Strike and vehicular jam strike in Sindh tomorrow

Sindhi nationalists have given call for the vehicular jam strike against Sindh People's Local Government Ordinance (SPLGO) especially in the context of tomorrow's Sindh Assembly session for legislation over the ordinance. A few days ago, JSQM Chairperson Sanan Qureshi also gave the call for strike on Oct 1 against poisoning of Bashir Qureshi by the security agencies.

Unholy move to divide Sindh? Governor Sindh calls assembly session on Monday

Governor Sindh Ishrat-ul-Ebad called a session of Sindh Assembly on Monday, DawnNews reported. Read details

Hindu Temple in Karachi: Photo Courtesy: Daily Dawn

A group of Muslims suspected of ransacking a Hindu temple in southern Pakistan may be charged with blasphemy, police said Sunday. Read details in Daily Dawn

KU admission policy criticised

Indus Social Forum activists staged a protest demonstration against the admissions policy of Karachi University outside the local press club on Saturday. Read details

The chief of Balochistan National Party-M (BNP-M), Sardar Akhtar MEngal ridiculed Interior Minister Rehman Malik’s claim on Saturday about foreign involvement in Balochistan and criticised the government, especially the security for4ces for their stance in the Supreme Court. Read details

Senate body’s rare foray into military matters

Daily Dawn has reported that the Senate’s defence committee broke fresh ground in the country’s parliamentary history on Friday by holding a public hearing on issues of national security that were long kept shrouded in excessive secrecy. Read details

Bashir Qureshi was poisoned by security agencies: Sanan Qureshi

Sanaan Qureshi, newly elected JSQM Chairperson and son of Bashir Khan Qureshi, has said that Bashir Qureshi was poisoned by the security agencies of Pakistan. Read details

Sindhis will be eliminated like Bashir Qureshi if they don't struggle for their land: Attaullah Mengal

Senior Balochistan leader Sardar Attaullah Khan Mengal has said that Sindhi will be eliminated like JSQM leader Bashir Qureshi was mysteriously poisoned if they did not initiated the struggle. Read details

Mengal likens his six-point charter to that of Sh Mujeeb

According to Daily Times, Veteran Baloch politician Sardar Akhtar Mengal on Friday said his six points should be taken as that of the formula presented by Bengali politician Sheikh Mujibur Rehman. Read details

Mengal's 6 points equal to treason: Rehman Malik

Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that Akhtar Mengal's six points are equal to break the country. Supreme Court needs to take notice. Read details in Sindhi

Hindu family robbed

A Hindu family was robbed yesterday in Sirhari near Hyderabad. The robbery was worth 6 million. Read details

No trust on state institutions, says Baloch leader

Jamil Bugti, son of the slain leader of Baloch liberation movement Akbar Bugti, has said that Baloch do not trust any institution of the state. Read details in Sindhi

Paramedics protest over political appointments

Paramedics of Jamshoro district protested over political appointments at Liaquat University Hospital and demanded the removal of the medical superintendent. Read details in daily Dawn

Flood Relief Failure: Protests against Jacobabad administration

According to daily dawn A large number of activists of political, nationalist and social organisations took out processions and held demonstrations and sit-ins outside the office of deputy commissioner in Jacobabad on Friday in protest against the administration’s failure to provide ration, tents and other relief goods to rain-affected people. Read details

ANP MPs also seek opposition seats over local government issue

Sindh Assembly members of the Awami National Party (ANP) submitted a joint application for the allotment of seats on the opposition benches in the house on Friday, a day after lawmakers of the Pakistan Muslim League-F, PML-Q, PML-L and National People’s Party had filed similar applications. Read details in daily Dawn

Map of Balochistan

The federal government and the armed forces in a joint statement to the Supreme Court on Friday rejected assertions of Baloch leader Sardar Akhtar Mengal, saying armed forces are neither conducting any military operation in Balochistan nor are there any death squads of intelligences agencies operating in the province. Read details in daily Times

SC not to retreat ‘even an inch’ from Constitution: CJ

Pakistan’s top judge on Saturday said that the Supreme Court will not retreat even an inch from the Constitution in its dispensation of justice, DawnNews reported. Read details

A new leaf on Balochistan?

