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- ↑ Staff Report, "Leaders demand Sindh’s share from federal revenue pool" Archived June 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , The Daily Times , November 08, 2004
- ↑ "Protest against influx of IDPs" [ permanent dead link ], Dawn Report, Dawn Media Group, 22 May 2009
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- ↑ Staff Report, "Sindh alliance rejects Musharraf's NFC statement" Archived April 14, 2008, at the Wayback Machine , The Daily Times , January 21, 2006
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- ↑ "New party formed to fight for Sindh rights" [ dead link ], Pakistan Press International, December 14, 2006
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