HYDERABAD/LARKANA/ NAWABSHAH: Lawyers across Sindh boycotted court proceedings on Thursday in protest against the proposed division of Sindh.
On the call of the Sindh Bar Council, they observed ‘Sindh Unity Day’ in Hyderabad.
The lawyers did not appear in civil, sessions and high courts.
They also held protests under the leadership of High Court Bar Association (HCBA) President Ayaz Tunio and Hyderabad District Bar Association (HDBA) President Shakir Nawaz Shar.
They brought out a rally on the premises of the high court, raising slogans against the division of the province. Hearings fixed before Sindh High Court Hyderabad circuit bench had to be cancelled by the bench in view of the strike.
Ayaz Tunio, Shakir Shar, HDBA general secretary Shahzad Shah, and senior lawyers Imdad Unnar, K.B. Leghari and others led the protest. They said the lawyers would resist any plan to divide Sindh.
Lawyers in Larkana alsoobserved a complete boycott of court proceedings in protest against the possible division of Sindh and the proposed creation of new administrative units.
They held protest rallies, reiterating their pledge to defend ‘every inch’ of Sindh’s territory and vowing strong resistance against any such move.
Hearings in numerous casescould not take place and litigants returned home without any progress in their cases.
The Sindh High Court Bar Association held a condemnation meeting in the bar room against the possible division of Sindh. Later carrying banners, the lawyers staged a protest rally led by the bar’s general secretary Asif Hussain Chandiofrom the High Court to Jinnah Bagh Chowk. A large number of lawyers and citizens joined in.
Separately, the District Bar Association also boycotted court proceedings and began a protest rally from the bar room.
Members of the District Bar Association Shaheed Benazirabad boycotted court proceedings on Thursday and took outarally against the proposed division of Sindh and marched to the Nawabshah Press Club.
Protesters strongly condemned the proposal for the division of Sindh, led by District Bar Association Shaheed Benazirabad President Ali Raza Channa and others.
They said that those talking about the division of the province were enemies of Pakistan and Sindh.
They warned that no compromise would be made on changing the geographical boundaries of Sindh at any cost.
Meanwhile, Jeay Sindh Quami Mahaz (Bashir Khan Group) Chairman Dr Niaz Kalani and Jeay Sindh Mahaz Chairman Riaz Chandio held separate press conferences in Naushahro Feroze and Moro respectively where they condemned the proposal of administrative unit or provinces in Sindh.
They said that no Sindhi would ever accept or allow such division as Sindh was their motherland.
They said that the people of Sindh would gather and hold peacefulprotestagainsttheproposal in Shaheed Benazirabad on Sept 20.