SUKKUR, Nov 27: Sindh Bachayo Committee (SBC) has formed various committees to help turn its strike call given for Nov 30 into a success.

A meeting of the SBC was held in Jacobabad on Tuesday to review prospects of the call announced in protest against the Sindh People’s Local Government-2012.

According to reports, the meeting was held at the residence of District JUI (F) Ameer Dr A. G. Ansari attended by Sindh Taraqqi-pasand Party district president Ali Muhammad Lashari, Jeay Sindh Mahaz senior vice-chairman Sardar Khalid Hussain Jhulan, Lahuti Ayaz of the PML-N, Sindh United Party district president Abdul Majeed Sarki, Shah Dino Unner of the PML-F, social leader Abdul Haiy Soomro, Ghulam Sarwar Mastoi of Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, G.M. Soomro of Awami Tehreek, Nizam Mastoi, Muhammad Umar Solangi, Abdul Razzak Leghari and Syed Ali Shah.

After the meeting, the SBC leaders marched on different roads of Jacobabad city and distributed handbills and pamphlets. They appealed to shopkeepers and traders for their complete support by keeping close their business during the strike.

They also met the vice-president of Anjuman Tajran Sindh, Mir Ahmed Ali Brohi, and other trade leaders and requested them for support. They assured the committee of their complete support.

JST leader

Jeay Sindh Tehreek (JST) secretary general Dr Safdar Sarki visited the hunger strike camp set up by the Sindh Taraqqi-pasand Party (STP) at Naseem Nagar Chowk and expressed solidarity with the protesters, our staff correspondent in Hyderabad adds.

Speaking to the STP workers, he said that the controversial local government system being introduced by the government had triggered agitation across the province but the government was not ready to heed the voice of dissent.

He appreciated the STP for continuing the hunger strike, which entered its 52nd day on Tuesday, and said that the sustained struggle would succeed in forcing the government to repeal the Sindh People’s Local Government Act, 2012. STP leaders Qadir Channa, Hoat Khan Gadhi, Muzaffar Kalhoro and others were present.

He said that the Nov 30 strike called by the Sindh Bachayo Committee and Sindh United Party would prove to be a referendum against the law.

STP leaders vowed to continue their struggle until the law was repealed.