HYDERABAD, May 26: Speakers at a conference titled ‘Sindh situation post-election 2013 — assessment and way forward’ held here on Sunday urged the Election Commission of Pakistan and the judiciary to resolve the controversy over results of the May 11 general elections.

Organised by the Sindh Democratic Forum (SDF) in a local hotel and presided over by its chairman Mushtaque Mirani, the conference adopted 13 resolutions on various issues confronting Sindh.It rejected a dual local government system for the province, the Kalabagh dam project, terrorism, misgovernment and corruption through some other resolutions.

It also resolved to initiate a campaign against any party that working against the interests of Sindh and Sindhi people, and urged all elected representatives to oppose any move against the province within and outside the elected houses.

The conference urged members of the general public including intellectuals and literati as well as non-governmental organisations to join hands for restoring law and order, bringing about prosperity in Sindh and safeguarding the fundamental and other human rights.

It appealed to all organisations to raise their voice at international forums for the rights of Sindh and against the controversial Zulfikarabad project. “The sale of lands along the province’s coastal areas, Superhighway and National Highway should be stopped forthwith and the katcha lands be retrieved from land grabbers,” it said.

One of the resolutions adopted by the conference called for legislation to stop influx and rehabilitation of outsiders in the province.

The conference also stressed that the national language status for Sindhi, and said that the culture and cultural heritage of Sindh should be protected and projected at international level.

It demanded that all natural resources of Sindh including water, land, oil, gas and coal should be restored to the people of Sindh.

Expressing its grave concern over destruction of the entire education system in Sindh, the conference demanded special allocation for the sector right from the primary to the university level.

The conference further demanded that in accordance with the 1991 water accord, water should be released on a priority basis for the early crops of Sindh.

Dr Arfana Mallah, Engineer Shafique Moosvi, Abrar Kazi, Abdul Majeed Nizamani, Naz Sehito, Gul Mohammad Umrani, Mustafa Baloch and Aslam Baloch were among those who spoke at the conference.

Most of the speakers severely criticized the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement for their ‘Sindh-hostile’ policies, misgovernment, corruption and non-democratic attitude towards their opponents.