SUKKUR: JSQM plans long march

Published January 4, 2007

SUKKUR, Jan 3: The Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz would stage a long march from Larkana to Sun from January 10 to 17 when the birthday of G. M. Syed would be celebrated, said JSQM organizer Sirai Qurban Khuhawar on Wednesday.

He told a news conference at the press club that the participants of the march would renew the pledge to get rid of highhandedness of Punjab.

He said that G. M. Syed always fought for the rights of Sindh and Sindhis and ‘we will adhere to his mission for the independence of our motherland.’

They said that the government had snatched natural resources of Balochistan and now it was trying to snatch resources of Sindh.

He said that many of JSQM leaders and workers were missing for a long time and the government was not providing any information about their whereabouts.

WOMAN KILLED: A woman, Hajul, was shot dead by her brother-in-law, Liaqat Mazari, over a domestic dispute in Ishaq Mazari village near Kandhkot on the Eid day.

A case has been lodged with the police but no arrest was reported.

PETROL SEIZED: Huge quantity of smuggled petrol was recovered by the police from a shop in Jacobabad on Wednesday.

According to Jacobabad DPO Muneer Ahmed Khuhro, a police party on a tip off raided the shop and recovered 230 cans of 70-litre each of smuggled petrol. They arrested two men, Ghulam Akbar Lashari and Nazir Ahmed Lashari and impounded a motorcycle and a motorcycle rickshaw.

Meanwhile, the DPO has suspended the SHO of the area police, Ibrahim Soomro.

Opinion

Editorial

Islamabad march
Updated 27 Nov, 2024

Islamabad march

WITH emotions running high, chaos closes in. As these words were being written, rumours and speculation were all...
Policing the internet
27 Nov, 2024

Policing the internet

IT is chilling to witness how Pakistan — a nation that embraced the freedoms of modern democracy, and the tech ...
Correcting sports priorities
27 Nov, 2024

Correcting sports priorities

IT has been a lingering battle that has cast a shadow over sports in Pakistan: who are the national sports...
Kurram ceasefire
Updated 26 Nov, 2024

Kurram ceasefire

DESPITE efforts by the KP government to bring about a ceasefire in Kurram tribal district, the bloodletting has...
Hollow victory
26 Nov, 2024

Hollow victory

THE conclusion of COP29 in Baku has left developing nations — struggling with the mounting costs of climate...
Infrastructure schemes
26 Nov, 2024

Infrastructure schemes

THE government’s decision to finance priority PSDP schemes on a three-year rolling basis is a significant step...