PMA condemns colleague’s murder | Dr Baqir Shah

31st December, 2011 Press Release PMA CONDEMNS COLLEAGUE’S MURDER The Pakistan Medical Association, Karachi has strongly condemned the brutal murder of Dr. Baqir Shah, Police Surgeon, Quetta while performing his official duties. The reason for his killing is obvious: that he was the key witness of the Kharotabad incident. He had conducted the post-mortem examination [...]

Chronology: 1950s’ student movement (DSF, ICB, APSO)

Chronology of the student movement 1950-55, compiled from Student Herald and interviews

Jan 8, 2010 – ‘Students’ Day’; Nov 13, Hasan Nasir Day

Over the past month, following the references at Karachi and Lahore, a small informal group has come together in order to take forward the legacy of Dr M. Sarwar. Updates following our last discussion followed by notes from the meeting

Setting the record straight on DSF (2008 article by Dr Haroon & Saleem Asmi)

Spearheaded by Mohammad Sarwar, Mir Rehman Ali Hashmi, Asif Jaffery, Asif Hameed, Yousuf Ali and Haroon Ahmed, a group of students from Dow Medical College, feeling the need to address such issues, met in 1950 at Oudh restaurant on Mission Road. The Democratic Student Federation was launched with Mohammed Sarwar elected as convenor.

Barkat Alam – an old comrade passes on

Barkat joined the Karachi student movement of the early 50s (and the Party), along with Mohammad Shafi and Saghir Ahmad, while still at school. All three of them played an active role in the movement. Many friends from that time will remember him with affection, a quiet, unassuming, serious-minded young man.

Karachi communists in the early 1950s: a contribution to the ‘Sarwar Reference’ by Eric Rahim

Eric Rahim re-visits the 1950, as a contribution to the Sarwar Reference. Broadly speaking, his recollections deal with two related issues that have received only marginal attention in the contributions made so far – the presence of the Communist Party in Karachi, and the causes of the inability of the student movement to sustain itself beyond the early 50s

Doc 101: Intro to Life and How to Live It – Sehba Sarwar

Poem by Sehba Sarwar, July 31, 2009

‘Dr Sarwar ki yaad mein’ – Zaman Khan

Senior journalist Zaman Khan, himself a former student activist, remembers Dr M. Sarwar and his legacy in an opinion piece published in daily ‘Aaj Kal’

Friends, followers pay tributes to Dr Sarwar

Scan of a report published in Dawn, Lahore edition, Aug 9, 2009 (not available on the website). N.B. Note of correction below Correction: As mentioned in the press release sent out earlier, the event was organised by ‘friends and admirers of Dr Sarwar and his legacy’. The initiator of the event was Dr Farrukh Gulzar, working [...]

Pioneer of progressive student unionism remembered

“The farmers thought that there would be an abundance of water for their fields and countless resources. But a boy from Allahabad travelled all the way to Karachi and became busy in thinking about building the future of the country. His name was Dr Sarwar and he dedicated his whole life to the purpose” – I.A. Rehman