Abbas Nasir writes on Akhtar Mengal's article in Daily Dawn. Click to read

Police denies FIR in Bashir Qureshi murder: JSQM gives strike call for Oct 1

The Jeay Sindh Quami Mahaz (JSQM) has announced a shutter-down strike throughout Sindh for Oct 1 in protest against Nawabshah police failure to register an FIR of what they described as the murder of former JSQM chairman Bashir Khan Qureshi. Read details in Daily Dawn

‘Enforced disappearances cause of unrest’: Mengal submits six-point plan on Balochistan

After having remained silent during three years of self-imposed exile, Balochistan’s former chief minister Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal finally spoke his mind in the Supreme Court on Thursday and described enforced disappearances as the real cause of the current unrest in Balochistan. Read details in daily Dawn

Protest against SPLGO 2012 : Nationalists block highways in all districts of Sindh

The activists of nationalist organisations staged demonstrations and blocked the highways in all the districts of province on Wednesday on the call of Save Sindh Committee as part of its ongoing protest against promulgation of disputed Sindh People’s Local Government Ordinance (SPLGO) 2012, which they called a bid to divide the province, reports Daily Times. Read Full Story

MQM withdraws ultimatum to PPP govt

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has withdrawn its three-day ultimatum given to Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) for meeting its demands. According to sources, President Asif Ali Zardari telephoned MQM chief Altaf Hussain, asking him to withdraw the ultimatum. Read details in Daily Times

Pir Pagara: Pir Sibghatullah Shah Rashidi II

Spiritual leader of Hur community and leader of Pakistan Muslim League-F, Pir Pagara has said that existence of integrated Sindh is the way towards united Pakistan. Read details

Hindu boy rescued

Hindu teenager Ajay Kumar was recovered on Tuesday by a joint team of the Tando Allahyar and Thatta police. Read details

Highways will be blocked today: Save Sindh Committee

Sindh United Party (SUP) president and Sindh Bachayo Committee (SBC) convener Syed Jalal Mehmood Shah has announced that only highways will be blocked on Wednesday in protest against the Sindh People’s Local Government Ordinance, 2012, reports daily Dawn. Read details

'Amendment to LG law possible,' speaker Sindh Assembly

Sindh Assembly Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro has said that the Sindh People’s Local Government Ordinance, 2012 is not a final document and it could be amended in the light of productive input. Read details

Man, two sons among 10 gunned down

A man and his two sons among 10 people gunned down in different parts of the city on Tuesday as both the security and political administrations appeared powerless to check the renewed wave of targeted killings. Read in daily Dawn

18th Amendment: KP to resist withdrawal of powers

According to daily Dawn, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Information Mian Iftikhar Hussain has asked the federal government to abstain from withdrawal of powers delegated to the provinces under 18th Amendment, saying any such move would be strongly resisted. Read details

MQM threatens quitting government over local government ordinence

Chief Minister of Sindh Qaim Ali Shah met Governor Sindh and MQM representatives Ishratul Ibad yesterday regarding MQM's ultimatum for accepting their demands. Ibad asked shah to ensure the legislation over Sindh People's Local Government Ordinance (SPLGO) in Sindh Assembly without any amendment. Read details in Sindhi

Courtesy: Merinews, India. Copy Right: Zulfiqar Shah

Zulfiqar Shah write research article on the ethnic demography and politics of conflicts and violence in Sindh. Read here

Case against culpirts poisoning Bashir Qureshi will be lodged on Sep 27

The murder case of poisoning Bashir Qureshi, Chairperson of Jeay Sindh Qomi Mahaz (JSQM), a Sindh secessionist party, will be lodged on September 27, 2012 at Sakrand under the leadership of Sanan Qureshi, newly elected JSQM Chairperson and son of Bashir Qureshi. He has appealed people of Sindh to come Sakrand and file the case against the culprits. Read details in Sindhi

Criminals arrested while kidnapping 3 Hindus in Tando Allahyar

Three decoits were arrested while kidnapping Hindus in Tando Allahyar. Read details

Two Hindu traders kidnapped in Sanghar

Hundreds protested in Khipro town of Sanghar district of Sindh against abduction of two Hindu traders by the criminals. Read details in Sindhi

