digitalzygot
Senator (1k+ posts)
When it takes the form of a torrent, water blurs all divides. This is what the floods have done in Pakistan. The deluge has brought to the fore a mosaic of organisations working for the rescue and rehabilitation of the flood affected.
Among them is Jamaatud Dawa which has drawn international condemnation for its alleged role in terrorism. Reports from the flooded districts indicate that the group is very active in providing relief. The US, which had led calls for a ban on Jamaatud Dawa for its alleged involvement in the 2008 attack in Mumbai, is now said to have firsthand information of the groups efforts in the flood relief camps. In Sukkur on Wednesday, US Agency for International Development administrator Rajiv Shah was taken to a camp which witnesses said worked under the banner of Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation, the groups offshoot.
If irony is something that is still craved, the Sukkur image may be of use to those looking to laugh at someone elses expense. Others would say they needed hardly any more evidence to know how involved Jamaatud Dawa is in the affairs of this country. The flood relief effort only provides Jamaatud Dawa leaders with an opportunity to hasten the organisations rehabilitation in Pakistani politics. The group was not among the ones banned by Gen Musharraf, but its presence does create a problem for the government as some fear that the floods may leave the land more fertile for the next crop of extremism and the militant organisations working in the affected areas could take advantage of this situation. However, as past experience demonstrates, there is no real evidence of relief work by extremist organisations or the Americans for that matter translating into greater support for them.
Among them is Jamaatud Dawa which has drawn international condemnation for its alleged role in terrorism. Reports from the flooded districts indicate that the group is very active in providing relief. The US, which had led calls for a ban on Jamaatud Dawa for its alleged involvement in the 2008 attack in Mumbai, is now said to have firsthand information of the groups efforts in the flood relief camps. In Sukkur on Wednesday, US Agency for International Development administrator Rajiv Shah was taken to a camp which witnesses said worked under the banner of Falah-i-Insaniyat Foundation, the groups offshoot.
If irony is something that is still craved, the Sukkur image may be of use to those looking to laugh at someone elses expense. Others would say they needed hardly any more evidence to know how involved Jamaatud Dawa is in the affairs of this country. The flood relief effort only provides Jamaatud Dawa leaders with an opportunity to hasten the organisations rehabilitation in Pakistani politics. The group was not among the ones banned by Gen Musharraf, but its presence does create a problem for the government as some fear that the floods may leave the land more fertile for the next crop of extremism and the militant organisations working in the affected areas could take advantage of this situation. However, as past experience demonstrates, there is no real evidence of relief work by extremist organisations or the Americans for that matter translating into greater support for them.