Hyderabad, March 5 (TNS): Renowned intellectual and leftist political leader Jam Saqi passed away in Hyderabad after a protracted illness at the age of 73.
His funeral prayer will be held in Naseem Nagar, Hyderabad at 3pm.
The late Saqi was born on October 31, 1944 in Tharparkar. He remained the president of the Sindh National Students Federation in the 1960s. Saqi is remembered as the leading advocate against the one-unit formula. In the 1970s, he became a member of Comrade Haider Baksh Jatoi’s Sindh Hari Committee and was joint secretary of the National Awami Party.
Afterward, he joined the Communist Party of Pakistan and remained detained during the Gen Ziaul Haq government. In his political career, he spent around 15 years behind the bars. He left the communist party in 1991 and joined the Pakistan People’s Party in 1993. The late Saqi also authored seven books.
