VI: Betrayal

Sindh was besieged politically during 1947 – 1971 through various initiatives by the Pakistani government, which included dismissal of Sindh Government and separation of Karachi from Sindh in 1948; imposition of highly centralized unitary system of governance in the name of federalism 1960s; banning Sindhi language; distributing millions of acres of agriculture land of Sindh among Punjabi military officials and civil bureaucracy etc.