HYDERABAD, March 15: The Jeay Sindh Mahaz (Junejo) has made amendments to its constitution, manifesto, political terminology and party flag to give a new direction to the nationalist movement in line with the needs of fast changing world and rid it of negative tendencies and reactionary attitude.

The convenor of the party’s central ad hoc committee, Abdul Khaliq Junejo, said at a news conference at the press club on Saturday that the word Sindhu Desh in the party’s constitution had been replaced with “sovereign, autonomous and prosperous Sindh” while the symbol of axe in the middle of party flag had been replaced with the map of Sindh province.

He said that the amendments had been approved by the central executive and central committee of the party and finalised by the party’s national congress held in Radhan on March 8 and 9.

Mr Junejo said that the supreme leader of nationalist movement G.M. Syed had announced a programme for political, cultural and economic independence of Sindh and founded Jeay Sindh Mahaz to achieve the objectives.

Syed Saheb wrote a book titled “Why Sindhu Desh and for what purpose” to publicise and explain his programme. He laid emphasis on two points - international situation and the characteristics of nationalist movement, which included workers’ training and impeccable character, Mr Junejo said.

He said that it was an age of Cold War and the world was divided into two blocs - Soviet Union and America but many changes had since taken place with the dissolution of Soviet Union.

The world had become unipolar, which was now heading towards a multipolar world and many new regional powers had emerged on the world map, he said.

Similarly, nationalist movements had undergone many changes but regrettably all the changes were negative. Knowledge and enlightenment were replaced with ignorance and reactionary activities and wisdom and arguments had been made subordinate to brute force, he observed.

He said that national interests had been sacrificed at the altar of personal interests and extortion had become the order of the day. The slogan of Sindhu Desh and the symbol of axe, which was part of the flag, had become synonymous with extortion, he regretted.

The situation had compelled the JSM to make amendments to its constitution, manifesto and terminology to maintain its individuality and keep pace with the demands of fast changing world.

He said that the JSM would continue to struggle for the restoration of democracy, secularism and equality in the province and oppose terrorism, fundamentalism and racism.