Press Release
JSFM/Karachi – 21 May 2025
Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement Condemns State Violence in Moro, Announces 10 Days of Mourning
The Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM) expresses its deepest condemnation of the brutal and unprovoked attack carried out by Pakistani state intelligence agencies and police on peaceful Sindhi nationalist activists in Moro. The firing resulted in the martyrdom of Zahid Laghari and severe injuries to Irfan Laghari and several others.
In a joint statement, JSFM Chairman Sohail Abro, along with senior leaders Zubair Sindhi, Amar Azadi, Farhan Sindhi, Hafeez Deshi, Mark Sindhu, and Hosho Sindhi, denounced the incident in the strongest possible terms and declared 10 days of mourning across Sindh in honor of the fallen comrade.
Chairman Sohail Abro further stated:
“An FIR must be immediately registered against the officers of Pakistani intelligence and police responsible for the targeted killing of Zahid Laghari. They must face justice and be held accountable under international human rights law.”
The JSFM leadership emphasized that this heinous act is part of a broader systematic campaign by Pakistan’s military, ISI, MI, Rangers, and police to violently suppress the peaceful resistance movement in Sindh. The ongoing struggle against corporate land grabbing and the construction of illegal canals on the Indus River has been met with escalating state brutality. This includes enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, fabricated criminal cases, and the criminalization of peaceful political activism.
“We alert the world that Pakistan’s establishment is deliberately pushing peaceful Sindhi political activism toward conflict. Their goal is to justify a full-scale operation to crush the national movement of Sindh. We will not allow them to silence our democratic voices,” said JSFM leaders.
“Our peaceful resistance will continue—for the ownership of Sindh’s natural resources, for the right to self-determination, for the freedom of our unjustly detained and forcibly disappeared activists, and for the freedom and dignity of the Sindhi nation.”
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Appeal to the International Community
The Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement urgently calls upon:
• The United Nations and its Special Rapporteurs on Human Rights and Enforced Disappearances
• Amnesty International
• Human Rights Watch
• The United Kingdom Government and Parliamentarians
• European Union Institutions
• International Human Rights Defenders and Journalists
…to take immediate notice of the growing state repression in Sindh and the grave human rights violations being committed by Pakistani authorities. The international community must intervene to stop the crackdown, ensure accountability, and support the Sindhi people’s right to peaceful political expression, autonomy, and justice.
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Issued by:
Central Secretariat
Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM)
Date: 21 May 2025