- Pakistan
Muslim League – F, Awami National Party, and National People’s Party declined
negotiation offer by Pakistan People’s Party over the amendments in Local
Government Law.
- A large
number of writers, civil society activists, and intellectuals held a protest
demonstration in Karachi against Sindh Local Government Law. The protesters
also included prominent Urdu poet Ms. Fahmeeda Riaz.
- Prominent
Sindhi poet and veteran education Mariam Majidi declared returning Sitara-e-Imtyaz,
the higher civil award in protest against the local government law.
- Writers and
civil society activists also held a protest rally in front of Hyderabad Press
Club.