Sohail Sangi () is a senior journalist and activist of the leftist movement in

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, presently working with the daily newspaper ''

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''. He has been one of the visiting faculty of the Mass Communication Department at the

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. Currently he is working as a visiting faculty of the Department of Mass Communication (Abdul Haq Campus Karachi) at the Federal Urdu University.

Early life

Sohail Sangi was born in village Janjhi of

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district, Pakistan in 1953. He did his M.A in English from

Jamshoro in the 1970s. He was an activist of the left-wing students organisation

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during his student life.Profile of Sohail Sangi on Bihar Urdu Youth Forum website
Retrieved 3 August 2020

Career

Sohail Sangi joined journalism in the mid 1970s. He was one of the pioneers of Daily ''Sindh News'' which was published under the editorship of Sindhi nationalist leader Shaikh Aziz in 1975 and later, also worked with Daily Ibrat, Daily Safeer, Daily Awami Awaz, and Daily Kawish. Sohail Sangi also worked with Weekly

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and 'Weekly Sachai' with Ali Hassan. He was founder of Daily Awami Awaz the first computerised newspaper of Sindhi language and Weekly Arsee. Sangi also wrote and translated six books on different topics. Sohail Sangi has a reputation for being a pioneer of 'resistance journalism' in Sindh. Sohail Sangi was arrested in July 1980 and he along with

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 imp ...

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, Professor Jamal Naqvi, Badar Abro, Kamal Warsi and Shabbir Shar were tried by a Special Military Court in 1982-83 for bringing socialist revolution in Pakistan. He was declared Prisoner of Conscience by

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in 1984. Later he was released in 1985. After his release, he joined ''Daily Aftab'' Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. Sohail Sangi has helped introduce progressive activists in Sindhi media besides his other contributions in journalism. He has been a freelance contributor of

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References

External links

* Book Zameer ke Qaidi in Urdu compiled by Nisar Hussain and Jam Saqi * Sindh Ji Shagrid Tahreek (Students Movement in Sindh) * Peoples initiative for their rights in Urdu * Jail Diary of Badar Abro * Jail Diary of Shabbir Shar {{DEFAULTSORT:Sangi, Sohail 1953 births Living people Dawn (newspaper) people Pakistani activists Pakistani male journalists Pakistani socialists People from Tharparkar District Sindhi activists University of Sindh alumni Writers from Sindh Imprisoned journalists Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by Pakistan Pakistani prisoners and detainees Sindhi male writers Sindhi journalists