Donkey cart march against price hike

Poor rural wage workers in Sukkur, Sindh protested yesterday against price hike. They recorded their protest by organizing a march of donkey carts, while themselves eating grass. Read details in Sindh

Grower close sugar mills in protest

Growers in Lower Sindh have forced the closure of Tando Mohammad Khan Sugar Mills in protests due to delay in the payments. Read details in Sindhi

Cultural complex for Hindus in Sindh

Ms. Sassui Palijo, Minister for Culture, Sindh Government has announced the construction of Cultural Complex for Hindus in the various cities of Sindh. Read details in Sindhi

MQM gives ultimatum to PPP

Mutahida Qomi Movement (MQM) has given three days ultimatum to Pakistan People's Party (PPP) government to accept there demands, otherwise the party will quit coalition government. Read details in Sindhi

Peaceful rallies against hate film across Sindh

A complete peaceful shutdown was observed in all districts of Sindh except that of Karachi city and harassment of journalists by the protesters in Hyderabad for not covering the rally. Read details

According to Daily Express Tribune, over a dozen journalists and policemen were assaulted for not covering the rally. Rioters during Ishq-e-Rasool protests besieged Hyderabad Press Club and the roads outside it were turned into a battlefield on Friday. Read details in English

Photo Courtesy: Daily Times, Lahore

According to Daily Times, Pakistan, Angry and violent protests plunged the country into chaos on Youm-e-Ishq-e-Rasool (PBUH) on Friday as at least 25 people were killed and hundreds injured in addition to widespread damage to private and public property in nationwide protests against a blasphemous, anti-Islam film. Read Full

Photo Courtesy: Daily Dawn

Anwar Iqbal writes column in daily Dawn on violence in Pakistan. Click to Read

Courtesy: Daily Awami Awaz Karachi

According to Daily Dawn, as the city descended into anarchy on Friday with police struggling to stop violent mobs from setting fire to public and private properties, Rangers were conspicuous by their absence while repeated appeals by the leadership of protesting political and religious groups failed to pacify charged activists. Read in English Read in Sindh

The report on the UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances's recent visit of Sindh
and Balochsitan in Pakistan is at Scribd. Click to read

Flag of various parties in Sindh
demanding freedom of the province

Jeay Sindh Mutehida Mahaz (JSMM) district Karachi East leadet Mohammad Ali Khuhro abducted by the intelligence agencies in the city. Read details in Sindhi

UN team opposes new powers for intelligence agencies

A delegation of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances has warned of the danger of intelligence agencies acquiring new powers to interrogate, arrest and detain people to the detriment of the law-enforcement agencies., reports daily Dawn.

Sindh hit hard by floods: NDMA

Daily Dawn has reported quoting National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) that Sindh appears to be the worst victim of floods caused by monsoon rains, with the affected population reaching 2.88 million. Read details

4000 Ex-army men to be recruited as constables

Punjab police has decided to recruit 4000 retired army men as constable. Read in Daily Dawn

Courtesy: Daily Dawn

Daily dawn has reported that the UN Security Council has backed the naming and shaming of governments and armed groups that recruit, kill or sexually attack children in armed conflicts over protests from Russia, China, Pakistan and Azerbaijan. Read details in Daily Dawn

JSMM protests against disappearances

Jeay Sindh Mutahida Mahaz (JSMM) Karachi chapter held a protest demo in the city against forced disappearances in Sindh and Balochistan. Read details in Sindhi

Photo Courtesy: Daily Awami Awaz

Activists of various political parties and civil society held a protest march demanding the ouster of Sindh University Vice Chancellor Nazir Mughal. Read details in Sindhi

14 Peasants free from private jail

Police raided a private jail of landlord and freed 14 peasants in Kadhan district Badin. Read details in Sindhi

JSQM protests for harassment against women

Jeay Sindh Qomi Mahaz (JSQM) Umerkot Chapter organized a protest rally against harassing the women employees of Liyari University, Karachi. Read details

Properties of Hindus insecure in Larkana

Hindu community of Larkana district has complained for the insecurity of their properties. Read details in Sindhi

Hyderabad: Army Public School teacher tortures student

An student of Army Public School in Hyderabad, Sindh has complained with higher authorities regarding the severe torture by the teacher. Read details in Sindh

