HYDERABAD, Dec 28: Activists of the Sindh National Party held a protest demonstration outside the press club here on Wednesday against the Kalabagh dam and the military operation in Balochistan.
Speaking on the occasion, they criticized the Balochistan operation and the Kalabagh project. They claimed that even the common man of Punjab was against the Kalabagh dam.
They demanded that Kalabagh dam and greater Thal canal projects should be shelved, operation in Balochistan should be ended, Khokhrapar route should not be opened, provinces should be given provincial autonomy in accordance with the 1940 Resolution and JSMM leaders and other political activists should be released.
Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz activists also held a demonstration outside the press club against the military operation in Balochistan and continued detention of party leaders.
The protesters, including women and children, raised slogans against the operation in Balochistan and the alleged crackdown on party activists. They also carried banners against the Kalabagh dam.
Speaking on the occasion, Shahnawaz Bhutto, Asif Bhutto and others said whereabouts of JSMM leaders Muzaffar Bhutto, Sattar Hakro, Ahmad Khan Keerio, Zulfiqar Khaskheli and Mehran Mallah arrested 80 days ago were not known.
They condemned the operation in Balochistan and expressed solidarity with the people of the province.
They appealed to leaders of nationalist parties and human rights organizations to save lives of the JSMM leaders who were being held incommunicado.
NAWABSHAH: Activists of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz and the Jeay Sindh Students Federation took out a procession against the Kalabagh dam here on Wednesday.
The procession started from the Quaid-i-Awam University and terminated outside the press club.
The protesters said people of Sindh had rejected the Kalabagh dam and those supporting the project were traitors.
They appreciated the decision of journalists who quit their newspaper favouring the Kalabagh dam.
They said they would continue their peaceful struggle for rights of Sindh.
KHAIRPUR: The Jeay Sindh Students Federation and the Sindhi Adabi Sangat of the Shah Abdul Latif University took out a procession here on Wednesday against the proposed construction of the Kalabagh dam and the army operation in Balochistan.
The procession started from the National Highway and after marching through various roads reached the Panj Gola chowk, where the protesters held a demonstration.
DADU: Hundreds of activists of the JSQM and the JSSF staged a protest demonstration outside the local press club on Wednesday against proposed construction of the Kalabagh dam and the greater Thal canal.
Speaking on the occasion, the protesters said they would not accept any dam on the Indus river.
They announced to continue their protest unless their demand was met.
Later, they observed a token hunger strike.
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