HYDERABAD, July 30: The central body of the Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party (STTP), at a two-day session held at Taraqqi Pasand House here on Monday, warned that if any decision was taken to bring the Biharis to Pakistan, the party would launch a movement throughout the province.

The meeting further resolved to continue the campaign to motivate people to participate in the civil disobedience movement to ensure their demands were accepted.

In another resolution, it resolved to launch a signature campaign from August 1 against the construction of the greater Thal canal and other anti-Sindh water projects.

The signature document will be sent to the international water committee, UNO, loan-giving foreign agencies and human rights organizations.

The STPP has appealed to people to cooperate in the signature campaign.

The central body expressed concern over a meeting between Gen Pervez Musharraf and the Biharis during his visit to Bangladesh and apprehended that the rulers might take a decision to bring back the Biharis.

It said such a decision would be anti-Sindh.

The meeting criticized the Political Parties Order and the Code of Conduct, announced by the Election Commission, saying these steps had been taken to prevent nationalist parties from taking part in the general election.

It further noted that the Political Parties Order and the Code of Conduct were aimed at empowering those elements who had been rejected by people and were the supporters of the status quo.

It demanded that the condition of registration, as envisaged in the Political Parties Order, should be withdrawn to enable the nationalist parties to take part in the election.

The meeting also appointed a three-member committee, which will work for the registration of the party and other election issues.

It resolved to contest the election from the platform of the Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (Ponam).

It also resolved to hold annual party congress at Taraqqi Pasand House on Nov 2 and 3.

STTP chairman Dr Qadir Magsi presided over the meeting.

Meanwhile, Dr Magsi left for Quetta to attend the central committee meeting of the Ponam.