Frankfurt, July 21 -- Chairman of Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), Shafi Burfat, has issued a statement accusing the Pakistani state, led by the Punjabi political elite and military establishment, of systematically undermining the rights of Pakistan's ethnolinguistic communities, particularly Sindhis, Baloch, and Pashtuns. According to Burfat, since Pakistan's creation, these communities have been denied their natural rights to national identity, political autonomy, and control over their economic resources.

Burfat explained that the Pakistani state deliberately centralised power to ensure Punjab's dominance, turning it into a modern industrialised hub while keeping other provinces like Sindh underdeveloped and agrarian. He said this p...