Talking to The Express Tribune, Pathan said the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz was given to him last year for his services in the field of poetry and literature, and he had accepted the award because it was conferred by a democratic government. Pathan also lashed out against the Sindh law minister, saying that he had learnt nothing from Benazir Bhutto and had therefore crossed his limits while criticising the writers and poets of Sindh. The poet also said that if the ruling party claimed to have an answer to every query about the new local government system, then it should arrange a roundtable conference where all political and nationalist parties can debate the issue. He added that while several PPP MPAs were against the bill, they did not have the courage to oppose the bill openly. Pathan said that these steps proved that the PPP and MQM were working against the interests of Sindh, and had therefore lost the mandate of the people of Sindh. Pathan added that despite opposition from all over Sindh, PPP not only encouraged the Sindh governor to promulgate the ‘black ordinance’, but passed it in a record half hour. He was referring to the controversial local government ordinance.
Talking to the media, he blamed the PPP and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) for ‘trying to harm the integrity and solidarity of Sindh’, which he said could not be tolerated. SUKKUR: Poet, writer and research scholar Dr Dur Mohammad Pathan, expressing his disappointment over the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) performance, announced on Sunday that he will return his Presidential Tamgha-e-Imtiaz. LG ordinance backlash: Sindhi poet to return his Tamgha-e-Imtiaz in protest Dur Mohammad Pathan returned the award to the Government of Pakistan. Marryam Majidi returned award meanwhile yesterday the veteran researcher and poet Dr. Last week, the veteran poet and educationist Ms. Two prominent Sindhi poets, educationalists, and researchers have returned the higher civil award of Pakistan – Tamgha-e-Imtiaz – in protest against the controversial Sindh Local Government Law, which administratively divides Sindh.
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