London, June 19 -- Exiled MQM founder Altaf Hussain has called on the United Nations to recognise the Muhajirs' right to self-determination. Citing decades of systemic discrimination, he urged the international community to take action against what he described as "state-sponsored apartheid" in Pakistan.

"The sacrifices of our forefathers created Pakistan, yet today the very architects of this nation, the Muhajirs, are treated as outsiders in their homeland," Hussain declared. He described how Muhajirs, migrants from post-Partition India who settled in urban Sindh, face exclusion from education, employment, and basic civil rights.

Referencing the UN Charter, he demanded the same right to political freedom that is guaranteed to all peopl...