The Jeay Sindh Students’ Federation (JSMM) Sindhi: (جيئي سنڌ اسٽوڊنٽس فيڊريشن) abbreviated as JSSF JSMM, is the student wing of various separatist organizations struggling for the freedom of Sindhudesh following the ideology of G. M. Syed, founded in 1969. JSSF was a nationalist outfit which emerged from Anti-Unitary System Struggle in the late 1960s and later joined G. M. Syed in his ideology of a separate homeland for Sindhis in 1972. Since then, it has been working as the students’ front of the Jeay Sindh or Sindhudesh movement.[1]
 Flag of the Jeay Sindh Students' Federation | |
| Abbreviation | JSSF |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1969 |
| Type | Students' organisation |
| Purpose | Freedom for Sindhudesh |
| Headquarters | Sann |
| Location | |
History
editFoundation
editJSSF (JSMM) is the student wing of various separatist organizations struggling for the freedom of Sindhudesh following the ideology of G. M. Syed, founded in 1969.[1]
Moto
editJSSF (JSMM) is working for the rights of Sindhi students and is also an active front for the ongoing struggle for the freedom of Sindhudesh from Pakistan. "An Independent state of Sindhudesh", "Secularism", "Nationalism" and "Better Education – Better Politics" are the slogans of JSSF.[1]
Struggle
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4 March 1967
editThousands of Sindhi student activists outraged against the Unitary Provincial setup, imposed by Martial law regime, challenged the dictatorship of Field Marshal Ayoub Khan and launched a struggle against the One Unit in 1967.[2] On the 4th of the March 1967, a massive procession taken out by the students marched from the University of Sindh, Jamshoro campus to Hyderabad. While the procession was on its way to the Hyderabad from Jamshoro, the police under the instructions of Martial law administration unleashed brutal force against the protesters leaving 17 of them injured and 200 arrested at the place of the incident. This incident proved to be the day of the emergence of the Sindhi nationalist politics and lead to the foundation of JSSF. Various factions of JSSF mark this day as the "day of the student struggle of Sindh" across Sindh till today.[3]
Operation
editThori Phatak Incident
editFive activists of the Jeay Sindh Students Federation were shot dead by the security forces at Thori Phatak, near Manjhand, district Jamshoro, on 17 October 1984, when they were on their way to Larkana. They dead students included Amanullah Vistro, Maalik Khushik, Zakaria Memon, Anwar Abbasi, and Mithu Buledi.[4]
Kill and Dump
editThe bullet-riddled body of a student of Sindh University Asif Panhwar, who was also a leader of JSMM's student wing JSSF, was found in Larkana on 26 November 2014. Asif Panhwar, 23, was allegedly whisked away by police and plain-clothed men from Hyderabad on 15 August 2014.[5] Afzal Panhwar, who remained in the custody of the security agencies for one year, was again arrested and within some hours he was shot dead by plain clothed persons believed to be from the secret agencies. He was a leader of the Jeay Sindh Student Federation (JSSF) affiliated with the JSMM.[6] Another student leader of JSMM's JSSF Shakeel Khunharo was abducted by LeA on 6 October 2014, and his bullet-riddled mutilated body was dumped along roadside near Karachi.[7]
- Hafeez Pirzado, the current chairman of Jeay Sindh Students’ Federation (one affiliated with JSMM faction of Sindhudesh Movement) was sentenced a term of 37 years in prison on 12 August 2016 by Anti-Terrorism Court Larkana on the charges of treachery against the state of Pakistan. He is imprisoned in the Central Jail, Hyderabad.[8]
Factions
edit- Jeay Sindh Students' Federation of Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz Arisar and Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz Bashir Khan commonly known as JSSF (JSQM-A) and JSSF (JSQM-B)
- Jeay Sindh Students' Federation of Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz commonly known as JSSF (JSMM)
- Jeay Sindh Students' Federation of Jeay Sindh Mahaz commonly known as JSSF (JSM)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Jeay Sindh Students' Federation". Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "HYDERABAD: Students' struggle remembered". Dawn. 5 March 2008. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "Students` movement of 1967 remembered". Dawn. 5 March 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "Thori Phatak victims remembered". Dawn. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "Extrajudicial killing?: Missing leader of banned outfit found dead". The Express Tribune. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "PAKISTAN: A student leader was extrajudicially killed in a fake encounter conducted by the state intelligence agencies". Asian Human Rights Commission. 22 August 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "PAKISTAN: Strike observed in Dokri after killing of Shakeel Khunharo". Daily Sarwan. 12 October 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "Student leader sentenced of 37 years and fine of 0.25 million Pakistani rupees". The Kawish. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.