HYDERABAD: Farmers accuse MNA of water theft
HYDERABAD, May 13: Small growers of Allahdino Khan Buber Goth, Tnado Allahyar taluka, have accused an MNA of breaking their watercourse and diverting water to his lands.
Speaking at a news conference at the press club here on Thursday, Soharo Khan Babbar, Ghazi Khan, Mohammad Khan and Mavo Khan alleged that on May 3, MNA Syed Qurban Ali Shah of Mirpurkhas had broken watercourse 1-AR, West Branch, Deh Langano, Tando Allahyar.
They feared that they might be implicated in false cases for their protest against the MNA. They appealed to the president, prime minister, Sindh governor, chief minister, provincial minister for irrigation and the Sida chairman to take notice of the excesses of the MNA and provide them with justice.
DEMO: The All Pakistan Clerks Association, Hyderabad chapter, took out a procession and held a demonstration outside the press club here on Thursday, demanding acceptance of their demands.
Their demands include 100 per cent increase in salary of grade-1 to 16 government employees in the next budget, award of house rent in accordance with the new pay scale and a grant of Rs500 per month as conveyance allowance.
District Apca president Ashraf Bozai made it clear that clerks were not politically motivated and they were struggling for their rights to save their families from starvation.
The others who spoke on the occasion included Noor Mohammad Shaikh, Zahid Hussain Abid, Shabbir Mallah and Syed Imtiaz Shah. They demanded that the government should accept the eight-point charter of demands of the association.