Sohail Sangi
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Sohail Sangi is a senior journalist and activist of the leftist movement in Pakistan
, presently working with the daily newspaper Dawn
. He is one of the visiting faculty of the Mass Communication Department at the University of Sindh
.
Sohail was born in village Janjhi of Tharparkar
district in 1953. He did his M.A in English from University of Sindh
Jamshoro in seventies. He was activist of left wing students organisation Sindh National Students Federation during student life.
He joined journalism in mid seventies. He was one of the pioneers of Daily Sindh News which was published under the editorship of Sheikh Aziz in 1975 and later, also worked with Daily Ibrat
, Daily Safeer
, Daily Awami Awaz
, and Daily Kawish
.
Also worked with weekly Bedari and weekly Sachai with Ali Hassan
.
He was founder of Daily Awami Awaz
the first computerised newspaper of Sindhi language and Weekly Arsee. Sangi wrote and translated half a dozen books on different topics.
His reputation is for pioneer of resistance journalism in Sindh.
Sangi was arrested in July 1980 and he along with Jam Saqi
, Prof Jamal Naqvi, Badar Abro, Kamal Warsi
and Shabbir Shar was tried by Special Military court in 1982-83 for bringing socialist revolution in Pakistan. He was declared Prisoner of Conscience by Amnesty International
in 1984. Later was released in 1985. After his release he joined Daily Aftab Hyderabad edited by veteran journalist Shaikh Ali Mohammed.
Apart from other contribution, he brought progressive activists in Sindhi media which changed the colour and flavour of this media.
He had been freelance contributor of BBC Urdu.
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...
, presently working with the daily newspaper Dawn
Dawn (newspaper)
Dawn is Pakistan's oldest and most widely read English-language newspaper. One of the country's two largest English-language dailies, it is the flagship of the Dawn Group of Newspapers, published by Pakistan Herald Publications, which also owns the Herald, a magazine, the evening paper The Star and...
. He is one of the visiting faculty of the Mass Communication Department at the University of Sindh
University of Sindh
The University of Sindh informally known as Sindh University is the second oldest university in Pakistan accredited by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan....
.
Sohail was born in village Janjhi of Tharparkar
Tharparkar
Tharparkar is one of twenty three districts of Sindh province in Pakistan. Its headquarter is Mithi. It is the only fertile desert in the world. The District derives its names from Thar and Parker...
district in 1953. He did his M.A in English from University of Sindh
University of Sindh
The University of Sindh informally known as Sindh University is the second oldest university in Pakistan accredited by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan....
Jamshoro in seventies. He was activist of left wing students organisation Sindh National Students Federation during student life.
He joined journalism in mid seventies. He was one of the pioneers of Daily Sindh News which was published under the editorship of Sheikh Aziz in 1975 and later, also worked with Daily Ibrat
Daily Ibrat
Ibrat is a Sindhi daily newspaper in Pakistan.The Daily Ibrat is duly and entirely certified by the Audit Bureau of Circulation, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of Pakistan, to be the largest circulated amongst all the Sindhi & regional dailies being published since the last...
, Daily Safeer
Daily Safeer
Safeer is an Urdu daily newspaper published from Hyderabad, Pakistan. It was launched by Qazi group of Hyderabad. Its initial team included Ali Hassan, Sohail Sangi, Ali Kazi, Aziz Khan, Abrar Bakhtiar, Aijaz Ahmed, Qadeer Ghausi and others....
, Daily Awami Awaz
Daily Awami Awaz
Awami Awaz is a Sindhi daily newspaper in Pakistan.Power to Reach Sindhعوامي حقن جي ترجمان، ڪمپيوٽر تي پهرين مڪمل سنڌي اخبارروزاني عوامي آواز ڪراچي...
, and Daily Kawish
Daily Kawish
Kawish is a Sindhi daily newspaper in Pakistan. Kawish is published from Hyderabad. It is a property of Kazi Brothers. Kawish is the largest circulated Sindhi newspaper in Sindh.The Daily Kawish is the largest circulated newspaper in Sindhi language...
.
Also worked with weekly Bedari and weekly Sachai with Ali Hassan
Ali Hassan
Ali Hassan was an Egyptian Greco-Roman Bantamweight wrestler. He competed for Egypt in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, earning a silver medal behind Kurt Pettersén of Sweden and Halil Kaya of Turkey....
.
He was founder of Daily Awami Awaz
Daily Awami Awaz
Awami Awaz is a Sindhi daily newspaper in Pakistan.Power to Reach Sindhعوامي حقن جي ترجمان، ڪمپيوٽر تي پهرين مڪمل سنڌي اخبارروزاني عوامي آواز ڪراچي...
the first computerised newspaper of Sindhi language and Weekly Arsee. Sangi wrote and translated half a dozen books on different topics.
His reputation is for pioneer of resistance journalism in Sindh.
Sangi was arrested in July 1980 and he along with Jam Saqi
Jam Saqi
Jam Saqi is a leftwing politician from Sindh, Pakistan. He was the general secretary of the Communist Party of Pakistan. Jam Saqi was imprisoned for more than 15 years because of his political activities...
, Prof Jamal Naqvi, Badar Abro, Kamal Warsi
Kamal Warsi
Kamal Warsi a leftist activist and one of the accused of Jam saqi case. Warsi was born in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Kamal Warsi's family escaped from pograms and genocide in India and settled in Pakistan. Kamal Warsi got his education in Karachi. He is brother of Rauf Warsi a progressive journalist...
and Shabbir Shar was tried by Special Military court in 1982-83 for bringing socialist revolution in Pakistan. He was declared Prisoner of Conscience by Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
in 1984. Later was released in 1985. After his release he joined Daily Aftab Hyderabad edited by veteran journalist Shaikh Ali Mohammed.
Apart from other contribution, he brought progressive activists in Sindhi media which changed the colour and flavour of this media.
He had been freelance contributor of BBC Urdu.
Reference
- 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