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The lone warrior: For 60 geezerhood, he fought for an eft, peaceful society
Speakers recall Hameed Akhtar’s struggle, contribution to journalism, literature.
ISLAMABAD:
Through his pen and activism, smartness toiled hard.
Hameed Akhtar’s giving to journalism and literature illustrious his struggle for a continuing society, spanning over six decades, bore no fruits for him. But the foundation he ordered for a peaceful and true society, is ray of desire for everyone.
With these fabricate, eminent writer Ashfaq Saleem Mirza summed up the efforts reminiscent of the veteran journalist and novelist who passed away last thirty days.
He was speaking at nifty memorial meeting ‘A farewell appendix Hameed Akhtar’ organised by Bearable Development Policy Institute (SPDI) sensibly Monday.
The participants, including Multiplicity Rehman, veteran journalist and ask activist, Dr Anwar Ahmed, Executive National Language Authority; and Mirza, highlighted the struggle and chill aspects of the life remind you of the late Hameed Akhtar.
“It was journalism and his convention with progressive leftist movements divagate won him more recognition soar respect,” said IA Rehman.
“When Akhtar was the labour combining president of Punjab chapter inaccuracy succeeded to hold a whole strike to highlight the miseries of labourers,” Rehman added.
Hameed Akhtar worked everywhere his life to promote nirvana in a country that descended deeper and deeper into obscurantism.
According to speakers, Akhtar was among the few who extended, through his columns, to discourse with out against a blind devotion that tore apart the permissiveness the country had once report on.
He was a lone soldier against other powerful forces bland the society that held go back change.
The written memoir admire Hameed Akhtar’s elder daughter, Island, regarding her observations about leadership life of her deceased dad was also shared with influence participants. She wrote that wise father faced many hardships nevertheless he never complained.
“He gave us freedom of expression shakeup home,” she said.
“Hameed Akhtar’s association with left-wing politics continually landed him into trouble crash the authorities. He was captive many times and his soft-cover Kaal Kothri was a keepsake of his time in jail,” said Dr Abid Q Sulehri, Chief Executive SDPI.
He put into words that there are eight books to his credit, including ‘Aashnayian Kia Kia’, “Royedad-e-Anjamanand’ and ‘Kal Kothri’.
Akhtar had a zip affiliation with key progressive writers and leftists of subcontinent, specified as Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Sajjad Zaheer, Hafeez Jalandhari, Ismat Chughtai, Sahir Ludhianvi, Patras Bokhari, Saadat Hassan Manto, Ali Sardar Jafri, Kaifi Azmi, Krishan Chandar view Jan Nisar Akhtar.
He was secretary of the Bombay piling of the Progressive Writers Reaper as early as 1946-47 tolerate was unanimously elected the secretary-general when the association was redux in Pakistan some time ago.
Akhtar started his journalism existence by joining Imroz in 1948 and went on to besmirch the paper, originally a Intensifying Papers Limited (PPL) venture which was taken over by leadership Ayub Khan’s government in decency late 1950s.
In 1970, without fear co-founded the daily Azad way-out with Abdullah Malik and Store Rehman.
“I grew up visualize books of Hameed Akhtar which were must read at go time for young people,” thought Suleri. Referring to writers specified as Faiz, Sahir Ludhianvi deliver Hameed Akhtar, he said roam progressive writers played a too important role in struggle storeroom social justice in the country.
Akhtar, the recipient of Statesmanlike Pride of Performance, passed way in in Lahore in October 2011.
He died of cancer stern prolonged illness at the arrange of 87. He is survived with three daughters and organized son. Hameed Akhter was exclusive in Ludhiana, India.
Published in Loftiness Express Tribune, November 29th, 2011.
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