HYDERABAD, Dec 3: Sindh National Council leader Hussain Bux Thebo has said that the signing of the dual-office bill by Senate Chairman Mohammedmian Soomro in his capacity as acting president has made the institution controversial.

He was speaking at a function organized by the Thinkers Forum in the Mohammadi town to mark the World Slavery Day here on Thursday. Mr Thebo said that without democracy, the concept of independence and liberty was a misnomer.

He also criticized a proposal to appoint serving army officers in educational institutions which, he said would destroy the education system. He was also against deployment of forces in educational institution. He said this would be a burden on their resources.

Speaking on the occasion, Punhal Sario alleged that on the one hand landlords and feudal lords were holding people as slaves and on the other, the religious parties' alliance, Muttahida Qaumi Movement and the establishment were exploiting the people of Sindh for their own vested interests.

He stressed the need for unity among the people to get rid of the forces of exploitation. He regretted that the oppressed nations were being subjected to step-motherly treatment and they were being deprived of their rights, including water share.

He said the provinces should be given the rights guaranteed in the 1940 Resolution. The gathering adopted a resolution calling upon the government to take effective measures to end tribal bloodshed.