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Sindh: Nationalists observing strike against 20th amend

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Nationalists body 'Save Sindh' has announced a wheel-jam strike across Sindh against 20th amendment.

President of United Sindh Party, Syed Jalal Mehmood held meeting with nationalist leaders in Sindh including Karachi to back the strike.MQM has already submitted the 20th amendment to the Constitution in the National Assembly which facilitates the creation of new provinces and abrogation of article 2-3-9 (Clause 4). The Sindhi nationalists have strongly opposed this clause on the basis that it would give the federal government the power to alter the limits of provinces without consulting the province in question.The nationalist parties forming Save Sindh Committee include the SUP, the Sindh National Front (SNF), the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), the Sindh Tarraqi Pasand Party (STP), the Awami Tahreek and the Jeay Sindh Mahaz (JSM).The political parties that supported the strike include the PML-N, the PML-Hamkhayal (led by Arbab Ghulam Rahim), the National Pakistan People’s Party (NPP) (led by Ghulam Murtaza Jatoi) and a number of religious groups.According to nationalists, the masses across Sindh will support the strike and make it successful.
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