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| January 22, 2006 | Sunday | Zilhaj 21, 1426 |
NFC award without provincial mandate rejected
NAWABSHAH, Jan 21: Sindh PPP-SB president Meon Khan Rind has said that announcement of the National Finance Commission award by President Gen Pervez Musharraf without mandate of provinces has proved that the three provincial assemblies have no value in the country.
He was talking to newsmen here on Friday.
He said Sindh, Balochistan and the NWFP had demanded distribution of financial resources on revenue generating basis but the announcement was made on population basis to please Punjab.
He said Sindh generated maximum revenue and yet Punjab was given additional share.
Mr Rind said that power to impose sales tax was with the centre and was not given to district governments, which was an injustice.
He further said that the chief minister had no constitutional right to authorize the president to announce the NFC award.
Mr Rind made it clear that they would not accept the award on the basis of population.
JSQM: Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz chief Basheer Khan Qureshi has said that Sindh has exclusive right on the waters of the Indus River and the people of Sindh would not accept construction of any dam on it.
He was speaking at the 102nd birth anniversary of the late G. M. Syed, organized by the JSQM Nawabshah chapter at the H. M. Khoja auditorium on Thursday.
He said the JSQM had rejected the 1991 and 1994 water accords.
He demanded to implement the 1945 water accord in letter and in spirit.
Mr Qureshi said they would not accept any dam over the Indus River, including the Bhasha dam.
He condemned the army operation in Balochistan and offered full support to the people of Balochistan in their just struggle.
He reminded Sindhi, Pakhtoon and Baloch nations to get ready for any sacrifice to save their motherland.
Others who also spoke on the occasion were Shafi Karnani, Hashim Leghari, Sarfaraz Memon and Dr Sham.
PTCL UNION: The telegraph division of the PTCL union action committee in Nawabshah has condemned attack on telephone operator Mohammad Umer Qureshi in Shahdadpur and demanded from high authorities to register an FIR and arrest accused persons.
A meeting was held here on Friday with union member Abdul Qadir Qureshi in the chair.
The meeting condemned the attack and also demanded security for family of the victim.
PROTEST: Students of the Quaid-i-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology in Nawabshah blocked the Nawabshah-Sakrand road on Thursday in protest against the university administration after fall of a student from the roof of a university point bus.
As a result of the fall, Mushtaq Dhani was injured.
The protesting students said there were seven buses in the university but only two were plying due to which students had to sit on the roofs and such incidents occur regularly.
The protesters dispersed when police assured them of talking to the university administration to solve their problem.
A procession was taken out on Friday against the university administration by the Jeay Sindh Students Federation QUEST unit.
The procession started from the university and culminated at the press club.
The protesters demanded running of all points buses of the university to benefit students.
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