The Jeay Sindh Students’ Federation (JSMM) abbreviated as JSSF JSMM, is the student wing of various

Sindhudesh movement The Sindhudesh movement is a separatist movement that advocates to create a country for the Sindhi people by establishing a sovereign state called Sindhudesh (, ) in the region of Sindh. The movement was founded by G. M. Syed, after Bangladesh ...

organizations. It follows the ideology of G. M. Syed, founded in 1969. JSSF was a nationalist outfit which emerged from controversy around the

One Unit Scheme The One Unit Scheme (; ) was the reorganisation of the provinces of Pakistan by the central Pakistani government. It was led by Prime Minister Muhammad Ali Bogra on 22 November 1954 and passed on 30 September 1955. The government claimed that ...

in the late 1960s and later joined Syed in his ideology of a separate homeland for

Sindhis Sindhis are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group originating from and native to Sindh, a region of Pakistan, who share a common Sindhi culture, history, ancestry, and language. The historical homeland of Sindhis is bordered by southeastern Balochi ...

in 1972. Since then, it has been working as the students’ front of the Sindhudesh movement.

History

JSSF (JSMM) is the student wing of various

organizations following the ideology of G. M. Syed, founded in 1969. JSSF (JSMM) describes itself as a supporter of the rights of Sindhi students and of Sindhudesh.The student Sindhudesh movement emerged in 1967 in response to the

, which was protested by thousands of Sindhi student activists. On 4 March 1967, a procession of students marched from the

University of Sindh The University of Sindh (; ; informally known as Sindh University) is a public research university in Pakistan located in the city of Jamshoro in the Sindh province. It is one of the oldest universities in Pakistan and was certified by ISO in 2 ...

Jamshoro Jamshoro (, ) is a city and the capital of Jamshoro District, in Sindh, Pakistan. It is on the right bank of the Indus River, approximately northwest of Hyderabad and northeast of the provincial capital of Sindh, Karachi. This city is popula ...

campus, to

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. While the procession was on its way to the Hyderabad from Jamshoro, the police used force against the protesters, injuring 17 of them and arresting 200. This prompted the students to found the JSSF, which recognize 4 March 1967 as the "day of the student struggle of Sindh". Five JSSF members were shot and killed by the security forces at Thori Phatak, near Manjhand, district Jamshoro, on 17 October 1984, when they were on their way to

Larkana Larkana (; ) is a city located in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the 15th largest city of Pakistan by population. It is home to the Indus Valley civilization site Mohenjo-daro. The historic Indus River flows in east and south of the ci ...

. JSSF leader Asif Panhwar was found dead by gunshots in

on 26 November 2014. It was alleged that he had been taken by police and plain-clothed men from

on 15 August 2014. Another JSSF leader, Shakeel Khunharo was taken on 6 October 2014 and later found dead along a roadside near Karachi. Hafeez Pirzado, the current chairman of the JSSF was sentenced a term of 37 years in prison on 12 August 2016 by Anti-Terrorism Court Larkana on the charges of treachery against the state of

Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ...

. He is imprisoned in the Central Jail,

Factions

* Jeay Sindh Students' Federation of

Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (, JSQM, Long live Sindh National Front) is a nationalist political party in the Sindh province of Pakistan, that advocates for Sindh's independence from Pakistan. The party was founded in 1995 after death of GM Syed. ...

Arisar and Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz Bashir Khan commonly known as JSSF (JSQM-A) and JSSF (JSQM-B) * Jeay Sindh Students' Federation of

Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz The Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (, ; translation: Jeay Sindh United Front; JSMM ) is one of several major Separatist movements of Pakistan, separatist political parties in Sindh, Pakistan, that advocate for the separation of Sindhudesh from Pakist ...

commonly known as JSSF (JSMM) * Jeay Sindh Students' Federation of Jeay Sindh Mahaz commonly known as JSSF (JSM)

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{{Sindhi nationalism Student politics in Pakistan Separatism in Pakistan Sindhi nationalism

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