HYDERABAD: The Acting Chief Minister of Sind, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, said here today [May 13] that the slogan of Sindhu Desh stood for separation which the people would never tolerate. Addressing the leaders and workers of People’s Party of Hyderabad district, he said Pakistan was one and indivisible and all the provinces are its integral part.

Shah Sahib asked the workers to distinguish between the slogans of Jeeay Sindh, meaning prosperity for Sind, which all sections of the society cherish, while Sindhu Desh stands for separation which the patriotic people of Pakistan would not tolerate. — News agencies

[Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies from Lahore,] Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo, MNA, former Governor of Baluchistan, has strongly denied the existence of any separatist movement in any part of Pakistan. He was talking to newsmen on his arrival from Karachi at the Lahore airport this morning. … Commenting on the recent remarks of the Shahanshah Aryamehr of Iran, he said he could not say as to what were the sources of the Shahanshah’s information about the existence of a separatist movement in Pakistan, President Bhutto would be competent to throw light on the matter when he returned from Iran.

Published in Dawn, May 14th, 2023