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DADU, Dec 26: A large number of people took out a procession and held a demonstration in Khairpur Nathan Shah on Monday in protest against the proposed construction of the Kalabagh dam.
The protesters included activists of different political parties and social workers. They were led by taluka People’s Party Parliamentarians president Noor Mohammad Chandio, district Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam president Hafiz Hajan and district Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan president Hafiz Amin.
The protesters demanded that President Gen Pervez Musharraf should shelve the Kalabagh dam project.
Later, they observed a token hunger strike.
NAUSHAHRO FEROZE: Workers of different political parties on Sunday marched from the Moro town to the Moro-Dadu bridge on the River Indus to protest against the Kalabagh dam.
Around 400 activists of the People’s Party Parliamentarians, Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, Jeay Sindh Mahaz, Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party, Sindh National Party, Awami Tehrik, Sindhi Adabi Sangat and the Labour Party of Pakistan participated in the protest.
The procession was led by Sindh LPP general secretary Younus Rahu, Hashim Khoso, poet Rashid Morai, Ali Bux Kalhoro, Agha Hassan, Khan Soomro, Ashraf Bhat, Razzaq Mastoi, Badal Zardari and Talib Rahu.
They said the Kalabagh dam was dangerous for Sindh and its people because they would be deprived of their livelihood after its construction. They warned that people of Sindh would not forgive supporters of the Kalabagh dam.
The PPP-SB also took out a procession in Kandiaro on Sunday against the dam project.
The protesters, led by district party president Zafar Khoso, after marching through different roads reached the Star Chowk where they staged a sit-in for one hour.
