Strike alert: ANP and SUP leaders discuss their reservations

ANP to decide whether to support the SUP strike on August 13 against the reinstatement of the local government system

KARACHI:

Reservations over the reinstatement of the local government system were discussed at a meeting held at Awami National Party (ANP) Sindh chief Shahi Syed’s house on Wednesday.

The ANP leaders met with a delegation from the Sindh United Party (SUP) led by their president Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah and vice president Syed Shah Muhammad Shah. In a press release issued after the meeting, Syed assured the delegation that the ANP would continue to support the people of Sindh and urged the people to take a stand against the conspiracies being plotted to create an urban-rural divide in Sindh. He added that the ANP would hold a meeting in a day or two to decide if they were going to support the SUP strike on August 13 against the reinstatement of the local government system.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 11^th, 2011.