Why? Is this punishment for refusing to join the Pakistan People’s Party?
Salaam
My name is Naveen Jatoi, wife of Murtaza Jatoi former federal minister and daughter in law and niece of Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, former prime minister of Pakistan.
Our family has been affiliated with politics since the British Raj, my grandfather was a signatory to the document of independence and Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi lead the Movement of Restoration of Democracy. Yet after decades of the Jatoi family devoting their life to public service, fighting for democratic freedom and abiding by all legal institutions, we are now being politically targeted and victimised in a brutal political agenda.
Why? Is this punishment for refusing to join the Pakistan People’s Party?
Is it a crime to stand in opposition against the Pakistan People’s party?
We were unaware that Pakistani citizens no longer had the democratic right to contest elections.
As a result we have been terrorised prior to the election, during the election and presently our family continues to endure ongoing harassment.
There had been unprovoked attacks made on my husband and son on election day. Followed by False FIRS and False cases being filed against us.
They physically assaulted our male polling agents and harassed our female polling agents.
Prior to election, my widowed aunts property ownership documents were falsely changed, her lands were forcibly occupied, illegally sold and her crops were taken over – all in an attempt to avenge for personal grievances associated with a family divorce trial. Is politics now a means for PPP to execute their own personal revenge?
They have been conducting illegal raids in our houses in the middle of the night without search warrants.
70 police vehicles and 3 armoured vehicles were used for the raid in New Jatoi – treating us as enemies of Pakistan and not as a family that has worked tirelessly for Pakistan.
This is a breach of our privacy and our constitutional right of equality before the law.
Not only our family, but our employees in the village and innocents voters have been abducted and arrested without charge. This is an appeal not only for the Jatoi family but for the poor people of Pakistan, who have fallen victim under a government that believes in justifying violence, harassment and deprivation of constitutional rights as a means to achieving their own agendas
Not even during the MRD movement did our adversary display such decline in morality and integrity as we are witnessing today. A martial law dictator did not use the tactics against us that our opponents have made common practice.
As a daughter of Sindh, a daughter of Balochistan, as a daughter of Pakistan first and foremost – I ask for justice.
This is an appeal to the honourable CJP and the honourable Chief of Army Staff to take note of the grievous injustice, political harassment and abuse of power.
Do our fundamental rights still hold any value? Or have they been suspended and we as Pakistanis no longer have rights?
Shall the people of Pakistan believe state machinery has gone rogue? If we are to seek justice, where do we go?