PTUDC has organised volunteers and set up camps for those fleeing from the war zone
The plight of the people of war tornSwat/Malakand is a terrible one. They are the innocent victims of theconflict inside the Pakistani state and very little is being done bythe authorities to help them. Many families are living out in the open.The PTUDC has organised volunteers and set up camps for those fleeingfrom the war zone. They need financial aid and we appeal to you to help.
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A bloody war is going on in Swat, Malakand and other parts ofPushtoonkhwa. This war is a result of the explosion of the internalcontradictions between various factions of the Pakistani state. Thiswar is not hurting any of the Taliban or any other armed groups butmerely the workers, peasants, poor people, women and innocent childrenwho are being killed in large numbers. These workers and peasants arevictims of the reactionary forces of both the Taliban and the state'sArmy operation. The people hate both of these forces.
This is a war between "black and white Capital" and it has killedhundreds of innocent people and thousands have been injured. Millionshave been forced to leave their homes and are wandering on the roadsand streets in search of food, water and shelter. The deal between theArmy and the Taliban has solved not a single problem and neither willthis war solve any.Before this military operation started no planning was made forevacuating innocent people and no transport has been made available forthose who want to flee their homes. People are living out in the open.Government relief efforts are scarce and have utterly failed. Thebureaucrats in the state institutions and the people in the private runNGO's have now started a lucrative business of collecting aid for thesepeople and filling their own pockets. Many fundamentalist organizationshave set up their own camps across the whole country to collect reliefgoods. These are the same organizations against whom the operation isbeing carried out.
The prices of all utility items have increased to almost 100 timesmore than before the operation started. To move from the war zone torelatively secure areas thousands of rupees are required which poorpeople cannot afford. To travel a distance of 100 km 10-15,000 rupeesare needed while previously it was around 200 Rs. Some poor people aretravelling hundreds of kilometres with their families on foot. One cansee people with swollen feet in the camps and can feel the agony whichthey have suffered. Some people have been forced to leave theirdisabled and small children back in their homes in the war affectedareas because they could not carry them along this hard journey.Suffering and misery is on the order of the day for these affectedpeople who see life slipping from their hands every day and deathcoming ever closer. Also various diseases have spread among the peopleliving in camps and there is no medicine and no doctors. Problems likediarrhoea, asthma, skin and eye allergies and other viral diseases areaffecting thousands of people and there is no medical help for them.
In the relief camps only 10 percent of the total affected people areaccommodated, and even these are sites of misery and helplessness. Mostof the people are living with their relatives or living in the open.Many families have been split up and many children have been lost.In this hour of need the PTUDC has started a relief operation in thewhole country and is also campaigning for the defence of innocentpeople of Malakand region. Revolutionary Defence and Relief Committeeshave been set up in Swat, Buner, Batkhela, Thana, Dir, Chakdara andother parts of Pushtoonkhwa. This work is rapidly proceeding in otherparts of the country as well and committees are being set up in otherparts of the country as well.A camp has been established in Rangmala near Batkhela in Malakand bythe PTUDC in which 10,000 people are living. This camp is in the WarZone and it is for people who cannot travel outside the war-affectedzone and are hampered by lack of transport facilities.Our comrades have collected bedding, crockery, medicines and othernecessary items for the camps in thousands of numbers. Two meals aredaily cooked in big utensils for these people. Food ingredients forthese meals are being gathered by the comrades who are collecting fundsin all the villages around the camp. Volunteers are coming in bignumbers to join the PTUDC in these efforts and committees are being setup rapidly.
A big public meeting is being organised next week where nearly15,000 people from around the district of Malakand will take part andwhere the demands and programme of the PTUDC will be put forward.We appeal to the workers of the world to come forward in this momentof need and support this revolutionary effort in Malakand. Thesecommittees need to be organised everywhere and funds should becollected to support these people and bring them into the struggle forrevolutionary socialism.Programme and Strategy
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A bloody war is going on in Swat, Malakand and other parts ofPushtoonkhwa. This war is a result of the explosion of the internalcontradictions between various factions of the Pakistani state. Thiswar is not hurting any of the Taliban or any other armed groups butmerely the workers, peasants, poor people, women and innocent childrenwho are being killed in large numbers. These workers and peasants arevictims of the reactionary forces of both the Taliban and the state'sArmy operation. The people hate both of these forces.
