{"id":6433,"date":"2018-03-06T09:33:34","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T09:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/?p=6433"},"modified":"2021-12-15T09:34:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T09:34:38","slug":"hrcp-mourns-demise-of-jam-saqi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrcp-web.org\/hrcpweb\/hrcp-mourns-demise-of-jam-saqi\/","title":{"rendered":"HRCP mourns demise of Jam Saqi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_4_5 4_5 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p class=\"yiv4611739456MsoNormal\"><b>Lahore<\/b><b>,\u00a0<\/b><b>06<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>March 2018<\/b><b>:\u00a0<\/b>Pakistan\u00a0lost a distinguished citizen in the death of Muhammad Jan, popularly known as Jam Saqi. Of the 74 years of his life, about six decades were spent in the struggle for the rights of the\u00a0people especially the downtrodden. In his college days he joined the struggle for giving the Sindhi language its\u00a0due place. He also campaigned against the enforcement of one unit scheme; his paper against\u00a0the scheme was confiscated and banned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4611739456MsoNormal\">\u00a0Jam Saqi was among the student leaders of\u00a0Sindh\u00a0University\u00a0who were arrested during the students struggle\u00a0against bureaucratic interference in the university affairs; their demands included the removal of its vice chancellor. He became an active member of the banned and underground Communist Party of Pakistan (CPP) and rose to become its secretary general. Jam Saqi was opposed to the CPP\u2019s blind following of the Soviet or Chinese Communist party and insisted on democratic functioning. He was arrested and mercilessly tortured for his political activities and was kept in the notorious dungeon at the Lahore Fort\u00a0on being charged for conspiracy against the state. This was the infamous\u00a0Hyderabad\u00a0conspiracy case during the tenure of the elected government of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.\u00a0Consequently, he spent some 15 years in different prisons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4611739456MsoNormal\">Jam Saqi was also a member of the Council of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) for some years, undertaking several fact-finding missions for HRCP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4611739456MsoNormal\">While mourning his death, HRCP acknowledges Jam Saqi\u2019s significant contribution to the struggle for the rights of the people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4611739456MsoNormal\" align=\"right\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4611739456MsoNormal\" align=\"right\"><b>Dr. Mehdi Hasan<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv4611739456MsoNormal\" align=\"right\">Chairperson<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:80% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 2.4%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 2.4%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_5 1_5 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-widget-area fusion-widget-area-1 fusion-content-widget-area\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-widget-area-1 {padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.fusion-widget-area-1 .widget h4 {color:#333333;}.fusion-widget-area-1 .widget .heading h4 {color:#333333;}.fusion-widget-area-1 .widget h4 {font-size:18px;}.fusion-widget-area-1 .widget .heading h4 {font-size:18px;}<\/style><style type=\"text\/css\" data-id=\"tweets-widget-2\">#tweets-widget-2 li { border-color:#ebeaea;}<\/style><div id=\"tweets-widget-2\" class=\"widget tweets\" style=\"border-style: solid;border-color: #ebeaea;border-color:transparent;border-width:0px;\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"overflow:hidden\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HRCP87\" data-tweet-limit=\"5\" data-width=\"\" data-height=\"900\" width=\"\" height=\"900\" data-theme=\"light\" data-link-color=\"#ff9800\" data-border-color=\"#ebeaea\" data-chrome=\"\">Tweets by HRCP87<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fusion-additional-widget-content\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:20% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 9.6%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 9.6%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-1{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 40px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 180px;}<\/style><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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