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HYDERABAD, Oct 11: The Jeay Sindh Mutahidda Mahaaz (JSMM) is of the opinion that the US was fighting against Afghanistan to protect its own political and economic interests in Central Asia.
The central executive committee of the JSMM at a meeting held at Qasimabad on Wednesday, discussed the prevailing situation in detail and released its proceedings to the press on Thursday.
It was of the opinion that the US wanted a surrogate and trustworthy government in Afghanistan and “Zahir Shah was the best option”.
The meeting observed that if the US was genuinely concerned about terrorism and religious extremism then it should also take action against countries like Israel, which were patronizing terrorist organisations.
In its opinion, the present situation was more harmful for the Sindhi nation; therefore, the JSMM declined to support any party.
The meeting pointed out that the late G.M. Syed had always rejected religious extremism and espoused the cause of peace, brotherhood, and religious tolerance.
It observed that Pakistan itself had come into being on the basis of religion and “it had enslaved and exploited Sindhis and other oppressed nations” in the name of religion.
It made it clear that those forces which wanted to weaken Pakistan could not be the friends of Sindh.
It pointed out that the settlement of the Afghan people in Sindh was in fact an attack by the Afghan nationals on the province.
The JSMM has appealed to the Sindhi nation to boycott the Afghan nationals to save Sindh from their intrusion.
SEA: The Sindh Employees Alliance (SEA) decided to observe total strike on Nov 1 by boycotting all academic activities, educational institutions, and offices to protest against the inordinate delay in the acceptance of its demands.
The decision regarding it was taken at a meeting of the supreme council of the alliance on Thursday.
Intizar Hussain Chhalgari presided over the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, Prof Liaquat Aziz, Ghulam Mustafa Soho, Haji Nazir Hussain Nizamani, Amanullah Shah, and Mubarak Kaim Khani severely criticized the indifferent attitude of the Sindh Government towards the teachers and other government employees.
The meeting adopted an unanimous resolution warning the authorities that if the problems of the government servants were not resolved by Oct 31, the alliance would lodge a strong protest movement from Nov 1.
The demands of the alliance included the withdrawal of the Sindh cabinet decision to privatize educational institutions, restoration of move-over, selection grade and advance increment facilities in the new pay scale, restoration of 25 per cent employment quota for the children of teachers, which had been in vogue since 1985.
The meeting resolved to observe complete strike throughout the province on Nov 1, hold protest meetings at all the district headquarters from Nov 1 to 15, and stage a sit-in outside the Sindh governor’s house.
