Saifuddin Bohra
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Saifuddin Bohra سيف الدين بوہرہ (Saif Bhai) Son of Hassan Ali Adam Ji Bohra, (born in 16 May 1933, died 15 August 2007) in Quetta
, Pakistan
. He was the author of five books. Saifuddin Bohra was a political activist in the National Awami Party
of Pakistan (NAP). He was an active worker and member of the Central Committee of the party. He was also a close friend of Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo
(Baba-i-Baluchistan).
Quetta
is the largest city and the provincial capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Known as the "Fruit Garden of Pakistan" due to the diversity of its plant and animal wildlife, Quetta is home to the Hazarganji Chiltan National Park, which contains some of the rarest species of wildlife in the...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. He was the author of five books. Saifuddin Bohra was a political activist in the National Awami Party
National Awami Party
The National Awami Party was a leftist political party in Pakistan. The party was founded in Dhaka in erstwhile East Pakistan in July 1957 through the merger of several leftist and progressive groups. It advocated provincial autonomy, rights on the basis of ethnicity, recognition of ethinicities...
of Pakistan (NAP). He was an active worker and member of the Central Committee of the party. He was also a close friend of Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo
Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo
Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo was a prominent Balochi politician of Balochistan, Pakistan. He was born in Nal in either December 1917 or 1919. His father's name was Safar Khan...
(Baba-i-Baluchistan).
Books
- Aisa bhi hota hei, autobiography (published 2005)
- Awagon short stories, (published posthumously 2008)
- Aurat teri kahani, a book on women's history and gender studies
- Bechain rohain, a book on theologyTheologyTheology is the systematic and rational study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.-Definition:Augustine of Hippo...
and a study of the history of religion - Zameen, insaan aur mazhab, a study of relationships of human beings with mother earth and religion
See also
- BohraMustaaliThe Musta‘lī Ismā'īlī Muslims are so named because they accept Al-Musta'li as the nineteenth Fatimid caliph and legitimate successor to his father, al-Mustansir...
(بوہرہ) - Dawoodi Bohras (داؤدی بوہرہ)
- National Awami PartyNational Awami PartyThe National Awami Party was a leftist political party in Pakistan. The party was founded in Dhaka in erstwhile East Pakistan in July 1957 through the merger of several leftist and progressive groups. It advocated provincial autonomy, rights on the basis of ethnicity, recognition of ethinicities...
- Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo (میرغوث بخش بزنجو)
- BalochistanBalochistan (Pakistan)Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...
External links
- http://www.iisg.nl/archives/nl/files/p/10817906full.php Progressive Movements in Pakistan Collection