Not Let Others Either' Do your bit, keep yourself updated on the details of this case, write to your local newspaper and remind them they need to cover this story for you, sign petitions, speak about this to family/friends that are ignorant about this, decide that in the next elections you will not vote a party of criminals and those that do not uphold the justice of 7 families, someday it might be yours too. Do your bit for another fellow citizen/human being. Preserve Justice in this World, it is the best legacy you can leave for your children....

Join Us and Let Your Voice Be Heard In This Fight For Justice.

You Can Gag Our Voices

You Can Censor Our Words

You Can Bleed Our Pens Till The Ink Runs Dry

BUT YOU STILL CANNOT STOP US or OUR SPIRIT!!!

We Can Still Find Ways to Fight! To Ask For

 

The first month of a New Year, the first steps we make to let you know that these are not the last ones either, We Will Not Stop till we get JUSTICE....

We Won't Forget-We Shall Not Let Others Either....

Dedicated to all the families, party workers, friends and supporters across the world, who have never given up and fought bravely over the past 13 years for Justice. Here is to a resolute 14th year...

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70 Clifton-After the Judgement on 5th Dec 2009

Mir Murtaza Bhutto case Dec 5 2009

Thoughts about the Campaign

Through these past 7 days, both Fatima Arif and I, in spite of our personal hectic schedules, found it rather effortless to make time for this justice drive. It came easy to us, because we both had this burning zeal to fight for a cause, one which we both truly believe in!


My friends have found it rather baffling, why I would so fervently campaign for a case, and invest so much of my time, when I am not remotely connected to its outcome or to the society that it is a part of! They reckon it has got to do with my admiration for Fatima Bhutto rather than anything else.


Probably, a big part of it is, because it is connected to Fatima Bhutto, a woman whom we both so respect-a reason why this club was formed and is so active. She has been the reason, why I have been acquainted with this injustice. But to call my choice to choose and voice my displeasure, as just merely, an act stemming from the fascination with her public persona, is akin to stating that Edison invented the light bulb (practical one at least), only because he wanted light for himself from the darkness.


I was raised to believe in democracy and equality. My grandparents were proud of being the children of democracy. It is all I heard growing up, how I must value this inheritance. Today, they both are no longer with me, but their words still guide me ‘Always stand up against what is Wrong, even if the supporting the Right does not make your life any better. It shall someone else’s’.


Martin Luther King Jr has said “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” That is my reason to be part of this struggle, and I am proud to be contributing in any miniscule way I can! This week has been about that, about fighting to preserve my own rights and my own conscience, for in today’s world no vacuum can exist. What happens in your neighborhood will percolate its way to your own home. You have to choose to say ‘NO’ this cannot happen.


The cynics might say ‘What good will a few days of expression do? What difference will the voice of an ordinary person make to this struggle?’ Look through the eyes of an optimist and you shall see, it to be perhaps the biggest contribution of them all. Because, it makes you as a person accountable to the choices you make, the causes you support and the rights you want to preserve! Imagine if every single person, were to do that, the true change that can come by in this world. By being accountable to yourself, you are being accountable to a whole world. Now do you see what these little efforts can do? It can make people not forget, that there is a right in this world, which is being wronged. It can keep it in their memory, which cannot be done in any other way. It can make them THINK, why are they so invested in this fight? Should I be too?


Both Fatima Arif and I have been extremely proud, of what we have accomplished over these past few days. What started off as a show of solidarity to Ms. Ghinwa Bhutto’s call has turned out to be a good personal journey for the both of us! It has given us moments of happiness, stress, anxiety, pride. But most of all it has given us, this lesson that ‘If each one of us makes a little effort, there is not much that we cannot accomplish. If we are united, the divisions burn away. That in another person’s fight against deceit lay our own truth ’


We thank you for being part of this week long project along with us. The fact, you were here, you read what we wrote and supported us with your feedback, is proof enough of the fact that, we are kindred soul. This is not the beginning; neither can this be the end. This is our journey, a journey to get justice for 6 families and in the process preserve the justice of millions of others. We hope, you will continue to be part of this journey with us. We appreciate it and we do believe all those 6 families do so too.


We Won’t Forget; We Will Not Let Others Forget Either….


Jab tak apne andhere ko na mahsoos kar sake
Kisi aur ke roshani se hum kya wafa kar pate?
Andhere mein jab apne khauf se mulaqat ki
Shaam dhalte hi humne roshani ki kadar ki.


Optimistically yours,
Karishma and Fatima Arif

Peace & Defiance- Day 7

DAY 7

In the present time & age all of us are desperate to attain some level of peace. As Robert Fulghum said “Peace is not something you wish for; it’s something you make, something you do, something you are, and something you give away.”

