NAWABSHAH, Oct 30: A large number of tail-end growers held a demonstration in Qazi Ahmed on Saturday to protest against the SDO and Daroghas of the Dad division of irrigation department for selling water share of Mir Rukun minor.

The protesters said that there was no water in the channel since long as a result hundreds of acres of land irrigated through it had become barren.

They alleged that the SDO irrigation and Daroghas sold water to the influential landlords depriving the small-scale farmers of their due share of water.

They warned that if water was not supplied into the Mir Rukan minor, they would block the National Highway in protest.

RESIGNATIONS: Forty-three local leaders and members of the Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party have resigned from party membership and posts following differences with its leadership.

Those who resigned include STPP district president Gul Hassan Rind, press secretary Zahid Vistro, joint secretary Mumtaz Keerio, former district president Shahzad Bhatti and taluka president Arshad Abbasi.

A meeting of the outgoing members of the STPP was recently held here under the chairmanship of Imdad Hussain Rind, in which 43 members and office-bearers unanimously announced their resignations which were sent to the party leadership.

Speaking on the occasion, Gul Hassan, Shahmeer Mallah and Arshad Abbasi said that there was no respect of workers in the party anymore.

They said that the STPP leadership had remained friendly with the DPO and never supported workers in their struggle against drug pushers.

ROBBERY: Some unidentified armed men snatched a motorcycle (NHB-8766) from a man, Rasool Siyal, in the Society area here on Saturday.