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HYDERABAD, May 21: The activists of the Sindh People’s Students Federation (SB) staged a token hunger strike outside the press club on Tuesday to protest against the delay in the dispensation of justice in the Mir Murtaza Bhutto murder case and the greater Thal canal.
Talking to newsmen, SPSF (SB) spokesman Dr Saleem Bhatti said six years had elapsed since the killing of Murtaza Bhutto and his companion but justice had not been provided.
The protesters condemned the Punjabi rulers for hatching conspiracies to destroy the agriculture sector of Sindh by withholding Sindh’s share of water.
Dr Bhatti said that through the construction of the greater Thal canal, 1.2 million acres of rich agricultural land of Sindh would be rendered barren.
He said the landlords of Sindh had a greater role to perform regarding this issue as it was a matter of life and death for the Sindhi people.
He demanded that the murder case of Murtaza Bhutto should be disposed of as soon as possible and the greater Thal canal project should be shelved.
TOKEN STRIKE: On the call of the action committee for safe recovery of Prof M. Hussain Leghari, government hospitals of Hyderabad city suspended their OPD services from 10am to 12pm on Tuesday.
Doctors and paramedical staff of government hospitals were protesting against the inordinate delay in the recovery of Prof Leghari.
The action committee has also given a call for a strike on Friday in private and public sector hospitals, private clinics, laboratories, and other medical facilities.
Medical consultants and general practitioners will also observe the 24-hour strike. However, emergency services will be available at the hospitals.
A general body meeting of doctors, paramedical and nursing staff is also scheduled to be held on May 24 at 9:30am in the city lecture hall of the Hyderabad Civil Hospital to chalk out a programme for a province-wide protest.
PARAMEDICAL STAFF: Sindh Health Services Director General Dr Fateh M. Khan on Monday assured the paramedical staff that their families would be provided free medical treatment and the drivers would be paid TA and DA as per rules.
Speaking as chief guest at the oath-taking ceremony of the office-bearers of different rural health centres of the Hyderabad District Paramedical Staff Association at the rural health centre, Bhitshah, Dr Khan said problems of the paramedical staff would be resolved without delay.
He said that in case of death or retirement of an employee, his children would be given priority for employment.
Speaking on the occasion, the Sindh Paramedical Staff Association president, M. Musharraf, said the members of the association did not believe in lingual and racial prejudices or politics and their mission was to serve the ailing humanity.
He said elected governments had never tried to resolve problems of the paramedical staff but the present government had done a lot for the employees and their families.
