Zia during his wicked rule tried to gather Bhutto's opponents as many as he could Sean GM Syed was one of them.
"Q. Why, you think, Zia let you come?
A. I do not know. When I was ailing last year, Badshah Khan had come to see me in Sann. When, therefore, he fell ill, I wanted to come and see him. I wrote to the Government of Pakistan. They took 20 days to reply to my application. I had not expected an okay, and I was pleasantly surprised. One reason could be that they expect me to speak out here-and they plan to punish me for that when I return to Sindh. Fact, however, is that I speak more in Sindh than I do here. Another reason could be that they have nothing against me. What t say, I say publicly, and I have been saying it for years. I am a man of non-violence. Sindhi youths are impatient. They think I am weak. But I know that if there is a physical confrontation, we will be crushed. Gen. Tikka Khan is saying that they want Sindh, and not Sindhis. Nasrullah is another Punjabi fantatic. Ex-Air Marshal Asghar speaks the same language."
He had once visited GM syed at Hospital bed and tried to offer money.
"Q. Zia called on you when you broke your leg.
A. Yes, he did-in Karachi. And he said he will call on me in my native Sann also. But he has not. And you know why? Half a dozen Punjabi women demonstrated outside his residence,-urging him not to see an “enemy of Pakistan like G.M. Syed.” Such is the power of public opinion. That is why I want Sindhis in Delhi etc. to demonstrate against Pakistan embassy, when they harass us. That will create world opinion agai nst Pakistan-and encourage Sindhi nationalists in their struggle."
(The Sindh Story)
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