Flooding threat looming over Ratodero villages

Daily Dawn has reported that no less than 70,000 acres of agricultural land in three union councils of Ratodero taluka was totally submerged during the recent torrential rains and flooding. Read details in Daily Dawn

Live discussion on blasphemy law in Pakistan

Online live discussion on blasphemy law in Pakistan by monthly Herald. Read Details

Karachi target killings: Ex-Nazim killed

Ex-Nazim of Liaqatabad Town local government was killed yesterday in Karachi. Karachi is observing a high ratio of target killings these day. Read details

Rallies against local government ordinance

Pakistan Muslim League (PML) Nawaz Sharif has organized large rallies against recently promulgated Sindh Peoples Local Government Ordinance (SPLGO). Read Details in Sindhi

Hindu Exodus from Sindh

A brief opinion piece on Hindu exodus by a Sindhi columnist. Read details

Artists and writers protest in Karachi for Sindhi telecast on Pakistan Television (PTV)

Sindhi artists and writers held a protest demonstration in Karachi for initiating a Sindhi service of Pakistan Television (PTV) a national TV channel of the country. Read Details

‘Rulers have insulted Sindh mandate by passing SPLGO’

Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party (STPP) chief, Dr Qadir Magsi, while terming the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) as ‘traitor of Sindh’, said that by promulgating Sindh People’s Local Government Ordinance (SPLGO) 2012, PPP had insulted the mandate. Read details in Daily Times

Judicial Commission on Karachi factory fire

Daily Times has reported that a Judicial Commission (JC), headed by Justice (retd) Zahid Qurban Alvi, on Monday directed forensic experts, concerned officers from Sindh Electric & Energy Department, Labor Department, Provincial Electrical Inspector and Chief Fire Officer Karachi to appear on September 18, 2012 along with their respective reports regarding causes of fire at the Baldia Town garment factory that killed nearly 289 people. Read Full

Hundreds of villages in Kashmor inundated

Hundreds of villages in kashmor district of Sindh have been inundated by the rain floods. Read details in Sindhi

Punjab police violates jurisdiction of Sindh

Punjab police raided in Kashmor district of Sindh against the law and detained a person from there. Read details in Sindhi

Hindus protest in Karachi against Karachi factory carnage

Hindu residents of Karachi held a protest against the Karachi factory carnage in which 300 workers died. Read in details

Hindus reject protection committee in Ghotki

Hindus of Ghotki has rejected the recently formed district level committee for the protection of Hindus. Read details in Sindhi

Protests across Sindh against forced disappearances

Jeay Sindh Mutahida Mahaz held protests across the province against abduction of 250 activists by state agencies. Read details in Sindhi

Fisherfol to launch movement against LG ordinance and Zulfiqarabad scheme

Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum will launch movement against recently announced local government ordinance. Read details in Sindhi

Target killing of a Sindhi worker in Karachi

A Sindhi worker was killed through targeted action in Karachi yesterday. Read Details in Sindhi

Woman killed in Nwabshah

A peasant woman was beheaded by some unknown criminals near Dolatpur, district Nawabshah, yesterday while she was working in the crop fields. Read details in Sindhi

Rain flood in Ratodero

Sindh law minister Ayaz Soomro has said that Ratodero Taluka (sub-district) has severely been affected due to rain-floods. Read details in Daily Awami Awaz

Who wants to divide Sindh?

Sindh is on the verge of widespread political violence due to newly announced local government ordinance. The situation can possibly be disastrous for the future political course of Pakistan and might even have disastrous impact on South Asia and the rest of the world. Read article by Zulfiqar Shah in Merinews

Save Sindh Committee warns of widespread protests

The Save Sindh Committee has warned the government that there will be widespread protests if it does not withdraw the new Sindh Peoples Government Ordinance. Read Full

UN mission held meetings with Baloch nationalists

UN mission on disappearances, headed by Olivier de Frouville, held meetings yesterday with delegations of various nationalist parities for the second consecutive day in Balochistan. Read Details

Chief Justice Sindh talks about social customs of Sindh, fire in the factory

Chief Justice Sindh High Court (SHC) Justice Mushir Alam has said that the social customs of Sindh are humanitarian friendly since centuries, which if applied in practical life, may resolve many problems, reports Daily Times. Read Full

