A REEVALUATION OF THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF THE SINDHUDESH MOVEMENT AND ITS EFFECT ON THE NATIONAL INTEGRATION OF PAKISTAN

Ethnic movements have occurred in practically all of Pakistan's provinces. National integration has appeared to be jeopardized by ethnic movements. On the basis of ethnic nationalism, East Pakistan became Bangladesh in 1971. This deadly trajectory could not have been stopped by the country's breakup. In the 1970s, secessionist movements grew stronger. One of these national identities that exacerbated Pakistan's feeling of vulnerability was Sindhudesh, a separate homeland for the Sindh people. The Sindhudesh concept is investigated in this paper, with a special focus on its origins and subsequent growth. It also looks at the movement's impact on Pakistan's national unity and, in the end, assesses the movement's fate. The sentiment of alienation (Muhajir relocation in Sindh and the construction of…