Hundreds of thousand people celebrate Sindhi Topi day; condemn ethnic hate speech by Geo TV and Jang Group
“Sindhi Cap Day” celebrated with excitement
HYDERABAD, Dec 6 (APP/Dawn News/Aaj TV): Enthusiastic response was accorded on the call of “Sindhi Topi Day” here by the people of Karachi, Hyderabad and other towns and cities on Sunday.
In Hyderabad, hundreds of thousand people of all languages wearing “Sindhi Topi and Ajrak” came out on roads to express their sentiments and love with Sindhi culture.
It may be mentioned here that “Sindhi Topi Day” was observed following the call from a Sindhi television channel after uncalled for remarks were made by an anchor person of a television channel (Dr Shahid Masood of Geo TV) about “Sindhi Topi”.
The call mobilized the people of all languages who started purchasing of Sindhi Topi in all over Sindh. Such enthusiasm from the masses made in history of the sale of large scale of Sindhi Topi even the people purchased it on high prices and shared with each other after finishing the stock of Sindhi Topi in the market.
The day gave a look of mass celebrations since the morning and the groups of youth found in dancing on the famous song of Ahmed Mughal “Sindhi Topi and Ajrak Wara Jian”, at different parts of Hyderabad City, Latifabad, Qasimabad and Hyderabad Rural Talukas of the district.
Series of motorcade rallies were brought out from various parts of the district which after passing various roads culminated in front of Hyderabad Press Club, which become the main centre of observance of the day.
A big rally of Pakistan Peoples Party, jointly led by Members PPP Federal Council Kazi Asad Abid and Pervez Ansari, Sindh Minister for Fisheries and President PPP Hyderabad District Zahid Bhurgari, Amanullah Sial and others was taken out from Qasimabad, which after passing various roads, terminated in front of Hyderabad Press Club.
The party leaders and workers have shown great enthusiasm by dancing on party songs, carrying party flags and raising slogans. Rose petals were also showered on the participants of the rally at different points of the city.
Another motorcade rally of Awami National Party, taken out under leadership of Asadullah Mehsud culminated inform of Hyderabad Press Club where the participants of the rally expressed their affections with traditional Sindhi culture.
In connection with Sindhi Topi Day, a ceremony was arranged at the office of Muttahida Quomi Movement Hyderabad Zone, where Sindhi Caps and Ajraks were presented to journalists of Hyderabad.
The leaders and workers of Peoples Labour Bureau also taken out a big rally under the presidentship of Lal Bux Kalhoro, which after marching various routes ended in front of Hyderabad Press Club.
Besides, other parties and social welfare organizations including Jeay Sindh National Party, Jeay Sindh Quomi Muhaz, Mehran Falahi Sangat and Marvi Association also brought out rallies showing their affection with Sindhi Cap.
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Lawyers to wear Sindhi topis and ajraks today: Ayaz Soomro
KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Ayaz Soomro has called upon all members of Peoples Lawyers Forum to wear Sindhi topis and ajraks on December 6 to highlight Sindh’s culture, civilization and national heritage.
He was talking to a delegation of the Peoples Lawyers Forum, led by its Provincial President Advocate Shahadat Awan, which met him at his office. He told the delegation that by wearing the Sindhi topi and ajrak, they will put a slap on the faces of those conspiring against Sindhi culture and civilization so that no one could show indecency against the civilization of the real heirs of Sindh.
He said that in Sindh not a single court will be left without a government prosecutor.
The provincial Minister said that the government has appointed law officers and if more are required, they would be appointed to overcome the shortage in courts.—RT
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Specimen of ethnic hate speech against Sindhi topi on Geo TV
Geo TV / The News plays down the importance of Sindhi Topi Day. It was much more than colourful rallies; it was a slap on faces of morons such as Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, Dr Shahid Masood, Saaleh Zafir, Shaheen Sehbai, Ansar Abbasi and their cronies.
Colorful rallies in Karachi to celebrate Sindh heritage
Updated at: 1730 PST, Sunday, December 06, 2009
KARACHI: Sindh Cap and Ajrak rallies were taken out from different areas of Karachi to celebrate colorful cultural heritage and rich tradition of the land of Sufi saints – Sindh Province.