Time for some reality check! Feeling guilty somewhere inside? Should be; still it won’t be too late if we start afresh right here right now. We have been only wishing for Peace, something which is a big NOT TO DO point. Our actions don’t even remotely reflect that we want to establish peace. “Peace is something you are”; so actually all this chaos around us is a reflection of our inner self. Isn’t it beautiful?

After all we are the species created to rule the universe; we have walked the moon & our ambitions know no boundaries. So what if we have destroyed the basic essence which qualified us for this ruling position in the process of attaining this superiority. When the hell are we going to wake up from our stupor? Even the law of the jungle teaches its inhabitants to live in harmony with one’s own kind, so that they can survive.

Aren’t the humans (I love using the term Homo Sapiens due to my long lost love for the subject) part of the same kind & hence, according to the theory of the matter supposed to live in peace to survive?

Oh well, but then political theory makes lot of sense & the phenomena designed in the books makes lot of sense; however, practical globalization politics makes little sense to anyone with even a minute quantity of something called sanity. So why look up to those who don’t make sense to us. But then we can’t completely reject the most important institution which affects each & every aspect of an individual’s life.
So it seems that the thought we have been trying to hide from has suddenly slapped us in our faces. It’s the individual who first needs to make peace within him/her before expecting that it be given back. Now how do you do that?

Well what my grey cells tell me is that the thought of getting things straightened up from top to bottom should be thrown out of the window, & let us start working the other way around.

We aren’t short of examples around us who have showed us how it’s done, we just need to dig deeper. Let’s start making peace before the term humanity is replaced by animality in the dictionary.
-Fatima Arif

When he was born we rejoiced with unabated joy
We all questioned him, son do you feel supreme?
To be born true heir, to an empire so regal
But forgot to question ourselves, would he want to paint his own dreams?


When he was six, we grieved at his irreparable loss
We all wondered together, son don’t you feel hatred?
To not be able to seek blood for blood
But forgot to wonder ourselves, who will read him his stories in bed?


When he was twelve, we revered his brief appearances
We all asked him, son can you get all of these men to gather?
To find a way, to get our own seat of power
But forgot to ask ourselves, he might be missing playing basketball with his father?



When he was seventeen, we burdened him with our needs
We told him, son will you step up now and claim our lost glory?
To rightfully take revenge after all these years
But forgot to tell ourselves, he has the right to choose the chapters of his life's story.


When he will be twenty two, we will pressurize him with our impatience
Remind him, Son will you come and rejuvenate our dying spirit?
To keep all of our morals united in this cynical world.
But forget to remind ourselves, what good can a captain be without his ship?


Shouldn’t before that a time come


When we turn a year older, and he will soothe all our hearts with his smile
Vowing to us, that we have as a society, upheld his rights of justice and peace
To not doubt that this peace is a sustainable endeavor
But not forgetting to vow himself, never again, will he let another childhood be lost to injustice.

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Victory & Defiance-Day 6

Day 6

Victory is important; those who deny this are out right liars. The main issue here is of the means & sustainability of the victory. Manipulating the truth & proving oneself the righteous one is a short lived victory. I won’t even term it victory because you can fool the world for as long as you want, but then how does one fool one’s own self? Or have some of us actually mastered this skill? Is it attainable? Lot of unanswered questions, but then again we have mastered the skill of living with the unanswered as if they didn’t exist.

Long term & permanent victory is what the far sighted people work for. It’s a slow process which requires determination. And determined they are. In the end their victory is going to stand tall above the rest without any effort of being identified as the VICTORY.

by Fatima Arif

When this Victory will come you shall see,


It wouldn’t matter to get there


If it took us years twenty, fifty or even seventy


The look, at that moment in the eye of the enemy


As we walk away with our last tear stained faces


Will set all of us from the ghosts of our past free.


We have been a candle to one another in this darkness


Given more to each other, often as strength within us seemed less.


Hold on for another day, another week, another year.


Don’t fear the journey now, look ahead rather than focus at the rear.


What good will that win be, in which some of us quit today forever


Tomorrow would bring no joy, if we don’t share this struggle together


Victory shall greet the hearts of only those few


The minds of those, whom defeat never, knew

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Determination & Defiance-Day 5

Day 5

“We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a small group of determined people can change the course of history.”

This quote sums it up quite appropriately; determination too is not depended on numbers. The sheer will of a single individual or a small group is capable of changing the course of our history. A phenomena, that has been proved time & again.

These determined souls are never given justice in due course, it’s always a delayed commodity thrown at them; (which most of them aren’t around to catch). But then is being justified even on the priority list of these individuals? Don’t think so. They are all too willing to get killed at the hands of the system; the ruling juntas etc BUT will never let history kill them.

