HYDERABAD, Oct 29: The leaders of Jeay Sindh Mahaz (Zain Shah group) have condemned the terrorist attacks on America and also those fundamentalist groups in the region who were using religion as a political weapon to carry out their terrorist activities.

At a press conference at the Hyderabad press club on Monday, they said that the aid to Afghan refugees should be distributed through UNO and not through government of Pakistan.

They said that the Taliban were product of Pakistan and global fundamentalist groups.

They said if international terrorism in the name of religion was to be eliminated, the international community must support secular movements.

The nationalist leaders said that interference in Afghanistan should be stopped and under the supervision of UNO, the Afghan nation should be given the right to appoint their own government.

They demanded that the influx of Afghan refugees into Sindh should be stopped and the borders of the province for outsiders should be closed.

They warned the religious parties not to make Sindh centre of their protest movements as it was citadel of peace and religious tolerance.

They claimed that for over half a century Sindh had been deprived of its share of water as a result of which tens of thousands of acres of land in the province had been rendered barren.

They deplored that as no water was being released down the Kotri barrage therefore the rich agricultural lands of lower Sindh had been hit with water logging and salinity due to the intrusion of sea water and the entire delta hand been destroyed.

They demanded that water distribution should be done in accordance with 1945 water agreement.

They called upon the government to stop the exploitation of Sindh and condemned the sacking of Sindhi employees from several government departments.

Those who addressed the press conference included Syed Zain Shah, Sufi Huzoor Bukhsh, Nooruddin Jamali and Dhani Bukhsh Solangi.