Sindhis urge intl community to hold Pakistan accountable for suppression of human rights, religious minorities
Shafi Burfat, the chairman of the Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), has fired off a strong open letter to world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly’s 80th session. He’s calling out Pakistan for what he describes as a brutal system of oppression against groups like the Sindhis, Pashtuns, Baloch, Saraikis, and Brahuis. Burfat claims Pakistan uses the idea of religious unity as a cover to enslave, marginalize, and politically crush these indigenous communities.
In his letter, Burfat paints a grim picture of Pakistan’s history and current reality. He argues that the country was built on deception and manipulation of religion to dominate its diverse nations. Over the years, he says, these groups have faced harsh political crackdowns, economic exploitation, cultural wipeouts, forced demographic changes, and widespread human rights abuses.
“Pakistan really works like a machine to benefit just one group—the Punjabis,” Burfat writes. He points out that over 99% of the military, intelligence agencies, and diplomats come from Punjab, giving them total control. This setup, he claims, traps other ethnic groups in modern-day slavery and suppression.
Burfat doesn’t hold back on Pakistan’s treatment of activists either. He accuses the military and state agencies of routinely arresting political workers, social media users, and civil society members. Many end up tortured in secret prisons, and some are even dumped in remote areas after abuse, their bodies burned.
He calls Pakistan a safe haven for the Punjabi elite and terrorists, while its “historical nations” suffer endless threats to their existence. Religious extremism gets a boost from state support, Burfat says, which only worsens human rights violations and blocks real democracy.
Looking back, Burfat reminds everyone of Pakistan’s dark past, like the 1971 genocide that killed over three million Bengalis. Today, he urges the UN and global leaders to see Pakistan as a real danger to the rights, cultures, and survival of its indigenous peoples. “The world must question Pakistan’s reality,” he writes, demanding that its representatives face tough scrutiny at international forums.
Burfat wants Pakistan banned from speaking at credible global events because of its role in training, supporting, and deploying extremist terrorists as state policy. He pushes for legal action in international courts against those behind these atrocities and calls for recognizing the self-determination rights of oppressed nations like the Sindhis.
Instead of letting Pakistan’s leaders attend events without challenge, Burfat says, the international community should back the freedom struggles of these groups. He warns that ignoring this would just validate a system rooted in oppression, terror, and exploitation.
Finally, Burfat appeals to UN leaders to stand for justice, human rights, and equality by supporting these national liberation movements—and stopping the habit of labeling them as terrorists or foreign agents.
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