So far history has proven its cardinal for being the best & the most fair Judge. It kills the wrong doers in such a way in which they themselves could not think of eliminating these head strong individuals. They have a common slogan of “Bring it on” they don’t whine like the most powerful when held accountable for their actions. Not interested in repeating their school days excuses of why they didn’t complete their homework.

For the time being the masses can be fooled by manipulating their lack of knowledge especially by cashing on the religious weakness. And yes this strategy works no doubt fulfilling the junta’s short term goals. The long lived are the one’s titled as the traitors, terrorist & the related vocabulary which can be thought of making them look like the demons of the world;Destructors of Peace, Truth & Justice, something they are putting their lives at stake for; evaluation system is strange isn’t it?

Long story cut short, the “bring it on” types are here to stay (their existence is not dependant on their physical presence) the power houses are free to materialize whatever destructive innovations they can come up with.

-Fatima Arif

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Truth & Defiance- Day 4

Day 4

Innocent until & unless proven guilty is getting over-rated in our times. Super intelligent people have devised methods to go around the justice system. Proving the truth is getting difficult day by day; so I am transferring myself to that group which follows the concept of Guilty until & unless proven innocent. Sounds a bit harsh, well the truth is always harsh, isn’t it?

The TRUTH is that we are designing more & more rules for almost every aspect of life but are not ready to practice even the most primitive ones. The TRUTH is that the present destruction of the society (which is still under debate whether it is a concept or a reality among sociologist) is mostly due to the denial of truth & justice to the major percentage of those who compose this complex system termed; society. The TRUTH is each & every one of us is responsible in one way or the other. Some of us tend to ignore it, some of us are ready to go along with the system until & unless they are not personally affected by it (who cares what the others are going through, after all GLOBALIZATION is just another hip term of the 21st century).

However, no matter for how long the TRUTH is bent or twisted in the end it is the only thing that stands out for all to witness & feel ashamed for not supporting it at the right time.
by Fatima Arif

What happened is not to be proved, it is the truth

How you manipulated that truth; that has to be proved.

The support that I have need not worry you, it is the truth

How that truth will destabilize your own; that is what you must worry about.

My years spent in honoring this struggle need not be calculated, it is the truth

When will yours give up to that truth; that has to be calculated.

That I will win need not be debated, it is the truth

How long before you lose to that truth; that has to be debated.

In my truth, lays yours.

In your lies, still my TRUTH resides.

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Unity & Defiance-Day 3

DAY 3

Unity is one of those attributes that every living creature is taught, but why is it only the trait of humans not to follow it? If asked we just crib about the numbers. At one point we are not being able to make a few join hands as they can’t adjust to the fact that people can still be united even if they don’t agree & on the other side of it until & unless a huge figure is not attained the thought of working towards a goal seems a fruitless idea. Contradictions at its best!!!

Skimming through the history of humanity, one will see that it was not the numbers but the strength of unity that did wonders. Impossible was made possible because a handful decided to raise their voice & make a difference; & though their struggle was not a piece of cake but in the end they were the one’s who triumphed.
- by Fatima Arif

In 1997- We fought back with our first resistance and formed a party, when assumed we were silenced

In 1998-We fought back by staying home, when coerced into walking away.

In 1999-We fought back by getting the corrupt convicted, when presumed we only were interested in personal battles

In 2000-We fought back by being the voice of the opposition, when one man decided to be the voice of a nation.

In 2001- We fought back by continuing to pursue justice, when the attention of the world focused on a region, made it easy to push the facts out of memory.

In 2002- We fought back by learning (# 86604), when declared we weren’t qualified to contest

In 2003-We fought back with resilience for justice, even when harassed with threats to evict us out of our homes.

In 2004- We fought back by not supporting another war, when the rest in power were kowtowing the US line.

In 2005-We fought back by persisting with the fight, when presumed that the delays will frustrate us into giving up.

In 2006-We fought back in the present by protesting when we felt the past was being suppressed yet again.

In 2007- We fought back by showing solidarity in grief-when expected to be inhumane as others had in the past.

In 2008- We fought back by fighting a fair election-when we knew rigging was prominent.

In 2009- We fought back by appealing again, when believed to have lost all spirit to continue

In 2010- We continue to fight as UNITED as ever and until RIGHT is done

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Strength & Defiance-DAY 2

Day 2

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Hope & Defiance-DAY 1

Day 1



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Vigil for Mir Murtaza Bhutto & his associates

Source: DAWN publication of 6/12/2009

27th Sept 2009-Ceremony in connection with Mir Murtaza's Anniversary