SUKKUR: Attempts are now being made again by the MQM-P, PPP and the PML-N, under various pretexts, to introduce new administrative units and a dual local government system in Sindh.
This was stated by Sindh United Party (SUP) central leader Syed Zain Shah while addresing a rally in Kashmore distric.
Zain Shah and another party leader Roshan Buriro were given a warm welcome by party workers when they arrived in Tangwani, Kashmore district, on Thursday.
A ‘Wahdat-i-Sindh’ (Unity of Sindh) rally led by Mr Shah was taken out from Kandhkot Road to the town’s main bazaar, with hundreds of party workers taking part.
Mr Shah said a strong public movement launched last year had forced the rejection of the proposed canals.
He alleged that the son of President Asif Ali Zardari, in collaboration with the PML-N, had tried to settle people in Cholistan and had betrayed the people of Sindh.
The party would not accept any move to divide the province at any cost.
He also urged people acrossSindh to hold peaceful protests in the cities along the Indus Highway to press their demands and oppose the proposed measures.
Mr Buriro also addressed the rally. Other party leaders, including Zareet Sagar Bajrani and Shah Nawaz Marhato, were present.
Kandhkot Bar Separately, Mr Shah visited the Kandhkot District Bar, where he urged lawyers, political and social leaders, nationalists and the public to unite against what he described as attempts to divide Sindh and create new administrative units.
Addressing lawyers, he praised the Sindh Bar Council for its role in the struggle against the proposed division of the province. Several groups were active in connection with the proposals, he said, but the people of Sindh had consistently opposed any such move and stood ready to defend their land.
Criticising the PPP government, he alleged that it had delivered nothing but worsening living conditions and lawlessness. He also claimed that the health and education sectors in Sindh were on the verge of collapse. He called on lawyers, political and social figures, nationalist leaders and the publicto join hands and raise a united voice against what he termed conspiracies targeting Sindh.
On Wednesday, Mr Shah led a Unity of Sindh rally in Kandhkot, in which a large number of party workers and residents took part. It began at Ghanta Ghar Chowk, passed through the main road and ended outside the Kandhkot Press Club, where he addressed participants and spoke to the media.
He said he was visiting four districts, Sukkur, Ghotki, Kashmore and Jacobabad, to meet lawyers, farmers, young people and students and to develop a joint strategy against what he described as conspiracies against Sindh. The visits were aimed at mobilising people to protect the province’s rights and territorial integrity.
Citing statements by federal ministers that the system was not functioning in the country, he said that if it was not working, the cause was the rulers’ incompetence and undemocratic actions. He alleged that efforts were being made to take control of provincial resources and the coastal belt.
Mr Buriro, district president Zareet Sagar Bajrani, Shah Nawaz Marhato, Asghar Sheikh, Ghulam Ali Sabzoi and Nazir Soomro also addressed the rally.