Strike in Sindh against local govt law
Activists of nationalist parties stage a protest demonstration in support of their demands. — Photo by Online/File
KARACHI: Sindh was experiencing a partial strike on Friday over a call by the province’s nationalist parties to observe a black day in protest against the new local government law, DawnNews reported.
Routine life was affected in the suburban areas of Sindh’s largest city and provincial capital of Karachi.
Shops remained closed and traffic remained thin on the roads in the city’s areas of Malir, Steel Town, Gulshan-i-Hadeed, Safoora Chowk, Sachal and Khamiso Goths.
However, normalcy prevailed in most other parts of the provincial capital.
Earlier on Thursday night, four buses were burnt in Karachi and Jamshoro.
Separately, unknown men had planted a bomb weighing three kilograms near a railway track in Larkana which was defused by the bomb disposal squad.
In the wake of these incidents, Sindh’s Additional Interior Secretary Waseem Ahmed issued directives to the police and Rangers to increase patrols and conduct immediate operations.
sindhi nationalist always have negative role in sindh harmony ,they want to divide sindh people
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Although I disagree with a lot of things that Pervez Musharraf’s government did, including the NRO, scrapping the 150 year old bureaucratic setup and establishing local governments was definitely a way forward.
Although it could have been amended to remove the concerns, it would have been ideal if whole of the province would have accepted it.
But unfortunately the present system where all the powers are in the hands of Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners and downwards suits the Vaderas and those politicians who know they cannot win in any local body elections can use these officials to maintain their influences.
This of course is not acceptable to those living in the large cities and have seen the benefits of local governments. The PML, ANP and others are just using these sentiments to defeat PPP rather than out of any love for people of Sindh,
It must be appreciated that both PPP and MQM rather than being at loggerheads and destroying peace in the province, discussed the issue for a long time and came up with a solution acceptable to their electorates, as should be done in a democracy.
In fact those who now forcibly want to enforce the rule of bureaucracy over the urban population are the ones sowing the seed of separation.