SUP holds hunger strike camp against canals on Indus River

Hyderabad: The Sindh United Party (SUP) held a hunger strike camp outside the Hyderabad Press Club to protest against the proposed plan of constructing six canals on the River Indus.

SUP Senior Vice President Roshan Ali Buriro, Vice President Ameer Azad Panhwar, Central General Secretary Jagdesh Ahuja, Joint Secretary Ramzan Buriro, Mukhtiar Memon, Manoor Khaskheli, Darya Khan Leghari and others were part of the symbolic hunger strike.

Buriro said the SUP was creating awareness among the people of Sindh against the construction of new canals on the Indus River through a peaceful political struggle.

He said that instead of protecting the rights of the people, the elected representatives are taking away those rights.

He alleged that leaders of the Pakistan Peoples Party were supporting the construction of six new canals on the river that would make millions of acres of Sindh barren and destroy the province’s economy.

He made it clear that the SUP would continue with agitation until the decision to build six canals was withdrawn.

Later, the SUP’s senior leaders ended the symbolic hunger strike by distributing juice among the protesting workers.