Munich, April 26 -- Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) Chairman Shafi Burfat has appealed to the Indian leadership to distinguish between the Sindhi people and the Punjabi-dominated Pakistani state in any potential military conflict.

In a detailed statement, Burfat positioned Sindh as a distinct and historically oppressed nation, forcibly incorporated into Pakistan in 1947. "Sindh is not Pakistan," Burfat declared, alleging that the region was annexed without the consent of its people and has faced systemic cultural and political suppression by what he described as a "Punjabi military establishment."

His statement depicted a stark picture of internal colonialism within Pakistan, drawin...