October 20, 2006	Friday	Ramazan 26, 1427

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HYDERABAD, Oct 19: The chairman of the Sindh Qaumi Ittehad and chief of the Sindh National Front, Mr Mumtaz Ali Bhutto, has said that Sindh was facing innumerable problems and warned that if all the people of Sindh did not unite on one platform, they will not be able to solve their problems.

He said the late Prime Minister Z. A. Bhutto had done a lot for poor people but the PPP was only paying lip service, claiming to ameliorate the sufferings of the masses.

Speaking at an Iftar party hosted for him by the Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party here on Wednesday evening, he said undemocratic forces had taken over control of the country by force, as a result of which, the oppressed nations have been deprived of all their rights.

Under the circumstances, he said, if the oppressed nations did not unite on one platform, they would perish under the oppressive rule.

He said that the rulers did not care for the welfare of the 150 million people of the country, and added that a present only the nationalist forces were struggling to get rid of the dictatorship.

He said some parties in Sindh grabbed power by exploiting the Sindhi people but did nothing to solved their problems.

Commenting on General Pervez Musharraf’s book, he said that Gen Musharraf had accused Z. A. Bhutto of rigging the elections which was a travesty of truth.

He said Gen Musharraf himself had captured power through “dhandhli” and added that he was trying to perpetuate his rule through “dhandhli”.

He said at the international level, President Musharraf has proclaimed himself as the bitterest enemy of terrorism but within the country, he was patronising a terrorist group.

He was of the opinion that the greatest power in the country was people’s power adding that if the people united on one platform, they could bring about a political revolution in the country.

STP chairman Dr Qadir Magsi, said that the rulers had enslaved Sindh and deprived them of their inherent right of sovereignty.

He warned that if Sindhis failed to unite on one platform, they would become a non-entity and even lose their identity.

Directly addressing Mumtaz Bhutto, he said that Bhutto had remained minister of federal government, chief minister and governor but now he had jumped into the political arena during difficult times to save Sindh.

Mr Magsi said he was prepared to sacrifice his life to change the destiny of Sindh.

He said Islamabad was trying to enslave the Sindhi people but they would prefer to fight than to become a slave nation.

A large number of Sindh Qaumi Ittehad leaders and workers attended the Iftar party.

BOOK LAUNCHED: The chief of Awami Tehrik, Rasool Bux Palijo, has stressed the need of logic and argument in politics and said that the people must learn to discuss all subjects in a logical and scientific manner.

He was speaking at the book launching ceremony of a rising writer and intellectual, Jami Chandio, at the local press club on Wednesday evening.

The book “Tenh Pani Panna Deenhra” (the bygone days) ceremony was held under the aegis of Centre for Peace and Civil Society.

Mr Palijo said: “we were lagging behind in our thinking by 200 years and added that this distance will have to be covered in the shortest possible time if we have to make any progress”.

He said Jami Chandio’s book was aimed in that direction.

He said, it was imperative to develop a habit of maintaining an accurate record of times and events. He said after the inception of Pakistan, the promises held out by the father of the nation, Quaid-i-Azam, in the 1940 resolution and his subsequent speeches, guaranteeing provincial autonomy and sovereignty, had been totally forgotten by the successive rulers.

Palijo pointed out during the regime of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in Punjab, a secret covenant had been signed with imperialism and added that the same covenant was being practiced even today.

Noted scholar and intellectual, Mohammad Ibrahim Joyo, who was the chief guest on the occasion, in his speech said that right from the inception of Pakistan, it has remained in crisis.

He said that the British Raj had not handed over power to the people but to the rulers, army and bureaucracy.

He said, even after 60 years, the people were still being held in chains.