This is a war between "black and white Capital" and it has killedhundreds of innocent people and thousands have been injured. Millionshave been forced to leave their homes and are wandering on the roadsand streets in search of food, water and shelter. The deal between theArmy and the Taliban has solved not a single problem and neither willthis war solve any.Before this military operation started no planning was made forevacuating innocent people and no transport has been made available forthose who want to flee their homes. People are living out in the open.Government relief efforts are scarce and have utterly failed. Thebureaucrats in the state institutions and the people in the private runNGO's have now started a lucrative business of collecting aid for thesepeople and filling their own pockets. Many fundamentalist organizationshave set up their own camps across the whole country to collect reliefgoods. These are the same organizations against whom the operation isbeing carried out.
The prices of all utility items have increased to almost 100 timesmore than before the operation started. To move from the war zone torelatively secure areas thousands of rupees are required which poorpeople cannot afford. To travel a distance of 100 km 10-15,000 rupeesare needed while previously it was around 200 Rs. Some poor people aretravelling hundreds of kilometres with their families on foot. One cansee people with swollen feet in the camps and can feel the agony whichthey have suffered. Some people have been forced to leave theirdisabled and small children back in their homes in the war affectedareas because they could not carry them along this hard journey.Suffering and misery is on the order of the day for these affectedpeople who see life slipping from their hands every day and deathcoming ever closer. Also various diseases have spread among the peopleliving in camps and there is no medicine and no doctors. Problems likediarrhoea, asthma, skin and eye allergies and other viral diseases areaffecting thousands of people and there is no medical help for them.
In the relief camps only 10 percent of the total affected people areaccommodated, and even these are sites of misery and helplessness. Mostof the people are living with their relatives or living in the open.Many families have been split up and many children have been lost.In this hour of need the PTUDC has started a relief operation in thewhole country and is also campaigning for the defence of innocentpeople of Malakand region. Revolutionary Defence and Relief Committeeshave been set up in Swat, Buner, Batkhela, Thana, Dir, Chakdara andother parts of Pushtoonkhwa. This work is rapidly proceeding in otherparts of the country as well and committees are being set up in otherparts of the country as well.A camp has been established in Rangmala near Batkhela in Malakand bythe PTUDC in which 10,000 people are living. This camp is in the WarZone and it is for people who cannot travel outside the war-affectedzone and are hampered by lack of transport facilities.Our comrades have collected bedding, crockery, medicines and othernecessary items for the camps in thousands of numbers. Two meals aredaily cooked in big utensils for these people. Food ingredients forthese meals are being gathered by the comrades who are collecting fundsin all the villages around the camp. Volunteers are coming in bignumbers to join the PTUDC in these efforts and committees are being setup rapidly.
A big public meeting is being organised next week where nearly15,000 people from around the district of Malakand will take part andwhere the demands and programme of the PTUDC will be put forward.We appeal to the workers of the world to come forward in this momentof need and support this revolutionary effort in Malakand. Thesecommittees need to be organised everywhere and funds should becollected to support these people and bring them into the struggle forrevolutionary socialism.Programme and Strategy
- The medical and basic needs of the people affected by this war of attrition should be addressed immediately.
- The massacre of workers, peasants, children and women under the cover of "attacking extremists" should be stopped.
- State sponsorship of the Taliban should be put to an end.
- This carnage should be stopped immediately and defence committeesshould be formed to confront the extremists, and the workers and youthshould run these committees on a democratic basis.
- To make the relief efforts transparent those who are elected should be controlled and revocable by these defence committees.
- A revolutionary movement of workers should be organised to stop drone attacks and imperialist aggression in the region.
- This crisis cannot be solved without ending poverty, unemployment, illiteracy and disease.
- The real cause of this crisis is barbaric capitalism, which meanshorror without end. With the support and solidarity of the workers ofthe world, a movement on a class basis should be organised for theoverthrow of this rotten system through a socialist revolution, whichis the only way out of this barbarism and bloodshed.
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