Rain Floods in Sindh: Hundreds become homeless

Hundreds of families have become homeless in Garhi Khero Taluka of Shikarpur as well as in Khairpur district. Details about Shikarpur Details about Khairpur

Bureaucrats sell hundreds of tones wheat stocked for flood affected people in Kashmor

The district bureaucracy of Kashmor in Sindh has sold out 80 gunny bags of wheat stocked for rain-flood affected people. Read in Sindhi

Revival of 17 ministries termed against provincial autonomy by Senate Committee

The federal government of Pakistan has revived the 17 ministries which were abolished under 18th constitutional amendments. The senate standing committee has posed voiced objection on such an act. Read in Sindh

UN mission on missing persons holds talks in Balochistan

United Nations (UN) working group held meetings with representatives of various political parties, civil society and parents of missing persons in Quetta, Balochistan. According to Daily Times, hundreds of relatives and family members of the missing persons from across the province rallied to Quetta Press Club and later to the Serena Hotel and staged a sit-in outside the hotel to acquaint the group of the fate of their beloved ones. Read Full

Rain floods in Sindh: Children inflicted by water born disease

Due to rain flood hundred of children has become victim of water born disease in Jaccobabad, Khairpur Mirs and other districts of northern Sindh. Read Reports in Sindhi 1 2

Police operation: village women and police fight block the highway

Police atrocities and human rights violence has increased in Sindh province. According to Sindhi newspapers, Sindh Police raided a village near Khairpur Mirs city yesterday and detained two persons without having arrest warrants. This instigated villagers and resulted into fight between police and village women. Villagers also blocked National Highway in protest, which was retaliated by police through baton charging large number women. The village women responded in the attempts to ablaze police mobiles. Read details in Sindhi

Nawaz Sharif against Hindu exodus,terms LG ordinance a plot to divide Sindh

Pakistan Muslim League - N chief Nawaz Sharif has said that Hindus should not leave the country. He has said that Local Government Ordinance is a conspiracy to divide Sindh. Read details in daily Awami Awaz

Local Government Ordinance to divide Sindh

Addressing the seminar held in Karachi, Sindhi nationalists parties and civil society activists have said that new local government ordinance is conspiracy of dividing Sindh. The leaders who spoke included Dr. Qadir Magsi of STP, Shah Mohammad Shah of SUP, Illahi Bux Bikak of JSQM - Bashir Khan, Mir Alam Mari of JSQM - Arisar, Abdullah Bipar of Awami Tahreek and others. Read in Sindhi

UN mission meets Sindh CM, Sindh Govt admits the disappearance of 323 persons

Sindh Government admits that 323 are missing persons but they are unaware of their whereabouts and do not know whom they have been abducted by. This was said by the Chief Minister Sindh Qaim Ali Shah in his meeting with the UN mission on disappearances visiting Sindh and Balochistan. During the meeting UN mission asked various questions over the silence of Sindh governments over the missing persons and observed that why security agencies of Pakistan treating the citizens of the country worst then the war prisoners? Read details in daily Awami Awaz

UN team on missing persons arrives in Quetta

A six-member mission of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances arrived today in Quetta, where it is scheduled to meet representatives of political parties, parents of missing persons, civil society activists and government officials. Read details in Daily Dawn.

Left: Muzaffar Bhutto, a missing person whose bullets ridden body found by the end of May 2012 in Hyderabad
Right: Bashir Qureshi, a populist Sindh Freedom leader, poisoned in April 2012
(Photos Courtesy: Daily Awami Awaz Karachi)

Representatives of Sindhi nationalist political parties and civil society activists met United Nation Mission yesterday in Karachi over the issue of enforced disappearances in the province. The activists demanded that the murders of Bashir Qureshi, Muzafar Bhutto, Sirai Qurban Khuhawar, Rooplo Choliani and many others should be investigated by UN and case should be trialed in the UN tribunal.

The representatives of Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) and Jeay Sindh Mutahida Mahaz (JSMM) held meetings with the mission and told about the missing persons, disappearances and extra judicial killings of the political activists especially nationalists in Sindh by the state security outfits.

