VII: Resurgence Eclipsed

This chapter deals with various issues through special focus on the development of Sindhi middle class. It was only during 1972 – 1977, under the Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, when a new Sindhi middle class started developing. In this period, a process of social construction in Sindh began, which later on provided social bases of a new resistance in Sindh. It was this period when Sindhi was declared the official language of Sindh province, due to which Urdu-speaking community of Muhajirs (refugees) took to the streets as this step challenged the hegemony of Urdu as a national language.