Since yesterday, after the promise by Interior Minister @RanaSanaullahPK to keep @ImranKhanPTI in Machh Jail, Balochistan, everyone is talking about it.
here are few paragraphs from my book People's Movements in Pakistan with the reference of Machh Jail
Roshnai by Sajjad Zaheer, the first Secretary General of the Communist Party of Pakistan, who was arrested on 27th April 1951,under the charges of conspiring to overthrow the government with the support of a few serving military officers. The case against them conducted in-camera
Oct 31, 2022 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
Oct 5, 2020 • 20 tweets • 4 min read
On the occassion of annual urs of Shah Inayat Shaheed, my humble homage from my book People’s Movements in Pakistan
Shah Inayat Shaheed, popularly known as Shah Shaheed, founded an agrarian commune in Miranpur (popularly known as Jhok Sharif) of Thatta in early eighteenth century
Formation of this commune was the staging of a rebellion against the land-owning system with the slogan ‘Jo kheray so khai’ (those who sow should eat).
Ideologically Shah Inayat was connected with the most unorthodox Sufi traditions of South Asia and was a follower of Sarmad. A
Oct 2, 2020 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
real sorrowful days for us the people of Sindh, as first time in the history the public participation at annual Mela of Shah Abdul Lateef Bhittai is restricted because of Corona pandemic, its commitment between Bhittai and his fellow Comrades
that we will meet again soon, till that time tribute to you by Comrade Noor Zaheer from her book At Home in Enemy Land.
Oct 1, 2020 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
Zia Martial Law & making of MRD
By Aslam Khwaja
part one
Right-wing political parties and few left groups unconditionally supported General Zia for eliminating their common enemy Bhutto. Zia too, still in the process of consolidating his power, was in need of their support.
The situation took a major turn in October 1979, when General Zia once again postponed the general elections and started exploring other options. In this regard, Zia’s right hand man General Faiz Ali Chishti writes, ‘In February 1980, PPP Sindh President Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi had
Sep 21, 2020 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
From my book People’s Movements in Pakistan
Books from behind the bars
Since early days of Pakistan, political workers, writers, intellectuals and journalists had been kept behind the bars because of dissent and many of them had written valuable accounts of their confinement and
on subjects of their specializations. Some of those books are being discussed here.
Hathain Hath Karhol (Arms in Chains) by Tariq Ashraf, published in 1985, by Ms. Nazir Naz of Nari Publications Hyderabad. This book is dedicated to Sindhi intellectual Mohammed Ibrahim Joyo and
Sep 20, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
From my book People’s Movements in Pakistan
Books from behind the bars
Since early days of Pakistan, political workers, writers, intellectuals and journalists had been kept behind the bars because of dissent and many of them had written valuable accounts of their confinement and
on subjects of their specializations. Some of those books are being discussed here.
Jail Ji Dairy (Prison Dairy), by Badar Abro, an accused in Jam Saqi/Communist Conspiracy Case during Zia Martial Law. This dairy, mostly in fragmented subjective style covers the period from 20th
Sep 19, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
From my book People’s Movements in Pakistan
Books from behind the bars
Since early days of Pakistan, political workers, writers, intellectuals and journalists had been kept behind the bars because of dissent and many of them had written valuable accounts of their confinement and
on subjects of their specializations. Some of those books are being discussed here.
Niar Muhinjo Neehu (Chains, My Beloved), a prison dairy written by a PPP worker Aijaz Khwaja and published by Sachai Ishaat Ghar, Daro in 1988. This book covers his four arrests in 1971, 1979,
Sep 17, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
From my book People’s Movements in Pakistan
Books from behind the bars
Since early days of Pakistan, political workers, writers, intellectuals and journalists had been kept behind the bars because of dissent and many of them had written valuable accounts of their confinement and
on subjects of their specializations. Some of those books are being discussed here.
Pakistan—The Gathering Storm, by Benazir Bhutto, written during her detention period in Zia Martial Law and this book of 116 pages was published by Vikas Publishing House New Delhi, in 1983.
Sep 16, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
From my book People’s Movements in Pakistan
Books from behind the bars
Since early days of Pakistan, political workers, writers, intellectuals and journalists had been kept behind the bars because of dissent and many of them had written valuable accounts of their confinement and
on subjects of their specializations. Some of those books are being discussed here.
From My Death Cell, by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, written in Kot Lakhpat Jail, Lahore, banned in Pakistan, smuggled to England and published in India. This is considered the last political testament, in
Sep 13, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Noor Zaheer on Sindh
From her book At Home in Enemy Land
This was the land of Sindh where the remnants of man’s earliest civilization had been found; where Sufi performing arts are said to have been born that had spread one hand to Western Asia and reached out the other towards
India. From here had emerged the concept of monotheism and of no-theism, this land is enriched by the great river Indus that has its beginning in the Mansarovar Lake. Satluj and Brahmaputra also begin from Mansarovar, two stormy, uncontrolled rivers that break havoc on the lands
Sep 12, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
From my book People’s Movements in Pakistan
Books from behind the bars
Since early days of Pakistan, political workers, writers, intellectuals and journalists had been kept behind the bars because of dissent and many of them had written valuable accounts of their confinement
and on subjects of their specializations. Some of those books are being discussed here.
