DefinePK

Abstract

During the freedom movement, the All India Muslim League strongly supported Sindh’s struggle for regaining political identity. Consequently, in 1936, Sindh succeeded in repossessing its political identity, as a Muslim majority province of India. In response to AIML’s unequivocal support for the cause of Sindh, the people of Sindh joined the struggle of contouring the political identity of Pakistan. However, after the creation of Pakistan, the political elite of Pakistan began defacing political identity of the federating units including Sindh, by adopting the policies of assimilation and absorption. The one unit scheme was the manifestation of such atrocious policies. Inconsequence of the implementation of one unit scheme, Sindh, that helped Pakistan to attain political existence, was forced to surrender its political distinctiveness as the province of Pakistan. These impetuous centripetal policies were not only the negation of the objectives of Pakistan movement but also played a significant role in hampering the process of national integration.