The seventh death anniversary of Rasool Bux Palijo, an iconic Sindhi nationalist leader, was marked at a public meeting of the Awami Tehreek (AT), in Thatta on Saturday.
The participants echoed chants against corporate farming and the exploitation of Sindh's resources. The event passed a set of 31 resolutions, including the abolition of legislations negating the country's constitution, the implementation of the 1940 resolution and of Muhammad Ali Jinnah's August 11, 1947, speech. The party also demanded aborting the construction of new canals and dams, repealing the Indus River System Authority (IRSA) ordinance, and terminating 'daaku raaj' in Sindh.
President AT, Advocate Vasand Thari, reiterated that the province's oppressed people rejected the corporate farming project, and vowed to see schemes like the building of new canals and dams on the Indus River meet the same fate as the controversial Kalabagh dam project. He accused the proponents of such projects of being enemies of Jinnah's envisaged Pakistan, blaming the country's establishment for turning Pakistan into an experimental ground for global imperialist agendas, surrendering the nation's sovereignty to international financial institutions.
Meanwhile, President of the Awami Workers Party (AWP), Advocate Akhtar Hussain, deemed Palijo a genius and revolutionary, while Chairman of the Haqooq-e-Khalq Party, Farooq Tariq, praised Palijo for his struggle in the service of Sindh and its people.
During the event, a group of girls clad in red dresses and wearing ajaraks presented a parade, carrying AT's flag.
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