.Aadh Mulaqat, by Tariq Ashraf is a collection of letters written and received by writer while he was imprisoned during the Bhutto government of 1970s. Published by New Fields publication,
Sep 11, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
It is not just CCPO Lahore, Umar Sheikh who blame victim for rape, check what President of this land of pure General Pervez Musharraf said on Mukhtaran Mai Rape Case
From my book People’s Movements in Pakistan
Sometime in the year 2005, President General Musharraf wrote on his
personal blog that ‘women, who intended to move to the West, cry about their rape’ On 10th June, shortly before Mukhtaran was scheduled to fly to London on the invitation of Amnesty International, her name was put on Exit Control List; besides that, her movement within country
Sep 11, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
From my book People’s Movements in Pakistan
Books from behind the bars
Since early days of Pakistan, political workers, writers, intellectuals and journalists had been kept behind the bars because of dissent and many of them had written valuable accounts of their confinement and
on subjects of their specializations. Some of those books are being discussed here.
Zindagi Zidan dili ka naam hai, by Zafar Ullah Poshni, a serving Captain in Pakistan Army arrested for conspiring to over-throw the government with few other military officers and progressive
Sep 10, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
From my book People’s Movements in Pakistan
Books from behind the bars
Since early days of Pakistan, political workers, writers, intellectuals and journalists had been kept behind the bars because of dissent and many of them had written valuable accounts of their confinement and
on subjects of their specializations. Some of those books are being discussed here.
Saleebain Mera Dareecha Main by Faiz Ahmed Faiz is a collection of 135 letters written during his time in prisons in connection of the Rawalpindi Conspiracy Case. Published by Maktaba-i-Danyal,
Sep 9, 2020 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
From my book People’s Movements in Pakistan
Books from behind the bars
Since early days of Pakistan, political workers, writers, intellectuals and journalists had been kept behind the bars because of dissent and many of them had written valuable accounts of their confinement and
on subjects of their specializations. Some of those books are being discussed here.
Roshnai by Sajjad Zaheer, the first Secretary General of the Communist Party of Pakistan, who was arrested on 27th April 1951, under the charges of conspiring to overthrow the government with the
Sep 8, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
From my book People’s Movements in Pakistan
Books from behind the bars
Since early days of Pakistan, political workers, writers, intellectuals and journalists had been kept behind the bars because of dissent and many of them had written valuable accounts of their confinement and
on subjects of their specializations. Some of those books are being discussed here. 1. Qaidiani Ji Dairy (Dairy of a female prisoner) by Akhtar Baloch, this daily dairy in Sindhi, covers the second time imprisonment of the writer between 25th July 1970 to 19th December 1970. She
Sep 7, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Books from behind the bars
Since early days of Pakistan, political workers, writers, intellectuals and journalists had been kept behind the bars because of dissent and many of them had written valuable accounts of their confinement and on subjects of their specializations.
Some of those books are being discussed here. 1. Dairy of a Political Prisoner by Shaheedullah Kaiser, who later was killed by the pro-Pakistan armed volunteers, backed by Jamaat-Islami during the military operation of 1971 covers the period of 1958 to 1962, when the writer was
Aug 27, 2020 • 23 tweets • 4 min read
MRD 1983 movement against Zia Martial Law, some details of its fourteenth day from my book People’s Movements in Pakistan
Day Fourteen: 27th August: Two workers each in Karachi and Dadu courted arrest. In Meharh, protesters clashed with the police, who fired 28 tear gas shells
and 67 rounds of bullets in aerial firing. In clashes one Sub-Inspector, two constables and four civilians were injured. Here two workers were arrested and protesters damaged government property. In Sukkur, clashes erupted between protesters and the police, during which police
Aug 26, 2020 • 41 tweets • 7 min read
MRD 1983 movement against Zia Martial Law, some details of its thirteenth day from my book People’s Movements in Pakistan
Day Thirteen: 26th August: in Miro Khan Village, clashes between police and protesters erupted when police tried to disperse the rally, first by baton charge
and then firing, resulting in the death of two protesters. In reaction someone among protesters also fired upon the police and killed a police constable and injured one sub-inspector and a police constable. Protesters also burnt down police station and the sub-divisional office.
Aug 25, 2020 • 24 tweets • 4 min read
On the 14th death anniversary of Nawab Akbar Bugti, few paragraphs from my book People’s Movements in Pakistan
NAP leadership including Khair Bakhsh Marri (died on 10thJune, 2014), Atta Ullah Mengal and Bizenjo decided to hold a public meeting in Quetta on 22nd August 1962,
the eve of the expected arrival of Ayub Khan and Governor Nawab Kalabagh to attend the Baloch Darbar. Mir Rasool Bakhsh Talpur and Maulana Kanpuri from Hyderabad,Sindh also attended this public meeting, which attracted a large number of people. In the follow up to this successful
