An International Conference organized by World Sindhi Congress, 'Sindh & Sindhis - At The Crossroads' held in London on 7th-8th October 1995, resolved that:

1. The conference upholds the inherent inalienable rights of self determination of the people as per mentioned in UN convents. It was resolved that all the historic nations must be ensured the right of self determination by the United Nations and guarantied by the superpowers.

2. Sindh has been denied its socio-economic, cultural, historical and political rights, beside much trumpeted status of an independent, autonomous and sovereign state as envisaged in the Pakistan Resolution of 1940. Therefore, this august gathering demands that all discrimination against Sindhis must be brought to an end, and historic national rights of Sindhis including the 'Right of Self Determination', as ensured in UN Declaration of Human Rights, must be restored forthwith.

3. Sovereignty of Sindhis be recognized over Sindh morally, politically and constitutionally keeping in view the un-challengable dictates of history and the centuries old cultural continuity between the great Indus Civilization of Moen -jo-Darro and present day Sindh. Thus all the minority ethnic groups living in Sindh are invited to join the majority struggle for the self determination and enjoy the full rights and benefits collectively.

4. Conference demands an independent international enquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of His Excellency G M Syed, and condemns the Government for denying him proper medical care and permission to travel abroad for medical treatment.

5. Extreme concern was expressed at the widespread violation of Human Rights in Pakistan and in particular Sindh and detention of many Sindhi political activists, students and intellectuals. It is resolved that basic Human Rights as per UN declaration must be guarantied and implemented. The conference further demands that all the political prisoners should be tried in proper court of law or released honorably.

6. The conference resolved that 'Special Courts' which violate the international law and independent judiciary, should be abolished, and all the cases be transferred to civilian courts of law. It further demands that the cases pending since long periods should be expedited or innocent Sindhis incriminated in false and fabricated cases must be released honorably.

7. Extreme concern was expressed at the continued settlement of illegal immigrants in Sindh estimated to be approximately 5 million, including Biharis, Bengalis, Afghans and others, which is causing unbearable burden on the already shattered economy of Sindh, and resulted in breakdown of law & order, terrorism, drug trafficking, smuggling of arms & ammunition. It is resolved that the 'Repatriation of Biharis' to Sindh must be stopped and all the illegal immigrants returned to their countries of origin.

8. Conference rejects the 'Water Apportionment Agreement' signed by an undemocratic government without proper mandate from people of Sindh, violating previous international agreements. It is resolved that 'Kala Bagh, Ghazi Gharryala & other such projects' must be abolished to prevent devastating effects on the agriculture & rural economy of Sindh. It is further resolved that LBOD project must be expedited to eradicate the increasing salinity and water logging in Sindh.

9. That socio-economic exploitation of Sindh must be stopped and control of all the natural resources of Sindh, including Oil, Gas, Coal, Gold, Uranium and other minerals should be handed over to the Government of Sindh.

10. That the revenues raised in Sindh from agriculture, taxation, customs duty from airport & seaports, etc., must remain under the control of government of Sindh and the funds should be utilized for the progress & development in Sindh, and the betterment of people of Sindh.

11. The conference condemns the forcible accesation of the coastal areas of Sindh and transfer to the Federal Coastal Development Authority and denying the fishing rights to native Sindhis and depriving the popular to the means of livelihood. It is resolved that the control of the coastal land and waters should be returned to the Government of Sindh and provide free access of the local population of the fishing area.

12. Sindhis must be ensured their due share of jobs in the provincial and federal governments, semi-government & autonomous agencies including civil, military and foreign services.

13. Conference demands that the land should be reclaimed from the absentee landlords and re-allocated to local Sindhi farmers, and government assistance including technical & financial aid must be provided to increase the agricultural output and relieve economic deprivation and poverty in the rural areas of Sindh.

14. Concern was expressed at the deterioration of educational standards in Sindh, and it was resolved that all kind of political interference in the educational institutions must be stopped and immediate steps taken to improve educational atmosphere and quality of education through introduction of computerized methods of examination, encouraging research work granting the scholarships, establishing libraries & providing modern technology.

15. Concern was also expressed at the failure of 'Sindhi Language Authority' to fulfill its duties and it was resolved that government should provide immediate resources to promote Sindhi language & culture by providing proper representation in the mass communications media specially television & radio.

16. That urgent efforts must be made to protect the cultural heritage of Sindh and save Moen-jo-Darro & other important archeological sites including Bhambhor, Aamri, Rani kot, Kot Diji, Paqo Qilo, Grave of Hoshoo Shaheed, tomb of Ghulam Shah Kalhoro, etc. All these places must be declared as official historical sites. Immediate measures must be taken; i.e. removal of illegal encroachments and renovation, to restore the former glory of these sites.

17. The conference condemns the demolition of villages in Karachi and further demands these centuries old villages should be registered without delay and provided with basic amenities of life such as clean drinking water, proper health care and education facilities.

18. The conference condemns the increased terrorist activities by the militant groups, resulting in unnecessary loss of life of innocent civilians, specially in Karachi. This conference demands an immediate end to the terrorism and invited MQM and the government to establish peaceful negotiations with the Sindhi nationalist leadership. Any agreement reached without the participation of Sindhi nationalist leaders will not be acceptable.

19. All the totalitarian governments have always manipulated with the population census by which the manipulating the census results. This conference demands an honest population census and publish the results.

20. WSC expresses a great concern on the discrimination of women and their deprivation of basic rights all over the Pakistan in general and in Sindh in particular. This conference demands that federal and provincial governments should take special effort to assure women's rights, specially regarding the domestic violence, equal access to jobs, education and commerce, and proper health care.

Dated: 08 October 1995

(Secretary General)