KARACHI: Over 50 villagers of a Sanghar district village, who had returned to their homes last week after they were assured by the government that their issues would be resolved, came back on Monday and went on hunger strike outside the press club.
A large number of residents of Mohammad Essa Khaskheli village in Sanghar after being harassed allegedly by a local influential, who, they claimed, had wanted to evict them from their lands, had arrived in the city many days ago and had gone on a hunger strike. The villagers wanted that their village be leased out to them.
One of the protesters, Walidad Khaskheli, who was on a hunger strike, had died last week due to cardiac arrest outside the Karachi Press Club.
After his death Sindh Minister Shazia Marri and Tauqeer Fatima visited their camp and announced compensation of Rs100,000, and ordered arrest of the culprits and leasing of their village within a week.
However, after passage of a week, the protesting villagers said that neither they had been paid the compensation, nor those nominated in an FIR were arrested, nor their village had been leased.
They said that they had returned to the city and had gone on a hunger strike because none of the promises made to them by the ministers were fulfilled.
They criticised the government and its ministers for making ‘false promises.’
The protesters are: Madad Ali, Ali Dino, Loond Khan, Anwer Ali, Maula Bux, Ahsan, Qurban, Ghulam Rasool, Ghulam Ali, Ms Saleemat, Ms Hakimzadi, Ms Fatima and others.
A large number of residents of Mohammad Essa Khaskheli village in Sanghar after being harassed allegedly by a local influential, who, they claimed, had wanted to evict them from their lands, had arrived in the city many days ago and had gone on a hunger strike. The villagers wanted that their village be leased out to them.
One of the protesters, Walidad Khaskheli, who was on a hunger strike, had died last week due to cardiac arrest outside the Karachi Press Club.
After his death Sindh Minister Shazia Marri and Tauqeer Fatima visited their camp and announced compensation of Rs100,000, and ordered arrest of the culprits and leasing of their village within a week.
However, after passage of a week, the protesting villagers said that neither they had been paid the compensation, nor those nominated in an FIR were arrested, nor their village had been leased.
They said that they had returned to the city and had gone on a hunger strike because none of the promises made to them by the ministers were fulfilled.
They criticised the government and its ministers for making ‘false promises.’
The protesters are: Madad Ali, Ali Dino, Loond Khan, Anwer Ali, Maula Bux, Ahsan, Qurban, Ghulam Rasool, Ghulam Ali, Ms Saleemat, Ms Hakimzadi, Ms Fatima and others.
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