HYDERABAD, Oct 24: The Sindh National Council has stressed the need for projecting issues and concerns of Sindh at the international level.

At a meeting of the supreme executive committee here on Sunday, leaders of the party observed that the rulers were trying to maintain the status quo in Sindh by providing a legal cover to the jirga system through an ordinance. Punhal Sario presided over the meeting.

It was of the view that the people would lose confidence in the rule of law if Sindh was pushed into the Sardari system in this age of free flow of information and democracy.

The meeting decided to hold a two-day international conference on Dec 10-11 in Hyderabad on the occasion of the International Human Rights Day to highlight rights abuses in Sindh.

The meeting said that the international conference would discuss all the problems confronting Sindh.

A committee was formed to meet the intelligentsia in Punjab, NWFP and Balochistan invite them to attend the conference.

The meeting claimed that the mindset of the people of Sindh was secular but they were being pushed towards fundamentalism after rendering them jobless and poor.

It recalled that in the past there were only a few seminaries in Sindh but at present two million children were studying in thousands of religious schools.

The meeting feared that after passing out from these schools they would create a lot of problems for international peace.

PPP: The executive committee of the People's Party Parliamentarians, Hyderabad City, has criticized the Sindh government for poor law and order situation in the province.

The executive committee at a meeting held here on Saturday observed that the government had failed to maintain law and order. It said terrorists and bandits were roaming about with complete impunity.

The meeting maintained that unrest and a sense of deprivation prevailing among people of Sindh on account of the controversial Kalabagh dam and greater Thal canal projects. Youths were committing suicide due to unemployment but ministers were grappling over portfolios and cars, it regretted.

It noted that a constitutional crisis had hit the country and the operation in South Waziristan was leading to rebellion by tribal people.

The committee observed that if Benazir Bhutto was not allowed to return and the supremacy of parliament was not established, the country's survival would be at stake.