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KHAIRPUR, July 21: Tribal disputes in Sindh take place under a conspiracy which the state has failed to resolve, said speakers at a seminar. They criticised the role of political leaders and nationalist parties for not playing a vital role in resolving the disputes.
The Sindh Social Forum had organised a seminar on “tribal dispute and its effect on the society” at the press club, on Saturday.
Jami Chandio, a writer said the tribal disputes began in Sindh after 1983 under a conspiracy in which the government too had been involved.
The high court gave five decisions against holding of jirgas but sardars and police officers continue with the practice with ministers too taking part in such matters, he said and asked the Supreme Court to take suo motu notice against jirgas.
“Cases should be lodged against sardars, waderas and police officers involved in tribal disputes for holding jirgas,” he demanded and called for inclusion of lesson on tribal disputes in primary class syllabus for creating awareness among children.
He said district police officers were responsible for tribal feuds as they failed to show any responsibility in ending such rows as they were a corrupt lot and their appointments made on the recommendation of ministers and sardars.
Chairman, the Sindh Social Forum Saeed Sangri, Rana Shah, Munawar Mahessar, Amar Iqbal, Zameer Lashari, Amjad Lashari, Shafqat Mahessar and others also spoke on the occasion.
KILLED: A man was killed and his two sons and a relative suffered serious injuries when a speeding passenger wagon hit their motorcycle on Saturday.
Ameer Bux Hisbani died on the spot while his sons, Pervez Ahmed, 14, and Feroze Ahmed, 10, and relative, Zameer Ahmed were moved to Gambat taluka hospital. Pervaiz and Feroze were later shifted to Sukkur civil hospital due to their serious condition.
PROCESSION: A large number of growers staged a procession in Mithri under the aegis of Khairpur Abadgar Ittehad on Saturday in protest against breaches in Faiz Wah.
Led by the ittehad’s president, Syed Shakir Ali Shah, the protesters said that Faiz Wah developed a 70-foot breach for the fifth time at RD-37 near Mithri on Friday evening, which spoke volumes about the negligence of irrigation officials.
The breach submerged a middle school, a high school, an Imam Bargah and a number of date palm orchards, they said and called for an inquiry into the causes that led to the breach and compensation for the affected growers.
