HYDERABAD, June 2 A large number of donkey-cart owners held a demonstration outside the press club on Wednesday in protest against a proposed ban on four-wheel donkey-carts.

Shafique Ahmed Qureshi, the organiser of Pasban's Hyderabad chapter which organised the protest, said that the poor donkey-cart owners were being harassed and intimidated by authorities in the market area.

He said that now the authorities had proposed a ban on four-wheel donkey-carts to deprive the poor of their only source of livelihood.

The leader of the donkey-cart workers union Jabbar Bhai demanded that excesses against donkey-cart owners should be stopped.

JI WOMEN WING Women activists of Jamaat-i-Islami held a demonstration outside the press club on Wednesday in protest against Israeli attack on relief boats.

Ms Rukhsana Parveen, Shahnaz Baqai and Mehnaz Ameer accused Israel of naked terrorism and severely criticised the UNO and America for supporting Israel.

They equally critical of the role of Muslim rulers and called upon Muslim nation to raise their voice against the atrocities unleashed by Israel against Palestinians.

JSQM Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz chairman Basheer Khan Qureshi said on Wednesday that Sindh was feeding the whole country but the ruling clique was not ready to solve its problems.

Talking to journalists in Tando Allahyar, he said that in case of a calamity in any other province, the entire government machinery would move into action immediately to bring the situation under control.