You, Mr. G.M. Syed, s/o Muhammad Shah, resident of village Sann, district
Dadu, President of Jeay Sindh Mahaz, have been ordered to be detained for
a period of six months by the Provincial Government of Sindh under clause
(b) of Rule 32(l) read with Rule 21 3 of the Defense of Pakistan Rules
vide Order No. 8207, dated 8th August, 1972, with a view to preventing
you from acting in a manner prejudicial to the security of Pakistan and
the maintenance of peaceful conditions in the Province of Sindh on and
for the following grounds and reasons:-
i. That while relations between the old and new Sindhis became strained
due to the language controversy, you under tour of the various places in
Sindh made speeches which were calculated to promote feelings of hatred
between the old and new Sindhis;
ii. That while addressing a press conference on 31.7.72 at your residence
in Karachi which was reported in daily "DAWN" of 1.8.1972, you charged
the Urdu-speaking people of not having been reconciled to the creation
of Pakistan and stated that they were not loyal to Sindh;
iii. That in the aforesaid conference as reported in the aforesaid
issue of daily "DAWN", you leveled baseless and mischievous allegations
against the President of Pakistan Mr. Z.A. Bhutto for having joined hands
with the enemies of Sindh whose primary interest you described as the exploitation
of the Province of Sindh;
iv. That in the said conference mentioned above, you also leveled a
baseless charge against the President of Pakistan Mr. Z.A. Bhutto to the
effect that he had provided a lever to the Urdu-speaking section of the
population of Sindh for separation of Karachi;
v. That while addressing a meeting of Jeay Sindh Mahaz Workers at the
Otak of Syed Qadir Dino Shah in district Thatta on 1 .8.1 972 at about
noon time, you exhorted the old Sindhis to collect weapons and prepare
themselves for fight with the new Sindhis;
vi. That in the same speech, you leveled baseless allegations against
the President of Pakistan, to the effect that he, being frightened of and
having aligned himself with Punjab, was depriving the people of Sindh of
their rights;
vii. That on the same day, i.e. 1.8.1972, you visited Mirpur Bathoro,
District Thatta, and addressed a gathering of Jeay Sindh Mahaz at the Otak
of Fida Hussain Shah where your colleague Mr. Hafeez Qureshi addressed
the gathering and incited the Sindhis to collect arms and men for bloodshed.
While addressing the same meeting, you exhorted the gathering to act upon
the said advice of ‘ Mr. Qureshi and declared that creation of Pakistan
on the basis of two-nation theory was a basic mistake;
viii. That on 1.8.1972 between 5 and 6 p.m. you addressed a public
gathering of 600 to 700 persons at Sujawal Club, district Thatta, and incited
the people to be ready for fight with Muhajirs to whom their rights were
being sold;
ix. That on 2.8.1972 while addressing a public gathering near Mirwah
Bridge, Badin, district Hyderabad, you criticized the expenditure on defense
and stated that such expenditure was unnecessary and that you had reliably
learnt that Sindh was being divided into two Provinces and that the Biharies
were being brought in to reduce the old Sindhis into a minority;
x. That on 2.8.1972, you presided over a meeting of Jeay Sindh Mahaz
at Talhar, district Hyderabad, at about 4.30 p.m. and addressed a gathering
and said that lakhs of wolves in the shape of Muhajirs had descended on
Sindh to usurp the rights of Sindhis.
xi. That on 3.8.1972 at about 11.30 a.m. you addressed a meeting at
the bungalow of Mr. Ghulam Rasul Bhurgri at Hyderabad and declared that
every child of Sindh had become G.M. Syed meaning thereby that everybody
in Sindh supported the Jeay Sindh Movement and alleged that the new Sindhis
were cunning type of people and the Sindhis should prepare themselves to
fight with them;
xii. That on 3.8.1972 while addressing a meeting at Tando Allahyar,
district Hyderabad, at about 9.30 P.m. in the bungalow of Ghulam Rasul
Shah, you leveled baseless allegations against the Government to the effect
that by making the teaching of Urdu compulsory, the Sindhi language had
been deprived of its rightful share and that by bring Biharies in Sindh,
the old Sindhis will be reduced to a minority and, therefore, the public
of Sindh should be careful;
xiii. That in the same meeting you stated that the President of Pakistan
was indifferent to the rights of old Sindhis because he was afraid of the
Muhajirs;
xiv. That in the same meeting mentioned above at Tando Allahyar you
stated that Sindhis had always thrown out the other communities and that
the theory of survival demanded such an initiative in the present circumstances
and the old Sindhis will take revenge from the new Sindhis and no power
on earth can allow the Muhajirs to remain in Sindh, and finally you stated
that you would die rather than to give up Sindh to the Muhajirs;
xv. That on 3.8.1972 at about 11.30 p.m. you addressed a meeting of
Jeay Sindh Mahaz at Sachal Manzil, Mirpurkhas, and declared that you had
come to give a message for making Sindh an independent Province;
xvi. That on 4.8.1 972 at Sanghar you addressed a public meeting and
urged upon the President of Pakistan to join hands with Indira Gandhi and
move the United Nations to expatriate all the Muhajirs from Pakistan to
Bharat because the Urdu-speaking people intended to reduce the Sindhis
into a minority;
xvii. That on 4.8.1972 at about 6.30 p.m. while addressing a meeting
at Nawabshah you had alleged that the Urdu-speaking people who are refugees,
had entered into a conspiracy to bring a fascist rule in Pakistan and you
accused late Khan Liaquat Ali Khan of conspiring with the refugees to turn
Sindh into U.P;
xviii. That on the same date and time mentioned above while addressing
a meeting at Nawabshah, you made false provocation and baseless statement
by saying that the Muhajirs had brutally killed old Sindhis, took out their
eyes, put acid in their eyes and torn their stomachs and brains and cut
their tongues and that the Sindhis should riot bear such humiliations and
should reply in the same manner. You also instigated the participants of
the said meeting to collect arms and be prepared for the Sindhi-Muhajir
fight which according to you, was to take place between I 4th and 1 5th
August, 1 972.
2. That your above-mentioned speeches and false press statements were
prejudicial acts whereby you intended or you were likely: -
a. To render the armed forces of Pakistan incapable of efficiently
performing their duties;
b. To bring into hatred or contempt or excite disaffection towards
the Government established by law in Pakistan, particularly in the Province
of Sindh;
c. To promote feelings of enmity and hatred between different classes
of citizens, particularly the old and new Sindhis;
d. To cause fear or alarm to public and to different sections of the
public in Sindh;
e. To instigate or incite directly the commission of offences under
the Arms Act 1878 and the Explosives Act 1984.
These speeches, statements and actions, as aforesaid, are, in the opinion
of the Government of Sindh, prejudicial to the maintenance of peaceful
conditions in the Province of Sindh and the security of Pakistan.
(SALIM ABBAS JILANI)
T.Pk., CSP.,
Secretary to Government of Sindh,
Home Department
No. 8207
GOVERNMENT OF SINDH
HOME DEPARTMENT
KARACHI, dated the 18th, Aug.
1972
CORRIGENDUM
Ref:- Memorandum of Grounds in respect of Mr. G.M. Syed.
In para (x) at page 2 of the above Memorandum of Grounds, please read:
"LOCUSTS"
in place of the word "Wolves" occurring in the third line of this para.
(SALIM ABBAS JILANI) T.Pk., CSP.,
Secretary to Government of Sindh,
Home Department