JSQM observes hunger strike

Published November 4, 2007

MIRPURKHAS, Nov 3: Activists of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (Basheer Khan Qureshi group) and JSSF observed a token hunger strike and staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Saturday against the detention of JSQM leader Dr Safdar Sarki despite bail by the court.

Dozens of workers and office-bearers of JSQM and JSSF district Mirpurkhas led by Qaisar Khan Mari and Zeeshan Leghari staged the protest demonstration demanding immediate release of the detained leader from prison as he had been granted bail by the court.

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