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'''Jinnahpur''' refers to an alleged plot in [[Pakistan]] to form a breakaway state to serve as a homeland for the [[Urdu]]-speaking [[Muhajir (Pakistan)|Muhajir]] community. The alleged name to be given to the proposed breakaway state was "Jinnahpur", named after [[Mohammed Ali Jinnah]]. In 1992, the Pakistani military claimed it had found maps of the proposed Jinnahpur state in the offices of the [[Mohajir Qaumi Movement]] (now renamed [[Muttahida Qaumi Movement]]), despite the party's strong refutation of the veracity of the maps. Despite the party's strong commitment to the Pakistani state, the government of Nawaz Sharif chose to use it as the basis for the military operation against the MQM, known as [[Operation Clean-up]]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=dObxI9xahSYC&lpg=PA185&dq=jinnahpur&lr=&pg=PA185#v=onepage&q=&f=false The MQM of Pakistan: Between Political Party and Ethnic Movement], Mohammad Waseem, in Political parties in South Asia, ed. Mitra, Enskat & Spiess, pp185</ref>. However in August 2009, two senior military officers at the time (one of them Brigadier [[Imtiaz Billa]]) of the operation revealed that the maps had been fabricated.<ref>[http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/retired-army-officers-absolve-mqm-of-jinnahpur-plot-altaf-calls-for-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-589 Retired army officers absolve MQM of Jinnahpur plot: Altaf calls for truth and reconciliation commission], [[Dawn.com]], 25 August 2009</ref> |
'''Jinnahpur''' refers to an alleged plot in [[Pakistan]] to form a breakaway state to serve as a homeland for the Karachi based [[Urdu]]-speaking [[Muhajir (Pakistan)|Muhajir]] community. The alleged name to be given to the proposed breakaway state was "Jinnahpur", named after [[Mohammed Ali Jinnah]]. In 1992, the Pakistani military claimed it had found maps of the proposed Jinnahpur state in the offices of the [[Mohajir Qaumi Movement]] (now renamed [[Muttahida Qaumi Movement]]), despite the party's strong refutation of the veracity of the maps. Despite the party's strong commitment to the Pakistani state, the government of Nawaz Sharif chose to use it as the basis for the military operation against the MQM, known as [[Operation Clean-up]]<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=dObxI9xahSYC&lpg=PA185&dq=jinnahpur&lr=&pg=PA185#v=onepage&q=&f=false The MQM of Pakistan: Between Political Party and Ethnic Movement], Mohammad Waseem, in Political parties in South Asia, ed. Mitra, Enskat & Spiess, pp185</ref>. However in August 2009, two senior military officers at the time (one of them Brigadier [[Imtiaz Billa]]) of the operation revealed that the maps had been fabricated.<ref>[http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/retired-army-officers-absolve-mqm-of-jinnahpur-plot-altaf-calls-for-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-589 Retired army officers absolve MQM of Jinnahpur plot: Altaf calls for truth and reconciliation commission], [[Dawn.com]], 25 August 2009</ref> |
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The MQM has been exonerated by Supreme Court in this regard. |
The MQM has been exonerated by Supreme Court in this regard. |
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Revision as of 18:46, 22 August 2011
Jinnahpur refers to an alleged plot in Pakistan to form a breakaway state to serve as a homeland for the Karachi based Urdu-speaking Muhajir community. The alleged name to be given to the proposed breakaway state was "Jinnahpur", named after Mohammed Ali Jinnah. In 1992, the Pakistani military claimed it had found maps of the proposed Jinnahpur state in the offices of the Mohajir Qaumi Movement (now renamed Muttahida Qaumi Movement), despite the party's strong refutation of the veracity of the maps. Despite the party's strong commitment to the Pakistani state, the government of Nawaz Sharif chose to use it as the basis for the military operation against the MQM, known as Operation Clean-up[1]. However in August 2009, two senior military officers at the time (one of them Brigadier Imtiaz Billa) of the operation revealed that the maps had been fabricated.[2]
The MQM has been exonerated by Supreme Court in this regard.
References
- ^ The MQM of Pakistan: Between Political Party and Ethnic Movement, Mohammad Waseem, in Political parties in South Asia, ed. Mitra, Enskat & Spiess, pp185
- ^ Retired army officers absolve MQM of Jinnahpur plot: Altaf calls for truth and reconciliation commission, Dawn.com, 25 August 2009
- Jinnahpur debunked, Dawn.com, 26 August 2009
- Migrants and militants: fun and urban violence in Pakistan, Oskar Verkaaik, 2004, pp78
- Inside Pakistan: 52 years outlook, Sanjay Dutt, 2000, pp260,
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