The main rally was taken out from Karachi Press Club which culminated in front of Sindh Assembly building where leaders representing various parties addressed a large crowd.
Sindh Ministers, Advisors, leaders of Pakistan People’s Party, Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Awami National Party, Jiay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz and other political and nationalist parties and their workers participated in the rally.
Clad in attractive Sindhi Cap and Ajrak, the participants of the rally danced to the folk tunes of the province of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai.
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@ abdul
we should appreciate Shazia Marri for coming up with the idea of celebrating Sindhi topi day.
sindhi topi have done wonders for sindh and specially karachi where ethnic parties like MQM ,ANP and sindh nationalist parties and other celebrated the sindhi topi day along with the PPP.
and it shows culture have no ethnic boundary . and atlas we saw the pluralist society of karachi . Allah karay karachi aisay hi khushian manata rahay ..
and i want to thank Aitizaz Ahsan for celebrating Sindh topi day in lahore along with his constituency’s PPP activist.i was busy in the afternoon otherwise i would have joined aitizaz in his sindhi topi day celebration.
apart from muslim league (A,B,C,D_Z) and jamat-e-islami every other party celebrated the sindhi topi day ! . have the joined others in the celebration it would have been a good gesture. Marvi Memon where were you ! isn’t it was a criminal silence
@Humza, Aitzaz Ahsan’s return to CEC is a welcome news. Can you please write a post on AA’s services for PPP and for the nation. Thanks.
This is a wonderful idea and can be instrumental in developing peace and harmoney among the federating units of Pakistan. And I strongly suggest we should celebrate the cultural days of all our provinces, Punjab, Pakhtunkhuwah, Blaochistan and also of Northern areas/Kashmir!
@Abdul sure !
Kamyab Ajrak Topi Day mana ker Sub Logo Na Shahid Masood( ZAmeer Faroosh) ka moo per Sub logo na mil ka tamacha mara ha, listen u r the son of Mir Jaffar and Mir Sadiq, u r gaddar, u r not Pakistani, Zameer Faroosh tum hare maa or baap ki qabar be is Zameen per Boj ha, acha ha ka un ko wapis India ka kisi Shamshan Ghat may jala do. Coz koi Zameen Tum jasa Ghadaro ko burdasht nahi kara Ge.
Thoooo Shahid masood, and GEO
WE PROUD TO BE SINDHI
JEAY BHUTTO
JEAY SINDHI AJRAK TOPI
PPP rally reposes confidence in Zardari’s leadership
Saturday, December 05, 2009
By our correspondent
Karachi
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Karachi division took out a motorcycle rally to repose the confidence in the leadership of President Asif Ali Zardari and condemned the political actors who were allegedly conspiring against the PPP led government.
The motorcycle rally started from the defunct District Central and passed through various routes, and culminated at the Karachi Press Club. Protesters, which also included women, wore Sindhi caps and Ajraks. They chanted slogans against Geo anchor Dr Shahid Masood.
Speaking to the protesters, PPP leaders including Waqar Medhi, Rashid Rabbani, Najmi Alam and others stated that the Jiyalas had resisted the despot rule of General Ziaul Haq and General Pervez Musharraf and they would put up a strong resistance to any conspiracy which aims to derails the democratic set up in the country.
They also expressed their confidence in the leadership of Asif Ali Zardari and said that they are in favour of the present government.
The PPP leaders said that the sacrifices made by Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and other party leaders and workers will not go in vain.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=211655
Jang group running malicious campaign against Zardari: PPP
Updated on Thursday, December 03, 2009, 18:02 IST Tags:Jang group, Asif Ali Zardari, PPP
Lahore: The ruling Pakistan People’s Party has declared an open war against the Jang media group for running what it describes as a “malicious propaganda campaign” against its co-chairman and President Asif Ali Zardari.
“The Jang media group, comprising popular TV channel Geo News, The News daily and Urdu daily Jang and other sports and entertainment channels and publications, is running false stories to damage the reputation of President Zardari here and abroad,” said Fakharuddin Chaudhry, information secretary for the Punjab chapter of PPP.
