R.I.P. Moiz Farooqui

Prof. Khawaja Moizuddin Ahmed Farooqui, 83 years old, passed away on Nov 24th after a prolonged illness. Prof Farooqui was a former General Secretary, then Vice president of Urdu College Students Union and retired as a Professor of University of Sindh. In his student days, Moiz Farooqui was involved in the Democratic Students Federation (DSF) [...]

“Students Movement leaders remembered: Revival of student activism termed must for reshaping society” – PPI report

Student speakers stated that majority of students do not raise their voices against evil practices that are being imposed on them. They held education institutions responsible for not providing the right platform to raise their voices. Lastly, they urged all students to recall such sacrifices of students in 1953 movement to acquire freedom in their campuses and education institutions.

PRESS RELEASE: “LOOKING BACK TO LOOK FORWARD”

Students traditionally observed January 8th as ‘Martyrs’ Day’ in memory of the students and passers-by killed by police firing on Jan 7, 1953, during the peaceful ‘Demands Day’ procession organised by Inter Collegiate Body (ICB) and Democratic Students Federation (DSF). The High School Students Federation (HSSF) also actively participated

Security of employment and students – M. Abdul Fazl

We want to assure our Jamiat friends that we are not opposed to the basic necessities of life; certainly not opposed to the necessities guaranteed by Islam. What we only do is to show a practical way of achieving these necessities of life; and that way is of employment, of honest work, of an independent career, not the way of charity, of donations or doles from the state treasury.

The role of the High School Students Federation

“The High School Students Federation, together with the Democratic Students’ Federation and the Inter-Collegiate Body, had jointly chalked out the programme for the struggle and made valuable con tribution in the deliberations of the Action Committee…” Article from STUDENTS’ HERALD, Vol 1, No 6, Feb 6, 1953

MARTYRS TO THE CAUSE OF STUDENTS (Students’ Herald, Jan 19, 1953)

STUDENTS’ HERALD – Fortnightly Journal of the Students, Vol. 1 No. 5 JANUARY 19, 1953 PRICE 2 As.
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ICB tour and meetings with students in other cities, Feb 1953 – report by M. Sarwar

The Convening Committee for the All Pakistan Students’ Convention, formed by the Inter-Collegiate Body decided to send a delegation of four persons to tour important towns of West Pakistan to mobilize support for the convention (eventually held in December 1953). Mohammad Sarwar reports on the tour and the efforts by right-wing elements to disrupt it (Student Herald, March 9, 1953 issue)

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

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

Sarwar, DSF and the ‘Students’ Herald’ – S.M. Naseem

Our resources were extremely limited – the paper sold for two annas per copy, slightly more than the cost of a cup of tea in those days. Our editorial office moved from one Irani tea shop to another between Burns Road and Bunder Road where most of the colleges were clustered and we were constantly shadowed by the CID inspector who was assigned to find out what we were bringing out in the next issue.

Reference for student leader – press release

A Reference for the pioneering student leader Dr. Muhammad Sarwar will be held here at HRCP’s Dorab Patel Auditorium on Saturday August 8 at 5 p.m.