Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM)
جيئي سنڌ قومي محاذ |
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Chairman | Sanan Khan Qureshi. |
Founder |
Abdul Wahid Aresar Bashir Ahmed Qureshi Shafi Muhammad Burfat Gul Muhammad Jakhrani |
Founded | June, 1995 at Sann |
Headquarters | Sann, Sindh |
Student wing | Jeay Sindh Students' Federation(JSQM) |
Ideology | Sindhi nationalism |
Slogan | Sindhudesh Is Destiny, G.M Syed Is The Guide |
Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (Sindhi: جيئي سنڌ قومي محاذ, abbreviated to and commonly known as JSQM) is a nationalist political party in the Sindh province of Pakistan, demanding freedom of Sindhudesh from Pakistan. founded in 1995 after death of GM Syed.
JSQM was a “merger/integration” of all the nationalist factions of Jeay Sindh or Sindhudesh movement which were functioning separately before the demise of veteran Sindhi nationalist ideologue GM Syed. The death of GM Syed in 1995, brought all the factions of the Jeay Sindh under one umbrella called JSQM, veteran Sindhi nationalist figure and a brilliant orator Abdul Wahid Aresar as its first elected chairman. This integration continued successfully for five years ahead.
In the year 2000 Shafi Muhammad Burfat along with his other like-minded fellows parted his ways from JSQM and founded JSMM.Abdul Wahid Aresar blamed Bashir Ahmed Qureshi and called him self-appointed JSQM chairman. He alleged that Bashir Qureshi, is trying to impose himself as a leader by refusing to abide by the decisions of all the institutions of the party. Later, in the year 2006, Abdul Wahid Aresar left JSQM and formed his own outfit JSQM (A). In the year 2010, Safdar Sarki (then Secretary General of JSQM) left and formed another outfit Jeay Sindh Tahreek (JST).
The Daily Times reported that on March 23, 2012 in Karachi, Hundreds of thousands of leaders, activists and supporters of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) attended a freedom march denouncing the Pakistan Resolution and chanting pro Sindhu Desh slogans, with many rallies being present. The paper also reported that processions occurred in many other cities and towns in Sindh. JSQM Chairman Bashir Khan Qureshi expressed his desire for the Urdu-speaking community to integrate with Sindh, calling them "brethren and part of Sindhi nation".