Gul Khan Nasir
Education Minister of Balochistan | |
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In office 1 May 1972 – 13 February 1973 | |
Chief Minister | Ataullah Mengal |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Governor's rule for 2 months |
Personal details | |
Born | 14 May 1914 British India (present-day Balochistan, Pakistan) |
Died | 6 December 1983 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan | (aged 69)
Political party | Usthman Gul, National Awami Party |
Gul Khan Naseer (
Early life and education
Nasir was born in 1914 into a
Gul Khan Nasir studied until Fourth Grade in his village.[
Lahore was then the hub of knowledge and political and social activities.[
Boxing
When he went to Lahore, Nasir saw the students taking part in different sports so he joined the college football team.[citation needed] He also learned how to box.[citation needed]
"Boxing helped Gul Khan Nasir get out of many a tight spot in his life" – Aqil Khan Mengal[3]
He participated in boxing tournaments.[citation needed] In the All India Universities Boxing Championship, he was the runner up. At this tournament he broke his nose.[4]
Kalat State National Party
After the ban on "
The Khan attempted to play off nationalist and sardari differences by maintaining his authority as the traditional head of the Balochi tribes while appealing to the leaders of the Balochi nation. This was not always possible, and by 1939 the activities of the nationalists had so antagonized the sardars and British that they pressured the Khan to declare KSNP illegal in Kalat State. The ban on the party was lifted after World War II, though antagonism between the sardars and nationalists remained. In March 1946, for example the Balochi activist poet Gul Khan Nasir was expelled from Kalat State following complaints to the agent to the Governor-General in Balochistan from the Badini, Jamaldini and Zagar Mengal sardars. They claimed that Nasir and other activists had created disturbances in the town of
Noshki by making speeches charging that the sardars were appropriating and selling local residents' wheat rations.[5]
Muslim League
After Kalat's accession to
Usthman Gal
In the years that followed, Pakistan went through many changes. In 1954 the
Pakistan National Party
In 1956, various political parties of
National Awami Party
In 1957, the PNP merged with the
1958–1960
During this period of
This was a very important period for the politics of Balochistan because it was in those years that the young and dynamic
1960–1970
During 1960–1970, the National Awami Party or NAP presented strong resistance to the Ayub Regime and for this reason, its leaders were constantly in and out of jail.[citation needed] In this decade Ataullah Mengal rose to the top of the Baloch leadership because of his personality and Khair Bakhsh Marri also earned a lot of fame because of his political philosophy. Gul Khan Nasir went to jail around 5–6 times from 1962 – 1970. As a result of NAP's struggle during this decade, the One Unit was discarded and Balochistan got the status of a province.[citation needed]
1970 elections
In 1970, general elections were held in Pakistan in which the NAP managed to get a majority in Balochistan and N.W.F.P while the Pakistan People's Party got most of the seats of Punjab and Sindh.[citation needed] Nasir won a seat in the Provincial Assembly after defeating Nabi Bakhsh Zehri of the Muslim League Qayyum group Chaghi.[9] East Pakistan broke away from Pakistan and Bangladesh was formed because of the controversy that arose over the election's result. After the fall of East Pakistan, Bhutto wasn't willing to allow the NAP to form its governments in N.W.F.P and Balochistan. But as a result of extensive dialogue held between Z.A. Bhutto and Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo, NAP was able to form coalition governments in both the provinces in 1972.[citation needed]
NAP government
In Balochistan Sardar Ataullah Khan Mengal was elected as the First Chief Minister of Balochistan while Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo became the Governor.[
During this time, differences had arisen between
While in prison, differences arose between the Baloch leaders. After the ouster of Bhutto's government by General Zia-ul-Haq, negotiations for the winding up of the Hyderabad tribunal and the release of all detainees was initiated leading to their eventual release in 1979.[citation needed] On their release, Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo, Gul Khan Nasir and Ataullah Mengal brought back their followers who had taken refuge in Afghanistan while Khair Bakhsh Marri and Shero Marri, themselves, went to Afghanistan. Sardar Ataullah Mengal also left for London. Gul Khan Nasir and Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo joined Wali Khan's National Democratic Party.[citation needed]
