The province was called Sind from the British times. During Zia's era alphabet 'H' was added to make it Sindh, which is how it is pronounced in Sundhi and Urdu. Taking it back to the word 'Sind', in my opinion does not makes sense because this is not how it is pronounced in local languages.

They forgot the Al in Al-Sind

Sindhu was the name of the name of the river Indus given by Indo-Aryan speakers. In the Harrapan civilization it had another name which is now lost. Sindhu was the land around the the river. The present day province is only a small part of this land, which really start in what we today call the Northern Areas. Punjab, KP, Kashmir, Sindh and the Eastern parts of Baluchistan are all part of the land of Sindhu. The Persians called it Hindu and all the peoples around the this mighty river were Hindus (not a religion but a number of related civilisations/cultures) mainly of what we today call Northerne India and parts of Pakistan. Al-Sindhi/al-Hindi in arabic is anyone who originated in land of the indus river. The Greeks changed Hindu/Sindhu to Indos, which is the source of the word India, the name given by Westerners to the whole of the Subcontinent from the time of the Greeks. So Sindh, Sind, or Sindhu no differnce all equally acceptable. Even Hind or Indos...perhaps?

ummm... why is the URL and Title of this webpage (not the article title) saying the opposite. Currently the URL is: http://dawn.com/2013/02/12/same-territory-new-name-sindh-drops-its-h/ and the webpage title says: Same territory, new name: Sindh drops its

Hindus were referred as Sindhus who lived across the river banks in 125 BC.

This is very very wrong. This is an insult to Sindhi who joined Pakistan

Well it does not make a difference to drop H in Sindh to make it Sind.....................need of the hour is to make laws to curb lawlessness in Pakistan, particularly in Karachi. I hope our Elected representatives have some time for this.

RIP 'H' Sind. :)

Good. it looks more cool without H sound.

I even suggest to drop 'D', as she has become a 'Sin' of political parties.

In a province full of joblessness and hunger, changing names is the highest priority for these geniuses. Lets just call it Sindbad and hope that people's lives improve majically.

why this name change?

Wow... Sindh...err...Sind assembly is changing name and outside this Assembly people are being killed.... Good joke by the SIND parlimentarians.

The news story has probably changed in the last couple of hours. I thought it earlier said that 'H' was dropped from the name but now it looks like its been corrected with 'H' being added to the name. Refering to my earlier comment above. This is old story then. This 'H' was added long time ago - in mid 1980s - during Zia time and since then all official naming of province had been going on with an 'H' included.

It's all in the names, KP and now Sind. So all those poor villagers of Sind dancing or what?

Please correct: It is now infact added with H i.e. "Sindh" (substitued of word Sind)

Finally the Sindh assembly gets some legislation passed. Great job! all the issues faced by Sindh are not Sind's problems :)

The author of this article may want to verify the year that Alexander conquered Sind(h)...it's probably around 330 BC

Excuse me but are you guys reading the same article as I am? They are ADDING the "H" and not taking it out. Regardless how idiotic that is, but your and comments from some other people are trying to imply that they are removing the "H". Or am I the one missing something here?

Amazing. What an achievement. Congratulations to the people of Sindh. All issues of the country and the province will be resolved now. Thanks again. What a delightful feeling ... Shahryar

what's the big deal in a " H"... wud tht effect anythg goin on over there :/... useless at all

OK, now that the "H" is gone.......time to lay back relax and let the festivities begin. Wait a minute.....

good, now change the name of your country to its original name

Jeay Sindh!!!

People are dying every day in our province all we care is to drop or not to drop The BIG H. you can take the politicians to the assembly but you cannot make them think

H is added. there is correction in news. please modify your comments accordingly.