Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri
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Abdul Gahfoor Bhurgri عبدا لغفورڀرڳڙي عبدل غفور بھرگڑی | |
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| Born | Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Other names | Bhurgri |
| Education | L.L.B, M.A. in Persian Language |
| Alma mater | Aligarh Muslim University Bombay University |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, Writer. |
| Years active | 1941-2015 |
| Website | www |
Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri (Template:Lang-sd) (January 1921 - 10 February 2015), was a lawyer, writer and politician from Larkana Pakistan.[1][2][3][4]
Early life
Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri was born on 1 January 1921, in village Ghulam Nabi Bhurgri, taluka Shahdadkot.[citation needed] His father Abdul Jalil Bhurgri, was a government employee and also practiced agriculture.[citation needed]
Education
Bhurgri received primary education in Shahdadkot and matriculated from Madrassah High School, Larkana. After graduating from C & S College, Shikarpur, affiliated with Bombay University, he attended the Aligarh Muslim University[1][2] He gained his LLB and Masters in the Persian language between 1942 and 1946.[1][2]
Professional life
After completing his education, he began to practice law in 1947.[5] Initially he also practiced criminal cases but afterwards focused only on civil cases.[citation needed]
He was twice Convener of the High Court Bar Association, prior to its elections in 1995-96 and 1996–97 and unopposed President of the District Bar Association in 1989.[citation needed]
His students included former Chief Justice of Pakistan Rana Bhagwandas,[6] former Law Secretary Parkash Lal, Muhammad Bachal tunio, Abdul Hamid Bhurgri (Additional Advocate General High Court Larkano).[citation needed]
Journalism
He sometimes wrote for the newspaper Insaf.[7]
Political career
Student Politics
In his student life, he joined the Muslim league, as a true soldier of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.[8] He started his political career at C & S College Shikarpur then Bombay University, by forming of Muslim Student federation and then became its president. He was amongst the freedom fighters from his early life.[9]
Muslim Leageue
He started his political career from Muslim league[7] and had his political affiliation with Muslim league leader & former Chief Minister Sindh Qazi Fazlullah Ubaidullah & Bhurgri also developed association with former Chief Minister Muhammad Ayub Khuhro in Khuhro's last days.[10]
Secretary All Sindh Adabi Conference
He not only took part in politics from the platform of the Muslim League, but also devoted his time to literary activities under the flag of Jamaat Shoara-i-Sindh and played a key role in organizing literary conferences in Larkana.[10]
He was its secretary from 1949 to 1956 when All Sindh Adabi Conference was convened in Larkana.
President Larkana Municipal
In 1953, at the age of 32, he became the first elected president of the Larkana Municipal Committee .[1][11]
He was nominated as a member of Sindhi Adabi Board in 1960, and President of Jinnah Citizen Club, Larkana, from 1977 to 1982.
Pakistan Peoples Party
In 1976 he joined the Pakistan Peoples Party, soon after joining the party he was appointed as Deputy General Secretary Sindh. In 1977 he was elected unopposed from PS-31 (Shahdadkot Taluka).[12] A special cell of PPP was created at Al-Murtaza Larkana for Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri to resolve issues of public & was believed to be a close aid to former Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.
Imprisonment
Bhurgri was imprisoned five times during 1978 and 1987.[11]
United Nations
He represented Pakistan in the United Nation in 1983 and 1995.[11]
Government
In 1984 he became minister for revenue and culture for Sindh[11] In 1995 he worked as an adviser to Prime Minister for history & culture ministry.
Literary Contribution
- Zindagi Jo Safar ( زندگئ جو سفر) is in Sindhi language, book is on Taṣawwuf through poetry of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai, Maulana Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi & Allama Muhammad Iqbal.
Published by Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai Chair, University of Karachi,[13] get online copy from www.Bhurgri.com
- Saath Dhanri Sarwaarn (ساٿ ڌ ڻئ سرواڻ) is in Sindhi language, book on the life of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: The Falcon of Pakistan, book published by SZABIST, fore-worded by Former Prime Minister Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto,[14] the book describes the life of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto[15]
- Guzri Jay Waya, Say Zamana Yaad Paya, (گزئ جئ وئا، سئ زمانا ياد پيا) is in Sindhi language, is the auto biography of Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri.
Death
He died on 10 February 2015 at his home in Larkana, aged 94.[citation needed] The funeral prayers were led by Sayyid Ghulam Hussain Shah Bukhari of Dargah Hussainabad (Kamber).[1][7] In tribute, work at the high court and lower courts of Larkana temporarily ceased.[1]
See also
External links
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f The Newspaper's Staff Correspondent. "Writer Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgari passes away". dawn.com. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ a b c Online Indus. "Pakistan Movement's worker Abdul Ghafoor Bhurghri passes away in Larkana". onlineindus.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "The Profile of District Kamber Shahdadkot Sindh Pakistan 2012". scribd.com. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ https://www.scribd.com/doc/99575060/The-Profile-of-District-Kamber-Shahdadkot-Sindh-Pakistan-2012#scribd
- ^ http://advocates.sindhbarcouncil.org/enrollments_view.php?editid1=39480
- ^ "Rana Bhagwandas dies of cardiac arrest at 73". Live News Pakistan. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ a b c "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
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- ^ http://gulhayat.com/larkanalumanries.asp
- ^ a b http://www.dawn.com/news/1162768
- ^ a b c d "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)/ - ^ http://www.pas.gov.pk/uploads/downloads/mpas_6th_assembly.pdf
- ^ "Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai Chair". uok.edu.pk. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
- ^ http://www.szabist.edu.pk/publications.asp
- ^ https://www.scribd.com/doc/8087285/Zulfikar-Ali-Bhutto-The-Falcon-of- Pakistan#scribd