Student Politics in Pakistan: A Profile Re: # 92

No disagreement there. Boro, his sidekick, Shireen, ... all are dead.

I can remember that day very vividly.

Student Politics in Pakistan: A Profile Re: # 93

Sardar Khaliq started the BBQ place.

Student Politics in Pakistan: A Profile Re: # 82

The top thunder squad guy ... was it Usman ( )??

Student Politics in Pakistan: A Profile Re: # 81

You are right. Shaukat Cheema was a Jamati who had turned away from them. I met Shaukat Cheema in NED in late 1981. He was a big man. He arrived on the day of the NED elections when Danish Ghani was killed in KU. On that day a number of KU activists (goondas for some) came over to NED, they were carrying automatic weapons and other firearms. If i recall correctly, Cheema died soon after. While on that subject there was also the notorious Din Mohammad Baloch (Boro - also dead now) who was probably a bona fide criminal. Anyone remember Boro?

Also, this is the same time when Tipu (Salamullah) did his deed. It was in KU that he allegedly started that crazy journey that led to a hijacking and so much mayhem.

Student Politics in Pakistan: A Profile Excellent effort NFP.

You certainly brought back a lot of memories. Hopefully some of the people of that era who read your article would find time to write something. Going by the dates in your articles footnote you were not there when the unions used to have elections. Given that, it is all the more laudable that you still managed to compile an excellent article.

A number of activists - leftists, rightists, commies, ... and some, ... are now spread across the US and UK. The Zia era lasted too long and the original BB tenure of early 90's didnt do enough to give the activists the hope to do anything productive. It is ironic that many of the left leaning activists are well established and westernized capitalists - they are doctors, engineers, builder, businessmen, some others are teachers and researchers ... very far away from the life of idealism.

Some of the names that you missed are Mahmud Ghaznavi (KU), Husssain Haqqani (KU), Altaf Shakoor (NED, now head of Pasban), Nasim Shekhani (DMC, dont know where he is now), Sardar Hanif (NED, then PPP), Mohammad Haseen (NED, then PPP), ... I did forward your article to a number of those people. Perhaps they will get motivated to say something in this discussion.