| Abdul Gahfoor Bhurgri عبدا لغفورڀرڳڙي عبدل غفور بھرگڑی | |
| Other Names: | Bhurgri |
| Birth Name: | Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri |
| Birth Date: | 1921 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Village Ghulam Nabi Bhurgri, Taluka Shahdadkot, District Qamber Shahdadkot, Sindh, British India |
| Nationality: | Pakistani |
| Alma Mater: | Aligarh Muslim University, Bombay University |
| Occupation: | Lawyer, Writer. |
| Years Active: | 1941-2015 |
| Education: | L.L.B, M.A. in Persian Language |
Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri (Sindhi: عبدا لغفورڀرڳڙي) (1 January 1921 – 10 February 2015), was a lawyer, writer and politician from Larkana, Pakistan.[1] [2] [3] [4]
Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri was born on 1 January 1921, in the village of Ghulam Nabi Bhurgri, Shahdadkot.[5] His father, Abdul Jalil Bhurgri, was a government employee and also practiced agriculture.[5]
Bhurgri received primary education in Shahdadkot and matriculated from Madrassah High School, Larkana. After graduating from C & S College, Shikarpur, affiliated with Bombay University, he attended the Aligarh Muslim University[1] [2] He gained his LLB and Masters in the Persian language between 1942 and 1946.[1] [2]
His students included former Chief Justice of Pakistan Rana Bhagwandas,[6] former Law Secretary Parkash Lal, Muhammad Bachal tunio, Abdul Hamid Bhurgri (Additional Advocate General High Court Larkano).
He sometimes wrote for the newspaper Insaf.[7]
In his student life, he joined the Muslim league, as a true soldier of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah.[8] He started his political career at C & S College Shikarpur then Bombay University, by forming of Muslim Student federation and then became its president.He was amongst the freedom fighters from his early life.[9]
He started his political career from Muslim league[7] and had his political affiliation with Muslim league leader & former Chief Minister Sindh Qazi Fazlullah Ubaidullah & Bhurgri also developed association with former Chief Minister Muhammad Ayub Khuhro in Khuhro's last days.[10]
He not only took part in politics from the platform of the Muslim League, but also devoted his time to literary activities under the flag of Jamaat Shoara-i-Sindh and played a key role in organizing literary conferences in Larkana.[10]
In 1953, at the age of 32, he became the first elected president of the Larkana Municipal Committee .[1] [11]
In 1976 he joined the Pakistan Peoples Party, soon after joining the party he was appointed as Deputy General Secretary Sindh. In 1977 he was elected unopposed from PS-31 (Shahdadkot Taluka).[12]
Bhurgri was imprisoned five times during 1978 and 1987.[11]
He represented Pakistan in the United Nations in 1983 and 1995.[11]
In 1984 he became minister for revenue and culture for Sindh.[11]
Published by Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai Chair, University of Karachi,[13]
He died on 10 February 2015 at his home in Larkana, aged 94.[5] The funeral prayers were led by Sayyid Ghulam Hussain Shah Bukhari of Dargah Hussainabad (Kamber).[1] [7] In tribute, work at the high court and lower courts of Larkana temporarily ceased.[1]