Mar 29, 2012

Sindh: Freedom March In Karachi


Sindh freedom marches held recently are the latest manifestation of peaceful protest against policies that are constraining the potential of the region and its people - the increasing number of participants showing that support for reform runs deep.

Below is an article published by Pakistan Today:

On March 23 [2012], “Freedom March” was conducted by Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) headed by Bashir Qureshi that was attended by a large number of people belonging to the province Sindh. As per media reports, they demanded independence from Pakistan.

This is not the first time they have launched such a march. One week back, another political party Jeay Sindh Tahreek (JST) headed by Safdar Sarki also brought out Million March with the same purpose. The important thing is that the number of participants in such events is tremendously increasing.

All the patriot people must be worried about the causes of such march. In the past, when 
people of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) raised protests against their exploitation by West Pakistan (now Pakistan), our rulers and Karachi media both furiously reacted and labelled 
them “anti-Pakistan”, “anti-Islam”, “Indian agents” and so on. Now our rulers and people are 
shedding crocodile tears on independence of Bangladesh but obviously they are not ready 
to learn any lesson from the past.

Without supporting the intentions of such “Freedom March”, I would like to draw the attention of our federal government and also all members of the parliament irrespective of their political affiliation to set up a commission to look into genuine problems of people of Sindh in order to arrest them, before it is too late.