Sindh

The province of Sindh and the people inhabiting the region are named after the river known as the Sindhu River before Independence and now called the Indus River. In Sanskrit, síndhu means "river, stream", and refers to the Indus river in particular. The Greeks who conquered Sindh in 325 BC under the command of Alexander the Great rendered it as Indós, hence the modern Indus. The ancient Iranians referred to everything east of the river Indus as hind from the word Sindh. When the British arrived in the 17th century, they followed that regional example and applied the Greek name for Sindh to the entire South Asian region, calling it India. A study said, the Ancient Gypsy hail from Sindh from the Rohri Taluka in the Sukkur District[7]

Sindh (Sindhi: سنڌ) is one of the provinces of Pakistan. Sindh was home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, the Indus Valley Civilization which is 5,500 years old. 'Hind' is the corruption of the word for 'Sind'. On the 26th of June in 1947 Sindh joined Pakistan by a majority vote of members of the 1947 provincial legislature.

Sindh is located on the western corner of South-central Asia, bordering the Iranian plateau in the west. Geographically it is the third largest province of Pakistan, stretching about 579 km from north to south and 442 km (extreme) or 281 km (average) from east to west, with an area of 140,915 square kilometres (54,408 sq mi) of Pakistani territory. Sindh is bounded by the Thar Desert to the east, the Kirthar Mountains to the west, and the Arabian Sea in the south. In the centre is a fertile plain around the Indus River.

Provincial symbols of Sindh

Provincial flag	Flag of Sindh
Provincial seal	Emblem of Sindh
Provincial animal	Sindh Ibex
Provincial bird	Black wood partridge
Provincial fish	Catla
Provincial crop	Cotton
Provincial flower	Nelumbo indica
Provincial tree	Neem
Provincial fruit	Watermelons
Provincial dish	Sindhi biryani
Provincial dance	Sufi dance
Provincial instrument	Yaktaro
Provincial sport	Malakhra

The Provincial Assembly of Sindh is unicameral and consists of 168 seats, of which 5% are reserved for non-Muslims and 17% for women. The provincial capital of Sindh is Karachi.

The government is presided over by the Chief Minister of Sindh.

Most of the Sindhi people in the province are involved in Pakistan's politics. Sindh is a stronghold of the centre-left Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), which is the largest political party in the province.

Pakistan has had two very famous Sindhi leaders as Prime Ministers—Mr Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and his daughter Ms Benazir Bhutto. Ms Bhutto's husband, Mr Asif Ali Zardari, was elected President of Pakistan.[9]

• Media related to Sindh at Wikimedia Commons

• Mubarak Ali (ed.). "Sindh Observed" (PDF). Selection from the Journal of Sindh Historical Society.

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9. The prime minister is the 'head of government' under the Constitution of Pakistan whereas the president is 'head of state'

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