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Pakistan Thursday 22 April 2021, by Farooq Tariq Farooq Tariq, general secretary of the Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee, a network of peasant organisations in Pakistan, outlines an activist’s life. Activists have to pay the price for speaking the truth I take pride in having fought against four military dictatorships. I participated in the students’ demonstrations against Gen Ayub in 1968-69. During Gen Yahya’s martial law, I joined protests and strongly condemned the military operation in East Pakistan. Gen Zia’s reign was particularly tough for me. I had to spend eight years in exile. I was chased for organising demonstrations against Gen Zia’s dictatorship and for writing articles criticising his policies. In 1977-1978, I was warned that I had been spotted by the regime’s informers and was likely to be arrested and subjected to state excesses. I had no option but to go in exile in the Netherlands where I would remain 1978 to ’86. ....
THIS refers to the segment ‘From the past pages of Dawn’ (March 29). Excerpts from an editorial published on March 29, 1946, talked about the phenomenal victory in the Bengal elections of the Muslim League that had been championing the idea of partition of Bengal. Anti-partition candidates, like the Nawab of Dhaka and another political heavyweight of the time, Syed Nausher Ali of Jessore, were ‘trounced’. Many shades of irony could be seen in the said excerpt when read with the accompanying piece, which related to a report carried on March 29, 1971, just 25 years after the Bengal elections. Its title, ‘Calm prevails’, is a reference to a broadcast by Radio Pakistan of a statement by the then chief martial law administrator of East Pakistan, Gen Tikka Khan. ....
Top Story April 13, 2021 LAHORE: The man who showed the path for struggle for peoples’ rights and consistently enriched progressive ideals during worst of circumstances peacefully passed away leaving behind an inspiring progressive legacy and a huge void for a subdued civil society to fill. A man of progressive worldview, professional excellence, creative intellect and unflinching commitment to the cause of secularism, democracy and socialism, he fought against all kinds of oppressions and discriminations and worked for the emancipation of the downtrodden. Being a progressive ‘dervish’, he was admired and respected by both adversaries and admirers because of his polite demeanours, humility, honesty, simplicity and selfless dedication to various causes of the people. ....
IA Rehman’s praxis April 13, 2021 LAHORE: The man who showed the path for struggle for peoples’ rights and consistently enriched progressive ideals during worst of circumstances peacefully passed away leaving behind an inspiring progressive legacy and a huge void for a subdued civil society to fill. A man of progressive worldview, professional excellence, creative intellect and unflinching commitment to the cause of secularism, democracy and socialism, he fought against all kinds of oppressions and discriminations and worked for the emancipation of the downtrodden. Being a progressive ‘dervish’, he was admired and respected by both adversaries and admirers because of his polite demeanours, humility, honesty, simplicity and selfless dedication to various causes of the people. ....
Obituary: IA Rehman's praxis thenews.com.pk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thenews.com.pk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.