HYDERABAD, July 24: The Chairman of Jeay Sindh Mahaz (JSM-Z) Syed Zain Shah, has said that the military government’s bid to bring about amendments to the constitution was aimed at imposing Punjab’s hegemony over the smaller provinces.

He claimed that the government and the federalist parties had entered into a deal to share powers.

He was addressing the central committee of the Mahaz on the conclusion of a three-day meeting held at Sannh the other day.

The meeting deliberated upon the prevailing situation in Sindh and the organizational affairs of the party.

Accusing Punjab of having ‘expansionist designs’, Zain Shah observed that the federal government had been encouraging fundamentalist forces over the last 55 years to protect Punjabi interests.

He said that Sindh had been converted into a colony of Punjab which was controlling all the resources of the smaller province.

He appealed to the US and the international community to help the Sindhis in establishing ‘an independent state’ in the interest of the world peace.

He assailed the federalist parties of Sindh for using the ‘Sindh card’ to reach the corridors of power and called upon the Sindhi nation to vote for only those who believed in the independence of Sindh.