By Abdul Qadir Qureshi
(Pakistan News & Features Services)
The 122nd birthday anniversary of noted personality, Comrade Syed Jamaluddin Bukhari, was observed with due solemnity and in a befitting manner at Larkana and elsewhere on March 14.
He was a much loved and respected Marxist who greatly contributed to the cause of peasants, industrial workers and downtrodden leaving unforgettable imprints in the sub-continent.
In this regard a memorial meeting was held at Larkana Press Club, under the aegis of Old Students Union of Larkana, which was largely attended by the Comrade’s followers and addressed by noted speakers who highlighted his valuable contributions besides various aspects of life and political career.
In his presidential address on the occasion, famous poet and intellectual Muslim Shamim observed that Jamaluddin Bukhari was well versed with various international ideologies whose personality was like an open book and no aspect of his life was hidden. He had a multi-faceted personality and emerged successful in every field.
Muslim Shamim reckoned that it will be sad to forget the achievements a brave person like Comrade Jamaluddin and these should be made part of our curriculum and continued research should be undertaken on various aspects of his life.
He recalled that his wife Comrade Shanta who remained with Bukhari Sahib with shoulder to shoulder.
He said he was the one who took active part in the movements for peasants and the separation movement of Sindh from Bombay and also against one unit.
Speaking on the occasion, Mukhtiar Samo recalled Bukhari’s journalistic contribution sharing that he came to Karachi in 1942 where he worked at that time of widely circulated Sindhi newspaper ‘Al-Waheed’ along with Maulana Deen Mohammed Wafai and later became its editor too.
When community party in Sindh was founded in 1946 he was elected its first General Secretary. He also, at different stages, also remained editor of other newspapers like Sadaqat, Azadi and English newspaper New Era.
Researcher, Intellectual and writer, Dr Dur Mohammed Pathan, in his speech, hailed Comrade Jamaluddin as a great personality and a brave politician.
The leader of Sindh SUP and intellectual, Jagdesh Ahuja, recognized that Bukhari was a great lover of humanity.
The President of Larkana Press Club, Zafar Abro, described Comrade Bukhari a humanity loving man who besides being a politician was also a journalist, being a great asset for Sindh.
He recalled that late Prime Minister Z A Bhutto used to visit his father frequently. He revealed that his father used to write speeches for late Bhutto in Sindhi with English ascent and was his political mentor.
He remarked that PPP’s political slogan ‘people are the fountain head of power’ was creation of Jamaluddin Bukhari who had disclosed this for the first time in his weekly newspaper “Insaf” in 1961.
The elder son of Comrade Bukhari Hakim Syed Mohammed Mazhar Sultan Bukhari, Syed Mukarram Sultan Bukhari besides noted researcher and writer Dr Bashir Ahmed Shad, Dr Ahsan Danish, Prof. Sikandar Abbasi, historian and writer Gul Mohammed Gaad, senior journalist Murtaza Kalhoro and others also spoke on the occasion and highlighted the achievements and various facets of the life of the Comrade.
The function was also attended by Abdul Kader Jagirani, Dr Badar Shaikh, Javed Shah, Ustad Gul Dayo, Moazzam Sultan Bukhari, Munir Soomro and Syed Sabir Shah.
