Chaudhari Rehmatullah Aslam ( ur, چودھری رحمة الله اسلام, b. January 15, 1913, d. July 10, 2007) was a Pakistani politician. Aslam was born in Shahkot, near Sheikhupura. During his student days, he was influenced by
leftist ideas. In 1936, he completed his
LLB
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degree. In 1940 he joined the
Communist Party of India (later, his membership transferred to the
Communist Party of Pakistan
The Communist Party of Pakistan ( abbr. CPP; ur, کمیونسٹ پارٹی آف پاکستان) is a communist party in Pakistan.
History Founding
The CPP was founded in Calcutta, India, soon after the establishment of Pakistan on 6 March 1948 ...
).
Aslam, who had been directed by the party to engage in
trade union
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organizing, was arrested in 1948 and 1951. In 1954, the Communist Party was banned. Aslam joined the
National Awami Party
The National Awami Party (NAP), translated from Urdu to English as National People's Party, was the major left-wing political party in East and West Pakistan. It was founded in 1957 in Dhaka, erstwhile East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh), by A ...
.
In
West Pakistan
West Pakistan ( ur, , translit=Mag̱ẖribī Pākistān, ; bn, পশ্চিম পাকিস্তান, translit=Pôścim Pakistan) was one of the two Provincial exclaves created during the One Unit Scheme in 1955 in Pakistan. It was ...
, he became a prominent personality of the
Maulana Bhasani-wing of the NAP (as of January 1970, he as the President, West Pakistan of NAP(B)).
In 1969 he launched the weekly ''Awami Jamhuriat'' ('People's Democracy').
In 1970, he took part in the founding of the
Pakistan Socialist Party
The Pakistan Socialist Party was a political party in Pakistan. It was formed out of the branches of the Indian Socialist Party in the areas ceded to the new state of Pakistan. The PSP failed to make any political breakthrough in Pakistani polit ...
.
He was the President of the Pakistan Socialist Party.
Party Life, Volume 13
'. Communist Party of India., 1977. p. 17 After having advocated support for
Balochi demands, ''Awami Jamhuriat'' was banned by the
Bhutto government and Aslam was sent to jail.
In 1999 Aslam was one of the founders of the
National Workers Party, and became a
Central Committee member of the party.
References
External links
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C R Aslam - 70 Years of Struggle'
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1913 births
2007 deaths
Communist Party of Pakistan politicians
Pakistani trade unionists