HYDERABAD: Members of Chuttho community staged a demonstration outside local press club on Saturday against what they termed as vindictive actions of Ali Hassan Zehri against their tribal chief, Saleh Bhotani and his supporters, in Balochistan’s provincial constituency of PB-21 where Zehri had lost to Bhotani.

Ghulam Rasool alias Gullan Chuttho, Waris Chuttho, Comrade Rasheed Chuttho and others told a news conference at the press club that Zehri had now dragged Bhotani into an electoral dispute on the seat after initial declaration of the result in Bhotani’s favour and now the matter awaited judgement which had been reserved by high court.

They appealed to authorities to take notice of Zehri’s vindictive actions in Winder and Hub, Balochistan, where people living for past 70 years were being dispossessed from their homes.

They claimed that fabricated FIRs had been lodged against 230 residents of these areas at the instance of Zehri and appealed to President Asif Ali Zardari, Chief Justice of Pakistan, Chief of Army Staff, Balochistan chief minister and Pakistan Peoples Party leadership to take notice of Zehri’s high handedness.

Published in Dawn, June 23rd, 2024

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