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.
