SHIKARPUR, Dec 22: Activists of the People’s Party Parliamentarians and its affiliated organizations observed a token hunger strike to protest against construction of Kalabagh dam at the Lakhi gate tower chowk on Thursday. Agha Shamsuddin and Mohammad Paryal of the PPP, Lala Zeb Khan (PPP youth wing), Syed Irfan Shah (SPSF), Syed Umerdin Shah and Maqsood Ahmed participated in the hunger strike.
They rejected the controversial project and termed it a conspiracy against the people of Sindh.
KILLED: Two people were killed and another was injured in an exchange of firing with villagers in Qalandar Bux Gopang village on Wednesday night.
A group of outlaws entered the house of Manthar Gopang to commit an offence.
They opened fire when the villagers retaliated to foil the bid to rustle the cattle.
As a result, two outlaws, later identified as Sabir Jafri and Abid Lohar, were killed.
Their accomplice Deedar Marfani received bullet injuries and was caught by villagers.
The injured was handed over to the Stuart Ganj police.
Later, he was admitted to the civil hospital.
Our Hyderabad Correspon-dent adds: Lawyers of Hyderabad held anti-Kalabagh dam rally outside the press club on Thursday.
The advocates gathered in premises of the sessions court and raised slogans against controversial water project and then reached the press club.
Speaking to protesters the president of the Hyderabad District Bar Association, Chaudhry Bashir Gujjar said that the people of Sindh had already rejected the Kalabagh dam because it would render Sindh dry.
He said that the people would not accept any anti-Sindh project.
Mr Gujjar said that lawyers would also not become part of any such conspiracy as they were loyal to the soil of Sindh.
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