Bashir Qureshi. - File Photo by Online

KARACHI:  Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) called for a province-wide strike on Saturday refuting an initial report by the commission probing the death of party’s chief Bashir Qureshi, DawnNews reported on Thursday.

The strike call was given by the party after its leaders rejected the initial findings of the commission describing the death of Bashir Qureshi as natural.

Speaking at a press conference, the JSQM leaders announced the strike throughout Sindh over what they call a “vague” report of its chief’s death.

Moreover, the party has rejected cardiac arrest as the cause, demanding a thorough investigation into his mysterious death by the United Nations or the Scotland Yard.

The 53-year old chief of the party was passed away earlier this month in Sakrand, Nawabshah. Party workers have regarded Qureshi’s demise as a major setback for the Sindhi nationalist movement.

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