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UNHRC Hears Urgent Plea: Sindh's Territorial Integrity and Rights Under Threat
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News18•25-09-2026, 23:45
UNHRC Hears Urgent Plea: Sindh's Territorial Integrity and Rights Under Threat
- •Hafeezan Wadhio of the World Sindhi Congress (WSC) raised concerns at the UNHRC about escalating issues in Sindh, urging greater UN engagement.
- •Wadhio highlighted renewed proposals for additional provinces or administrative units, warning they could fragment Sindh’s historically recognized territory.
- •She emphasized the need for preventive international attention to avoid irreversible harm to Sindh, despite no formal constitutional decision on division.
- •Wadhio connected territorial concerns with rampant human rights violations against the Sindhi people, stressing the inseparability of territory, identity, and rights.
- •She urged UN human rights bodies to monitor developments affecting Sindh's territorial status and their impact on self-determination and cultural survival.
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Hafeezan Wadhio raised concerns during the 63rd session of the UNHRC over renewed proposals to create additional provinces or administrative units, which she warned could fragment Sindh's historically recognized territory and harm the Sindhi people's rights.
According to the World Sindhi Congress, Karachi was removed from provincial authority shortly after Pakistan's creation, and Sindh was administered as a single province for 15 years under the One Unit scheme.
The World Sindhi Congress urged the UN Human Rights Council and relevant mechanisms to monitor developments affecting Sindh's territorial status, political participation, cultural development, and self-determination rights, alongside widespread human rights violations.
