Chaudhari Rehmatullah Aslam (, b. January 15, 1913, d. July 10, 2007) was a Pakistani politician. Aslam was born in Shahkot, near Sheikhupura. During his student days, he was influenced by
leftist
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ideas. In 1936, he completed his
LLB
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degree. In 1940 he joined the
Communist Party of India
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(later, his membership transferred to the
Communist Party of Pakistan
The Communist Party of Pakistan (CPP; Urdu: ) is a communist party in Pakistan founded in 1948 by Sajjad Zaheer.
History
The Communist Party of Pakistan (CPP) was founded in Calcutta, India, soon after the establishment of Pakistan on 6 March ...
).
Aslam, who had been directed by the party to engage in
trade union
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organizing, was arrested in 1948 and 1951. In 1954, the Communist Party was banned. Aslam joined the
National Awami Party
The National Awami Party (NAP) was the major left-wing political party in East and West Pakistan. It was founded in 1957 in Dhaka, erstwhile East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh), by Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani and Yar Mohammad Khan, through th ...
.
In
West Pakistan
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, he became a prominent personality of the
Maulana Bhasani
Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani (12 December 1880 – 17 November 1976), also known reverentially as Maulana Bhashani, was a Bangladeshi politician and statesman who was one of the founder of the Awami League, the oldest and main political party in B ...
-wing of the NAP (as of January 1970, he as the President, West Pakistan of NAP(B)).
In 1969 he launched the weekly ''Awami Jamhuriat'' ('People's Democracy').
In 1970, he took part in the founding of the
Pakistan Socialist Party
The Pakistan Socialist Party was a political party in Pakistan. It was formed out of the branches of the Indian Socialist Party in the areas ceded to the new state of Pakistan. The PSP failed to make any political breakthrough in Pakistani polit ...
.
He was the President of the Pakistan Socialist Party.
Party Life, Volume 13
'. Communist Party of India., 1977. p. 17 After having advocated support for
Balochi demands, ''Awami Jamhuriat'' was banned by the
Bhutto government and Aslam was sent to jail.
In 1999 Aslam was one of the founders of the
National Workers Party, and became a
Central Committee member of the party.
References
External links
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C R Aslam - 70 Years of Struggle'
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1913 births
2007 deaths
Communist Party of Pakistan politicians
Pakistani trade unionists