Shafi Muhammad Burfat

Shafi Muhammad Burfat
A picture of Burhat
Born	(1965-11-25) November 25, 1965 (age 59) Tehni near Sehwan, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan
Status	in exile
Other names	Shafi Burfat
Occupation	Politician
Known for	Sindhi Nationalist leader
Spouse	Yasmeen Burfat
Children	Rahul Latif Shahmir Khan Balaach Khan Jeysen
Relatives	Allah Dino Burfat (father) Allah Dini Burfat (mother)
Website	shafiburfat.com

Shafi Muhammad Burfat ^[a] (born November 25, 1965) is the founder and current chairman of Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz; a Sindhi nationalist and liberal political party in Sindh, Pakistan who believes in the secession of Sindhudesh from Pakistan due to continuous repression of native sindhis by radicals and extremists in Pakistan.

Disappearance

Burfat is a leader in exile who escaped Pakistan in 1994. Media has reported that Shafi Muhammd Burfat had fled to Afghanistan where he established his control center in Kabul. ^{[1] [2]} But some photographs and a column in The daily Jang newspaper has reported Shafi Burfat's presence in an event on Human Rights in UN headquarters at Geneva. ^[3]

On 1 April 2013 home ministry of Pakistan declared JSMM as a terrorist organization and imposed ban. ^[4] The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of Sindh police and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has added Shafi Muhammad Burfat to its Red Book for his alleged separatists actions against Pakistan. ^[5]

Burfat has rejected the Pakistan government's portrayals of JSMM as a terrorist organisation and has instead said "it was not hidden that Pakistan government has been nurturing and sponsoring extremism and providing safe havens to terrorist groups". ^[6]

As of 2017, Shafi Muhammad Burfat is living in exile in Germany under political asylum. ^[7]

Precense of Shafi Burfat at Geneva

See also

• G M Sayed
• List of fugitives from justice who disappeared
• Muzafar Bhutto
• Sajjad Shar

Notes

1. Sindhi: شفيع محمد برفت

References

1. M. Troy Burnett (2020). Nationalism Today: Extreme Political Movements around the World. ABC-CLIO. p. 886. ISBN   9781440850004.
2. Amir Mir (October 17, 2012). "Fugitive Sindhudesh chief operating from Kabul". The News Pakistan . Archived from the original on January 9, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
3. "جنیوا اور اس کی ٹوٹی کرسی". Daily Jang. 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
4. "Protestation against band on JSMM". Daily Awami Awaz . April 4, 2013. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
5. "Red Book of FIA Government of Pakistan" (PDF). FIA. 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
6. "JSMM rejects allegations of links with terror group". ANI News. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
7. "Exclusive: Interview with Shafi Burfat, JSMM Chairman fighting for Sindh separation". NewsGram. 18 September 2016. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.