The JSQM representatives told the mission about the poising of their leader Bashir Qureshi by the state institutions in aftermath of Freedom March held on March 23, 2012 in Karachi, which was attended by the hundreds of the thousands people from across the province.

Representatives of the both parties demanded for the UN investigations regarding the extra-judicial murders and the trial for the culprits. JSMM told the mission that 250 activists of their organization were abducted.

Various civil society leaders from Hyderabad and Karachi met the mission and shared about the two decades long story of the mishaps at the hands of the security institutions of the country in which various people were persecuted, killed and sent to exile.

Qurban Khuhawar (left) and Rooplo Choliani (right) burnt alive during April 2011 in Sanghar district of Sindh allegedly by the Security Forces
Photo Courtesy: Daily Awami Awaz

The mission was also informed that those who due to various reasons could not be abducted, were either poisoned or forced to leave the country. The mission was told that poets, writers and rights activists were also being abducted along with the political activists.

The political activists who met the mission included Akash Mallah (JSQM) and Afzal Panhwar (JSMM); meanwhile civil society activists Zulfiqar Halepoto, Punhal Sariyo and others also shared their views with the mission.

On the other hand, Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah abstained Home Secretory Sindh meeting with the UN mission. He asked the secretory that he is not informed regarding the details of differences, therefore he should be informed first and the secretory should be informed later on.

Home Secretory Sindh informed CM that he will be sharing the details of 323 missing persons from Sindh with the mission. He was due to meet the mission today.

Read more details in daily Awami Awaz, Karachi. (in Sindhi)

Almost all cities, towns and villages across the Sindh province observed shutter down and vehicle jam strike except some Urdu speaking populated areas of Karachi mainly districts of Karachi Central and parts of Karachi west. Read news in Sindhi, daily Dawn, Daily Times, Express Tribune

Pakistani Hindus flee to India claiming persecution

JAIPUR: A group of 170 Hindus from Pakistan who travelled to India on pilgrim visas have said they will not return home due to alleged persecution in the Islamic republic, reports Express Tribune.

Witters against Hindu exodus from Sindh

Sindhi Adabi Sangat, the largest provincial forum of Sindhi literati, has declared that atrocities against Sindhi Hindus are intolerable. Read in Sindhi

Protest against Hindu exodus, LG ordinance

Protest held by the residents of Tando Ghulam Ali against the atrocities with Hindus and local government system. Read details in Sindhi

48 hours electricity shut down in the Hindu settlements of Ghotki district

Dahrki, and particularly its Hindu colonies, the area of Mian Mitho who facilitated kidnap and forced conversion of Rinkle Kumari, a Hindu girl, spent last 48 hours without electricity. Read in Sindhi

Sindh Police while briefing the senates standing committee on human rights has claimed to the astonishment to the people of the province that Hindus are secure in Sindh. Read News in Sindhi

UN mission briefed. Due in Balochsiatn on Sep 15

UN Mission on forced disappearances in Pakistan was given briefing yesterday by Justice (retired) Javed Iqbal over the situation in Pakistan, particularly in Balochistan. The mission will visit Quetta, the capital of the Balochistan on September 15, 2012.

Karachi one of the most violent cities in the world

Express Tribune terms Karachi one of the most violent cities in the world by quoting Aljazira documented report. Read Full

Senate of Pakistan chides police for haste in blasphemy FIR regarding Rishma Case. Read Full

Over 100 feared dead: Upper Sindh devastated by monsoon downpour

Nearly 100 people died in Sindh due in last 24 hours due to heavy rainfall. Read Full

Zulfikarabad project termed ‘anti-Sindh plan’

Leaders and representatives from different walks of life from Sindh held meeting in Hyderabad and declared Zulfikarabad city project against the interests of Sindh. Read Full

Civil society protests in Hyderabad Demand repealing LG law

Daily Dawn reports that civil society activists in Hyderabad protested against Sindh People’s Local Government Ordinance (SPLGO) 2012 and called for its repeal. Read Full

Nationalists show fears of mayhem on Sep 13 by a Karachi based organization

Opposition parties in Sindh show the concern of a mayhem like '12 May Carnage' (by a Karachi based organisation) on the day of their announced strike on September 13 in Sindh province against new local government ordinance. This was said by Jalal Mehmaad Shah, leader of the Sindh United Party (SUP) after convening a meeting of nearly 30 political parties and groups in Karachi. Read in Sindhi Read in English

