Secession in Pakistan - Sindhu Desh

Sindhu Desh

Influenced by the separation of the province of East Pakistan, the Sindhi separatist movement began in 1972. Jeay Sindh Mahaz was the umbrella organization of several Sindhi separatist groups. Ghulam Murtaza Syed (G. M. Syed), a Sindhi separatist leader, wanted Sindh to become an independent Sindhudesh like the then newly formed Bangladesh. However, support for separatism amongst common Sindhi folk is lukewarm as shown by their voting preferences; of eight pro-separation parties, not a single one has been voted into power in Sindh to this day. The Jeay Sindh movement had abated by the mid-1970s but revives from time to time.

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