| Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) | |
| Colors: | Red |
| Chairman: | Sanan Khan Qureshi.[1] |
| Ideology: | Sindhi nationalism self-determination Separatism Socialism |
| Headquarters: | Sann, Sindh |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Native Name: | Sindhi: جيئي سنڌ قومي محاذ |
| Founders: | Abdul Wahid Aresar Bashir Ahmed Qureshi Shafi Muhammad Burfat Riyaz Chandio Gul Muhammad Khan Jakhrani |
| Slogan: | Sindhudesh Is Destiny, G.M Syed Is The Guide |
| Founded: | June, 1995 at Sann |
| Student Wing: | Jeay Sindh Students' Federation(JSQM) |
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Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (Sindhi: جيئي سنڌ قومي محاذ, JSQM, Long live Sindh National Front) is a nationalist political party in the Sindh province of Pakistan, that advocates for Sindh's independence from Pakistan. The party was 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 Abdul Wahid Aresar as its first elected chairman. This integration continued successfully for five years ahead.[2]
In the year 2000 Shafi Muhammad Burfat along with his other like-minded fellows parted his ways from JSQM and founded JSMM.[3] 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.[4] Later, in the year 2006, Abdul Wahid Aresar left JSQM and formed his own outfit JSQM (A).[5] In the year 2010, Safdar Sarki (then Secretary General of JSQM) left and formed another outfit Jeay Sindh Tahreek (JST).[6]
See main article: Bashir Ahmed Qureshi.
Bashir Ahmed Qureshi served as the party chairman from 1976 until his death in 2012. Qureshi was a key leader in the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), which seeks to address issues pertinent to the Sindhi-speaking population, including cultural preservation, economic development, and political autonomy within the province of Sindh. Qureshi led numerous rallies in Sindh, including a significant demonstration on 23 March 2011. During this rally, he demanded that Sindh be granted status as an autonomous republic within Pakistan's constitutional framework, citing Scotland's position within the United Kingdom as an example . Qureshi argued that this autonomy had been promised by the All-India Muslim League to G. M. Syed on 23 March 1940, asserting that Sindh was intended to be a self-reliant entity within the republic of Pakistan.
Sanan Khan Qureshi, the younger son of Bashir Ahmed Qureshi led the party's affairs as chairperson after death of Maqsood Ahmed Qureshi who was the brother of Bashir Ahmed Qureshi.[7] Critics also see the placement of Sannan Khan as the Chairman of JSQM as the monarchist coronation and against the democratic values introduced by Syed himself.[8] In 2024 Sanan visited the marriage ceremony of MPA Ali Hassan Zardari's son .So he was criticised by leftwing supporters from all over Sindh because his father was totally against the feudalism and Pakistan People's Parties corruption but Sanan disappointed the supporters.