More consulates in India, Pakistan proposed

Peace and human rights activists from both India and Pakistan have called for opening more consulates so that more people can apply for visas and benefit from the new and relaxed via policy, reports daily Dawn. Read Full

Baloch want direct talks with UN mission

The BSO-Azad, in a letter to the UN, has requested its Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances to directly speak to the people of Balochistan and families of the Baloch missing persons, reports Daily Times, Lahore. Read Full

Outcry in National Assembly over the arrival of UN mission sparks outcry in NA

The arrival of a United Nations team to probe missing persons issue in the country sparked outcry in the National Assembly, reports Daily Times. Read Full

Rain Floods in Pakistan: 78 dies, 16000 houses destroy

Daily Times, Lahore has reported quoting National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) that at least 78 people have died and dozens more injured in torrential rains and flash floods that have wreaked havoc in Pakistan over the past three days. Read Full

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Sindh Civil Society Forum organised a demonstration in front of Karachi Press Club on Sunday to protest against the Sindh People's Local Government Ordinance 2012. A large number of civil society activists, politicians, journalists and writes participated.

Protest against the actions of Cantonment Board of Hyderabad

Shopkeepers observed a token shutter-down strike yesterday in Hyderabad to protest against an unjustified rate of taxes imposed by the Cantonment Board of Hyderabad (CBH), encroachment, illegal parking lots and insanitation. Read Full in daily Dawn

Literacy Rally in Hyderabad

Education officials, teachers and students took out rally in Hyderabad, Sindh to observe International Literacy Day. Read Full

Missing man found shot dead

Daily Dawn reports that a young man, who had gone missing last week, was found shot dead in the Pak Colony area on Saturday while the whereabouts of his younger brother who went looking for the missing sibling was still not known. Read Full

Parties support Save Sindh Committee's call for strike

Pakistan Muslim League - N, Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf and other opposition parties support Save Sindh Committee;s call for strike on September 13.

20 dies in rain related incidents

At least twenty people died yesterday in incidents related to rain across the country reports daily Dawn.

Rishma airlifted, shifted to protective location

Rishma, accused of blasphemy, was airlifted from Adiyala jail and shifted to an unspecified place in Islamabad under the protective custody of police, reports daily Dawn. Read Full

UN mission due in Pakistan: Chief Justice Pakistan warns improving Balochistan affairs

Chief Justice Pakistan has warns officials to improve Balochistan affairs before arrival of UN delegation on Sept 10 reports Daily Times. Read Full

Dual local government in Sindh

Zarar Pirzado writes in Daily Awami Awaz over the repercussions of recently imposed Sindh People's Local Government Ordinance (SPLGO) on the administration and people of Sindh. Click here to read in Sindhi

Sindh Diary: Sindh’s march for secularism

Senior journalist and columnist GN Mughul writes Sindh Diary in Daily Times. Click here to read.

Nationalists give call for strike on Sep 13

Save Sindh Committee, an alliance of Sindhi nationalist parties, have given call for strike on September 13 against the Sindh Local Government Ordinance. Read in Sindh

Photo Courtesy: Daily Awami Awaz

Thousands welcomed the train caravan of Awami Tehreek's train march at various railway stations of Punjab. Talking to the mobs, Awami Tehreek Chief Ayaz Lateef Palijo said that local government ordinance in Sindh will practicably hand over the urban hubs to the non-Sindhis. Read in Sindhi

Sindh

The coalition government of ruling PPP and MQM in Sindh has promulgated Sindh People's Local Government Ordinance (SPLGO), however against the very much right to information by not sharing the details of ordinance. Due to this, the coalition partners of Sindh Government, ANP, PML - F and NPP has separated their ways from the government. Read the details in Sindhi

Photo Courtesy: Daily Awami Awaz

Protests across the province held against discriminatory admissions policy against Sindhi Students in the academic institutes of Karachi city in Sindh. Read Full in Sindh

The 'Fair Trial Bill' which, according to the news report, the government plans to place before parliament will, if passed, virtually make the fair trial impossible in Pakistan. The provisions of the bill are designed for the conviction of persons without fair trial, say Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) statement. Read Full

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