Nationalists urge Sindh govt to bury the new LG ordinance
Say they will stage protests across the province every Wednesday.
SUKKUR/HYDERABAD:
The nationalists claimed that they would continue to protest against the new local government ordinance till the government rescinds it.
According to the chairperson of the Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party (STPP), Dr Qadir Magsi, they planned to stage sit-ins every Wednesday till the ordinance is ‘buried’.
Leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Functional), Awami Tehreek (AT), Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), Sindh National Movement and Awami Jamhoori Party met at the Hyderabad Bypass for a four-hour long sit-in. Protesters blocked the National and Indus Highways in Matiari, Shaheed Benazirabad and Sehwan. They also carried placards and burnt tyres in Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas.
“There will be bloodshed if the Sindh Assembly votes in favour of the ordinance,” said Magsi. “The Sindhis are prepared to bleed to save their province from being divided. The ordinance is a conspiracy to divide Sindh.” JSQM’s Aakash Mallah chanted a slogan made famous by Hosh Muhammad Sheedi, a military general from the Talpur dynasty who died fighting the British in 1843, “we will die, but we will not give you Sindh.”
In Sukkur
Workers of Sindh United Party, STTP, JSQM, Jeay Sindh Tehreek and other nationalists blocked the National Highway and major roads leading into cities. The Shah Hussain Bypass near Khairpur and Kandhkot was also blocked. In Daharki, hundreds of nationalists and workers of the PML-N carried placards and chanted slogans against the government. They were led by STPP’s Jam Fatah, PML-N’s Hafiz Mohammad Sadiq Samejo and Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz’s Dr Niaz Kalani. The protesters burnt tyres and blocked the traffic flow for three hours.
Jam Fatah and Dr Kalani said that the government had betrayed Sindh and the new local government ordinance was a conspiracy to divide Sindh. They added that the government was only interested in negotiating with one of their coalition partners and were ignoring the rest.
“This oridnance is an attempt to harm the integrity and solidarity of Sindh,” they said. “The people of Sindh are against it. We will not let them go ahead with this. The unity of our motherland is at stake.”
Published in The Express Tribune, September 27th, 2012.
The nationalists claimed that they would continue to protest against the new local government ordinance till the government rescinds it.
According to the chairperson of the Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party (STPP), Dr Qadir Magsi, they planned to stage sit-ins every Wednesday till the ordinance is ‘buried’.
Leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Functional), Awami Tehreek (AT), Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), Sindh National Movement and Awami Jamhoori Party met at the Hyderabad Bypass for a four-hour long sit-in. Protesters blocked the National and Indus Highways in Matiari, Shaheed Benazirabad and Sehwan. They also carried placards and burnt tyres in Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas.
“There will be bloodshed if the Sindh Assembly votes in favour of the ordinance,” said Magsi. “The Sindhis are prepared to bleed to save their province from being divided. The ordinance is a conspiracy to divide Sindh.” JSQM’s Aakash Mallah chanted a slogan made famous by Hosh Muhammad Sheedi, a military general from the Talpur dynasty who died fighting the British in 1843, “we will die, but we will not give you Sindh.”
In Sukkur
Workers of Sindh United Party, STTP, JSQM, Jeay Sindh Tehreek and other nationalists blocked the National Highway and major roads leading into cities. The Shah Hussain Bypass near Khairpur and Kandhkot was also blocked. In Daharki, hundreds of nationalists and workers of the PML-N carried placards and chanted slogans against the government. They were led by STPP’s Jam Fatah, PML-N’s Hafiz Mohammad Sadiq Samejo and Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz’s Dr Niaz Kalani. The protesters burnt tyres and blocked the traffic flow for three hours.
Jam Fatah and Dr Kalani said that the government had betrayed Sindh and the new local government ordinance was a conspiracy to divide Sindh. They added that the government was only interested in negotiating with one of their coalition partners and were ignoring the rest.
“This oridnance is an attempt to harm the integrity and solidarity of Sindh,” they said. “The people of Sindh are against it. We will not let them go ahead with this. The unity of our motherland is at stake.”
Published in The Express Tribune, September 27th, 2012.