Workers and leaders of Awami Tehreek and Sindhyani Tehreek, including women and children, observed token hunger strike in Hyderabad
Hyderabad
Awami Tehreek, District Hyderabad, organized token hunger strike in front of the Hyderabad Press Club on Sunday to register protest against corporate farming, canals, dams, lawlessness, and the exploitation of Sindh’s resources.
Slogans were chanted against the looting of Sindh’s water and land grabbing. A number of women and children also participated in the protest.
The hunger strike was led by central leader of Sindhyani Tehreek Husna Rahujo, Subhani Dahri, Awami Tehreek leader Jam Tamachi, Noor Nabi Palijo, District President Sarmad Rajpar, Secretary Ashok Kumar, Aslam Parvez Umrani, Haji Khan Samoon, Abdul Hai Bhutto, Saleem Budh, Saima Arbab, Faiza Soomro, Ali Raza Jalbani, Irfan Lashari, Ahmed Ali Talpur and others. Comrade Iqbal of the Communist Party of Pakistan also participated.
Speaking on the occasion, the leaders said that international media reports claim that a deal has been struck to hand over Sindh’s oil and gas reserves to the U.S. “We ask the Bilawal-Shahbaz coalition government: why are decisions about Sindh’s resources being made in Islamabad and the U.S.? Who made this secret deal with America, and under what law?”
Sindh’s natural resources belong to the Sindhi nation. The reserves of oil and gas in Sindh are being secretly handed over to the United States. This secret deal with the U.S. regarding resources is a breach of the Constitution. Those who broke the Constitution must be prosecuted under Article 6.
The leaders further said that on one hand, lands in Sindh are being illegally occupied, the Indus River is being dried up, and on the other hand, a reign of bandits has been imposed in Sindh. Ransom notes are being sent out, and those who do not pay are being killed, with the bandits enjoying government protection. The attack on Dr. Kripal Das in Sukkur for ransom is strongly condemned.
They demanded that the bandits, extortionists, and their tribal feudal backers be arrested and severely punished. They added that all new dam and canal projects on the Indus River should be stopped immediately, Sindh must be given its due share of water, and lands allotted to corporate farming companies should be withdrawn and distributed among the local landless peasants. (PR)
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