Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri ( sd, عبدا لغفورڀرڳڙي) (January 1921 - 10 February 2015), was a lawyer, writer and politician from

Larkana Larkana ( ur, , translit=lāṛkāna; sd, لاڙڪاڻو, translit=lāṛkāṇo) is a city located in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It is the 15th largest city of Pakistan by population. It is home to the Indus Valley civilization site M ...

, Pakistan.

Early life

Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri was born on 1 January 1921, in the village of Ghulam Nabi Bhurgri,

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. His father, Abdul Jalil Bhurgri, was a government employee and also practiced agriculture.

Education

Bhurgri received primary education in Shahdadkot and matriculated from Madrassah High School, Larkana. After graduating from C & S College, Shikarpur, affiliated with

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, he attended the Aligarh Muslim University He gained his LLB and Masters in the Persian language between 1942 and 1946.

Professional life

His students included former Chief Justice of Pakistan

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, former Law Secretary Parkash Lal, Muhammad Bachal tunio, Abdul Hamid Bhurgri (Additional Advocate General High Court Larkano).

Journalism

He sometimes wrote for the newspaper ''Insaf''.

Political career

In his student life, he joined the Muslim league, as a true soldier of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. He started his political career at C & S College Shikarpur then

, by forming of Muslim Student federation and then became its president. He was amongst the freedom fighters from his early life. He started his political career from Muslim league and had his political affiliation with Muslim league leader & former Chief Minister Sindh

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& Bhurgri also developed association with former Chief Minister

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in Khuhro's last days. He not only took part in politics from the platform of the Muslim League, but also devoted his time to literary activities under the flag of Jamaat Shoara-i-Sindh and played a key role in organizing literary conferences in Larkana. In 1953, at the age of 32, he became the first elected president of the Larkana Municipal Committee ./ In 1976 he joined the Pakistan Peoples Party, soon after joining the party he was appointed as Deputy General Secretary Sindh. In 1977 he was elected unopposed from PS-31 (

Taluka). Bhurgri was imprisoned five times during 1978 and 1987. He represented

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in the

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in 1983 and 1995. In 1984 he became minister for revenue and culture for Sindh

Literary contribution

*''Zindagi Jo Safar ( زندگئ جو سفر)'' is a Sindhi language book on Sufism through poetry of

Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai ( sd, شاھ عبداللطيف ڀٽائي, ur, ; 1689/1690 – 21 December 1752), commonly known by the honorifics ''Lakhino Latif'', ''Latif Ghot'', ''Bhittai'', and ''Bhit Jo Shah'', was a Sindhi Sufi mystic, and ...

, Rumi and

Muhammad Iqbal Sir Muhammad Iqbal ( ur, ; 9 November 187721 April 1938), was a South Asian Muslim writer, philosopher, Quote: "In Persian, ... he published six volumes of mainly long poems between 1915 and 1936, ... more or less complete works on philos ...

. Published by Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai Chair, University of Karachi, *''Saath Dhanri Sarwaarn (ساٿ ڌ ڻئ سرواڻ)'' is a Sindhi language book on the life of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. * ''Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: The Falcon of Pakistan'', book published by SZABIST, fore-worded by Former Prime Minister Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, the book describes the life of Zulfiqar Ali Bhuttohttps://www.scribd.com/doc/8087285/Zulfikar-Ali-Bhutto-The-Falcon-of- Pakistan#scribd *''Guzri Jay Waya, Say Zamana Yaad Paya, (گزئ جئ وئا، سئ زمانا ياد پيا)'' is the Sindhi language autobiography of Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri.

Death

He died on 10 February 2015 at his home in Larkana, aged 94. The funeral prayers were led by Sayyid Ghulam Hussain Shah Bukhari of Dargah Hussainabad (Kamber). In tribute, work at the high court and lower courts of Larkana temporarily ceased.

External links

Bhurgri Website

Zulfikar-Ali-Bhutto-The-Falcon-of-Pakistan

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bhurgri, Abdul Ghafoor Sindhi people People from Sindh 1921 births 2015 deaths Sindh MPAs 1977 Writers from Sindh Sindhi-language writers Aligarh Muslim University alumni Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University alumni People from Lahore