Pakistan National Party
After some time, Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo had a falling out with Wali Khan over the Saur Revolution of Afghanistan.[citation needed] Ghaus Bakhsh and Gul Khan left the NDP and formed the Pakistan National Party or PNP. Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo was elected as PNP's president while Gul Khan Nasir became the President of PNP Balochistan. Even though Gul Khan had joined Mir Ghaus Bakhsh's party, he was of the opinion that the Baloch should not be pushed into another term of turmoil by pitting them against the Martial Law Regime but rather they should be educated, trained, and made ready for the future conditions that might change the situation and geography of the subcontinent.[citation needed] But Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo thought that Martial Law should be fought head-on to make democracy in Pakistan stronger. After the lapse of some time, Mir Gul Khan tendered his resignation and concentrated all of his abilities towards his literary work.[11]
Imprisonment
Nasir was arrested on several occasions from 1939 to 1978 on many different charges, all of them pertaining to politics. He collectively spent almost 15 years of his life in jail.[12]
Literary services
Nasir wrote poems in English,
A quatrain of his goes as follows:
|
Wáhde pa ĝaríbáñ ki jaháñ tang bibít |
When the world starts to constrict around the poor man |
Bibliography
His books include:
- Gul Baang (1951)
- History of Balochistan (1952) (Urdu) Volume 1
- History of Balochistan (1957) (Urdu) Volume 2
- Daastaan-e-Dostain o Sheereen (1964)
- Koch o Baloch (1969)
- Garand (1971)
- Balochistan Kay Sarhadi Chaapa Maar (1979)
- Seenai Keechaga (1980)
- Mashad Na Jang Naama (1981)
- Shah Latif Gusheet (1983)
Posthumous compilations
- Gulgaal (1993)
- Shanblaak (1996)
Awards
Gul Khan Nasir was posthumously awarded Sitara-i-Imtiaz (President's Award) in 2001 for his literary services.[citation needed]
In 1962, when the USSR government decided to award
Death
Soon after resigning from the leadership of PNP, Nasir's health deteriorated and he was diagnosed with lung cancer.[ Five notebooks of Gul Khan Nasir's Baluchi poetry in his own hand are held by Archives
See also
- Balochi literature
- Nawab Akbar Bugti
- Habib Jalib
- Faiz Ahmed Faiz
- National Awami Party
- Ahmed Faraz
- Amir-ul-Mulk Mengal
- Khan Wali Khan
- Ataullah Mengal
References
- ^ "THE COMPARATIVE ELEMENTS IN THE POETRY OF ABDUL KARIM GADAI AND MIR GUL KHAN NASIR". Retrieved 30 December 2022.
- ^ "THE COMPARATIVE ELEMENTS IN THE POETRY OF ABDUL KARIM GADAI AND MIR GUL KHAN NASIR". Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ Tapthaan Magazine. May–June 1990, p70.
- ^ "Warsa i Nasiriyat" by "Abdul Saboor Baloch" p39-40.
- S2CID 144179133.)
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ Ashaaq Kay Kaaflay by Dr.Shah Mohammad Marri
- ^ Warsa-i Nasiriyat by Abdul Saboor Baloch
- ^ Mir Gul Khan Nasir: Shakhsiyat, Shairee Aur Fun pg56
- ^ "PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY OF BALOCHISTAN - بلوچستان صوبائی اسمبلی". 12 August 2023. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ "DAWN - Features; 25 December, 2004". Archived from the original on 4 January 2005.
- ^ Mir Gul Khan Nasir's Bitter Last Days by Lal Bakhsh Rind http://baask.com/diwwan/index.php?topic=4746.0
- ^ "Welcome to nginx!". Archived from the original on 10 August 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
- Raziq Bugti. p47, line17
- ^ Details of Award in the book "Warsa-i-Nasiriat" by "Abdul Saboor Baloch" (http://www.baask.com/diwwan/index.php?topic=4379.0)
- ^ Mir Gul Khan Nasir's Bitter Last Days by Lal Bakhsh Rind http://baask.com/diwwan/index.php?topic=4746.0
- ^ Warsa-i Nasiriyat
- ^ "Welcome to nginx!". Archived from the original on 10 August 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
- ^ "N". SOAS Library. University of London (School of Oriental and African Studies). Retrieved 9 November 2017.
External links
- The Official Website of Mir Gul Khan Nasir Archived 10 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- [1] Archived 9 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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