Parachinar blast, many injured
died due to lack of Teaching Hospital.
OR , PPP Leadership faild to fulfil its leader Benazir Bhutoo promise.
Parachinar Friday Feb 17,2012 blast casuilities toll reached to 46 while more
than 60 injured the responsibility of this deadly attack as suicide was taken by
so called good taliban TTI leader who separated himself from ban TTP against
suicide attacks on civilians. May be according to him the Parachinari citizens
do not comes in category of civilans? Ironically after suicide attack security
forces especially FC opened direct firing on civilians protesting the incident
with addition to crushing them with tanks which was declared as State Terrorism
by Turi Bangash tribal elders. According to media reports they asked big
question that when the security of Parachinar city and surrounding upper Kurram
was in hands of Turi Banagsh volunteers for last four years no incident of
suicide occurred while for last three months when check posts were replaced with
security forces from volunteers such incident create serious concern among
patriotic tribals.
Many of injured died due to lack of Teaching Hospital and Medical facilities in
the long and hard way during shifting to big hospitals like LRH & KTH at
Peshawar from from Parachinar.It is worth mentioning that Ex PM Benazir bhutto
announced the establishment of Teaching Hospital & FATA Medical College at
Parachinar But current PPP regime failed to fulfill its leader promise with
tribals.If teaching Hospital & Fata Medical College at Parachinar built on time
then more than a dozen injured precious lives can be saved thereforeteaching
hospital and medical college at Parachinar is need of hour. It is fact that
emote and backward plus strategic important Pak Afghan tribal areas (FATA) are
neglected all the time. Tribal people and their area are highlighted as jungle
by different rulers for gaining more and more aid from international community
both during cold war and so called war on terror after 9/11.But hardly the
mentioned aid received in the name of Fata used on the welfare and development
of tribal areas.
For last some days the issue of FATA Medical College is once again hot issue of
discussion in Print and Electronic media. Therefore it is necessary to mention
the need as well as facts and figures of this mega Project. It is fact that both
Late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutoo & Shaheed Jamhoriat Benazir Bhutto tried to gave full
attention to FATA as exceptional case in rulers even by visiting far away tribal
areas like Waziristan and Parachinar for more than two times and tried to did a
lot for these areas. Late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutoo & Shaheed Jamhoriat Benazir Bhutto
during visits to Parachinar termed the paradise like scenic valley and
headquarters of Kurram Agency as Switzerland of Pakistan.
Ex PM Shaheed Jamhoriat Benazir Bhutto during her visit to Parachinar announced
that Fata Medical College will be built at Parachinar as soon as possible with
the aim that this educational institute on one side will benefit the medical
students while on other side in the form of Medical Faculty like Professors Asst
Professors Specialists Doctors and Surgeons will be available for tens of
thousands population of both Pakistan and Afghanistan tribal people. Shaheed
Jamhoriat Benazir Bhutto was aware of the geographical and strategic importance
of Parachinar Because Parachinar is the only tribal areas which touches four
provinces of Afghanistan i.e, Paktia, Nagarkhar,Khost and paktika while the
Afghanistan capital Kabul is at the shortest distance from Parachinar in entire
Fata as shown in attached map. In Shaheed Jamhoriat Benazir Bhutto,s Vision the
Medical College on one side can be helpful in friendly relationship with four
provinces of neighboring Afghanistan as well as can provide basic medical
facility to the inhabitants of Kurram Agency and surrounding Tribal areas and
districts by decreasing over load from government and private hospitals at
Peshawar far away from Parachinar Kurram Agency.It is worth mentioning that
hundreds of patients from Parachinar Kurram Agency and surrounding areas
including neighboring Afghanistan covering 10 to 15 hours hard journey to
Peshawar KTH & LRH government hospitals as well as Private Clinics at Dabgari &
Hayatabad Peshawar. During long hard and risky way from home town to Peshawar
many serious patients expires that is why Shaheed e Jamhoriat Benazir Bhutto
announced this crucial project .After the end of PPP government later on
different governors as a representative of President of Pakistan or federal for
Fata officially inaugurated by allocating land for Fata Medical College (FMC)
outside Parachinar city to gain credit for themselves .Even Governor Syed
Iftikhar Hussain Shah announced the casual classes at Shalozan House an official
guest house at Parachinar city till completion of building on specified location
at Parachinar city but this process and start of casual classes was suspended
later on due to unknown reason as the Parachinar Peshawar PIA Flights started by
Benazir Bhutto was cancelled after end of PPP Govt while same PIA Flights are
still continued for Giligit & Chitral even having higher elevation and dangerous
mountains than Parachinar. After the cancelation of PIA Flights and delaying
tactics in already announced Fata Medical College Parachinar now this opinion is
developing among the patriotic Turi Bangash tribals of Parachinar whose elders
visited Quaid e Azam at Delhi before partition and participated in defending the
land of Pakistan by sacrificing hundreds of men women children in
1948,1965,1971Kargil Kashmir and ongoing so called war on terror that Is
Parachinar not Part of Pakistan?? If Yes then why they are facing step mother
treatment is a big question mark and if Fata Medical College not built at
Parachinar then this question mark will be converted into frustration and
depravations creating distances as in Baluchistan.
Moreover the above facts and figures regarding Fata Medical College (FMC) at
Parachinar and delay tactics in it are eye opening for PPP Leadership especially
President and Co Chairman Asif ali Zardari, Chairman Bilawal Zardari ,Prime
Minister Governor Masood Kausar (Representative of President and Federal
government for FATA) who are using Ex PM Shaheed Jamhoriat Benazir Bhutto name
for political point scoring while failed to act on the promise of Shaheed
Jamhoriat Benazir Bhutto.
The PPP Leadership especially President and Co Chairman Asif ali Zardari,
Chairman Bilawal Zardari ,Prime Minister Governor Masood Kausar have some months
guests in ongoing government and have a big chance to made happy the soul of
Shaheed Jamhoriat Benazir Bhutto by fulfilling the promise of Fata Medical
College at Parachinar as gift to tribal’s people with addition to surrounding
four provinces of Afghanistan even by naming it as “Pak-Afghan Friendship mega
Project Shaheed Jamhoriat Benazir Bhutto Fata Medical College” if they want to
avail this opportunity. Otherwise this will be another blow for tribal
population especially people of Parachinar in developing idea that they are
facing step mother treatment. It is need of hour that PPP Leadership should
fulfill the promise of Shaheed Jamhoriat Benazir Bhutto by starting work and
allocating budget for Fata Medical College (FMC) at Parachinar.
(The end).