“Just pick up any of the Jang group’s publications and you will find five to seven stories planted to target Mr Zardari, which is proof of journalistic dishonesty,” he told reporters during an interaction at Lahore Press Club.
The PPP will organise rallies across Pakistan on December 10 against the “propaganda” of this media group and its “supporters in the establishment”.
Chaudhry said: “We will tell the people that this media group along with some political actors can do no harm to the President and his party’s government”.
Chaudhry warned that reaction from PPP workers could be severe if “such elements continue their propaganda”.
During a public address last week, Zardari too had referred to a media group that he said “has a monopoly and wants to have its rate from the government”. “I want to tell that private TV channel that my party has come to power without giving a rate to it and will stay without paying anything to it,” Zardari told a PPP gathering in Karachi over a video link from the presidency.
Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira, a close aide of Zardari, has criticised two anchors of Geo News for running a “vilification campaign” against the President for the past three months at the behest of “anti-democratic” forces.
“Two anchors of the popular private channel are running a malicious campaign against President Zardari but they will not succeed in their designs,” Kaira said.
Though Kaira did not name the anchors, other PPP leaders said he was referring to Hamid Mir and Shahid Masood of Geo News.
PPP ministers and other top leaders have also been advised by Zardari to avoid appearing on talk shows on Geo News.
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PPP critic of Kamran Khan, Shaheen Sehbai, Ansar Abbasi, Dr. Shahid
Updated at: 0903 PST, Tuesday, December 22, 2009
RAWALPINDI: The PPP Punjab President Rana Aftab Ahmad Khan and senior provincial minister Raja Riaz Ahmad Khan have declared that enough is enough and from now on, the party would adopt the course of confrontation instead of the traditional conciliatory policy so far adopted.
They said Kamran Khan, Shaheen Sehbai, Ansar Abbasi and Dr Shahid Masood should not become movers and shakers in politics. The hands of those who are attempting to demolish the government would be amputated.
They were talking at the PPP provincial secretariat in Lahore on Monday after presiding over the meeting of the party’s executive council, federal council, district presidents and general secretaries. They said right from the beginning our politics had been based on ideology.
They warned that those targeting the Aiwan-e-Sadr and residing in palaces built of glass would not be spared. They said the PPP had offered tremendous sacrifices for democracy and the country’s security. Now that we are in power it is because of the leadership of Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari.
Raja Riaz said power to the PPP had not come through charity but because of a heavy mandate given by the people. Criticizing Geo TV channel, he warned Kamran Khan and Dr. Shahid Masood to avoid becoming champions of politics. The hands of those who tried to dismantle the democratic government will be amputated.
Expressing complete confidence in the party leadership Raja Riaz said the PPP is facing a media trial but everyone must know that the party and Pakistan are inseparable.
PPP leaders also criticised Shaheen Sehbai, Group Editor of The News, and Ansar Abbasi, Editor Investigations of The News for their writings. It was alleged that Ansar Abbasi writes an elegy every day.
Earlier while addressing the meeting, PPP Punjab General Secretary Samiullah Khan said the party of Benazir Bhutto Shaheed would not be run according to “Terey, Merey Mutabiq” but the aspirations of the people. Lambasting Geo television channel, he said out of the 841 NRO beneficiaries only one man and the Swiss case was being singled out. Samiullah said the PPP would resist if the judiciary oversteps its constitutional mandate.
The PPP Punjab President Rana Aftab Ahmad Khan warned each and every organisation to confine their activities within the given parameters. He said we are not afraid of jails or police stations as we consider them as medals. Rana Aftab lambasted the intriguers and others who had launched criticism of the party leadership and said henceforth they will be confronted with full force.
http://www.geo.tv/12-22-2009/55266.htm
Also relevant post:
http://criticalppp.com/archives/1741
we will chope hands who will distablised Democratic government of PPP, not matter who will belong to Punjabil leage of Nawaz sharif, or even Kamran khan, Ansar Abassi, Shahid Massod (Kidnapper) or Shaheen Sabai, we warn them