HYDERABAD, May 30: A large number of activists of the People’s Party Parliamentarians took out a procession from Hussainabad to the press club here on Monday and observed a hunger strike for two hours against rampant unemployment, price hike, acute shortage of drinking water in Hyderabad and erratic power supply.

They were led by the party’s city chapter general secretary, Mir Fateh Talpur. MNA Syed Ameer Ali Shah Jamote, MPA Zahid Bhurgari, Maula Bux Chandio, People’s Youth Wing leader Eshan Abro, Syed Fayaz Ali Shah, Amanullah Siyal, Aftab Khanzada and other party leaders participated in the protest.

They raised slogans against President Gen Pervez Musharraf and in support of party chairperson Benazir Bhutto.

Speaking on the occasion, the PPP leaders said due to rampant unemployment, inflation and poverty, people were forced to commit suicide.

They maintained that 50 million people of the country could not arrange even one meal a day for their families.

They regretted that people of Hyderabad were living a miserable life due to shortage of drinking water and frequent breakdowns of power supply in the sizzling heat.

They said the rulers should accept their failure and resign.

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