Once again, social media is being systematically exploited to incite ethnic hatred and discord within Sindh. These coordinated campaigns are not random; they are a calculated part of the Punjabi military and ISI’s long-standing agenda aimed at undermining Sindh’s national unity and derailing its legitimate freedom movements.
On one hand, we see figures such as Afaq Ahmed, himself an Urdu-speaking individual, who, in the past, rode military trucks alongside the Punjabi army and became complicit in the massacre of hundreds of innocent Urdu-speaking youth in Karachi. Today, the same elements are at the forefront of spreading venomous anti-Sindh rhetoric through social media. On the other hand, a few Sindhi-speaking individuals, reacting emotionally and without foresight, are unknowingly playing into the hands of these state-engineered provocations, thus unintentionally reinforcing the echo chamber of division.
These divisive, misleading, and inflammatory ideas are being rapidly propagated online. Therefore, on behalf of the National Movement of Sindhudesh, I want to make it unequivocally clear: We are all Sindhis, regardless of our mother tongue, ethnicity, or religion; we are all the children of the land of Sindh. Whether we speak Sindhi, Urdu, Saraiki, Balochi, Punjabi, Pashto, Brahui, Dhatki, Kutchi, Memoni, or Lasi, whether we are Hindu or Muslim, Shia or Sunni, we are one Nation: the Sindhi nation.
Our political, economic, and social interests have always been intrinsically tied to the soil of Sindh. Our lives, our deaths, our sustenance, everything is bound to this sacred land. Sindh is not just a geographical region; it is one of the oldest and greatest civilisations ( The Indus Valley Civilisation) in human history, and we are all its proud inheritors.
Today, in an unnatural state like Pakistan, all historic nations, Sindhis, Saraikis, Balochs, Pashtuns, and Brahuis , are suffering under the political and economic domination of Punjabi imperialism. We are victims of its forced occupation and slavery. For decades, the Punjabi establishment has used its army and intelligence agencies to keep these nations subjugated. However, as national liberation movements across these oppressed nations continue to gain momentum, especially after the secession of Bangladesh in 1971, the Punjabi establishment is increasingly realizing that it can no longer sustain its illegitimate hegemony.
This realisation is precisely why we are now witnessing renewed attempts to instigate ethnic riots, designed to mislead, divide, and weaken our national movements. Social media is being flooded with provocative content by military proxies wearing uniforms or posing as civilians. These are agents of a larger agenda.
I make this heartfelt appeal to all my Urdu-speaking and Sindhi-speaking brothers and sisters, especially the youth, intellectuals, political activists, and journalists:
We are all the people of Sindh. We are Sindhis because of Sindh.
This sacred soil has made us one. Regardless of our linguistic, ethnic, or religious identities, our shared history, our common political and economic interests, and our collective identity are all tied to Sindh.
Therefore, on Wednesday, August 7th, at 8 PM (Sindh time), I will go live on Facebook to expose these conspiracies, the toxic mindset behind them, and the propaganda machinery that fuels them. I speak with full responsibility when I say that this is a carefully orchestrated conspiracy by the Punjabi military, its intelligence agencies, and its network of feudal, fundamentalist, and racist agents, aimed at dividing the linguistic communities of Sindh to destroy our national unity, power, and freedom struggle.
This is yet another sinister project of the Punjabi colonial system, similar to the way the Pakistani military created extremist militias like Al-Shams and Al-Badr to resist Bangladesh’s liberation. Today, the same methods are being used to incite ethnic and communal divisions in Sindh, in an attempt to derail the Sindhudesh independence movement.
We must collectively defeat this conspiracy, with wisdom, awareness, and a strong sense of historical responsibility.
Let us not forget: when refugees came to Sindh from India in 1947, it was the Sindhi people who welcomed them into their homes, neighbourhoods, lands, cities, markets, and hearts. Punjab refused to let them disembark in Lahore, saying, “Pakistan is further ahead.” This truth remains etched in the memories of thousands of elderly Urdu-speaking refugees to this day. The Sindhi people shared their resources, embraced the linguistic differences with love, and made the migrants an integral part of their homeland Sindh. We never saw them as outsiders; we saw them as brothers. And we continue to do so.
Therefore, I urge all conscious Urdu-speaking brothers and sisters: recognise these military agendas, they are the remnants of Punjabi colonialism. Refuse to be used as pawns in their game. Sindh is our mother, and a mother never discriminates between her children. Embrace and respect Sindh as your mother with sincerity, with heart, and with conscience, and then, no power on Earth will be able to stop the united Sindhi nation from achieving national liberation.
Let us:
- Reject ethnic, racial, and religious divisions,
- Defeat imperial conspiracies of Punjab,
- And continue the struggle for a free and prosperous Sindhudesh, united as one Sindhi nation.
Do not miss my live address on Facebook, tomorrow at 8 PM (Sindh time), for all Sindhi and Urdu-speaking Sindhis.
Shafi Burfat
Chairman
Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz