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Jam Saqi
Jam Saqi (Sindhi: ڄام ساقي) (October 31, 1944 – March 5, 2018) popularly known as Comrade Jam Saqi, was a left-wing politician from Sindh, Pakistan. He was previously the general secretary of the Communist Party of Pakistan. Saqi was imprisoned for more than 15 years due to his political activities. During his period in jail his then wife, Sukhan, had committed suicide after reading a newspaper containing allegations of Jam Saqi's death. He then left the Communist Party in 1991 and joined the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Trotskyist The Struggle group. He was married to Akhtar Sultana. Biography Born in village Janjhi, Taluka Chhachhro, district Tharparkar, in the home of Muhammad Sachal who was an educationalist and a well known social worker at Thar, Saqi passed his matriculation examinations from Local Board High School, Chachro in 1962. Later, he studied at Government College, Sachal Sarmast Arts College Hyderabad, and Sindh University, Jamshoro from where he did hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chachro
Chachro(Urdu:چھاچھرو) is a Tehsil in the Tharparkar District of Sindh, Pakistan. It is located in the southeast corner of Pakistan, in the Thar Desert, along the Pakistan-India border. It has a population of 351,263. Geography Chachro is divided into three areas: Khahor, Kantho and Parkar. Residents speak the Dhatki language, as well as Sindhi, Urdu and Gujarati. The majority of the population is Muslim, the Hindu migrated to India after the independence of Pakistan in 1947. History Chachro was under the administration of the Indian Army in 1965 for eleven months. Afterwards, due to political tensions, Thakur Laxman Singh Sodha who was a ruling figure, left for India along with his allies in 1970. Rajputs and the entire Charan community of Chachro who were in alliance with Laxman Singh, left for India leaving the city of Chachro emptied out. They crossed the then porous Indo-Pak border leading to the Indian state of Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |