Bakhshal Thalho Explained
Bakhshal Thalho |
Birth Name: | Bakhshal Thalho |
Native Name: | بخشل تھلہو |
Birth Date: | May 01, 1974 |
Nationality: | Pakistani |
Occupation: | Socialist political organizer |
Known For: | General Secretary Awami Workers Party[1] |
Bakhshal Thalho (Urdu: بخشل تھلہو, born May 1, 1974) is a Pakistani, left-wing political worker, organizer and progressive writer. He is general secretary of Awami Workers Party.[2]
Early life and education
Thalho was born in Naseerabad, Sindh. He got his early education from primary and high school of Naseerabad, Higher Secondary Education (F.Sc.) from Government Degree College, Naseerabad in 1992. He got degree of Doctor Of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) in 1999 from Sindh Agriculture University, Tindojam.
Career
Thalho started his career as veterinary doctor and served as President of Pakistan Veterinary Medical Association (PVMA)[3] for 3 years till 2012.
Political struggle
Thalho started politics as a student when he joined Jiye Sindh Student Federation from 1995 to 1997. In 1998, he joined Jiye Sindh Inqalabi Party.
Progressive Veterinarian Forum
Thalho was part of the Progressive Veterinarian Forum, Sindh.[4] [5] [6] [7]
Labour Party
Thalho joined Labour Party Pakistan in 2008 and elected as general secretary in 2009 till 2012[8] [9]
Sindh Progressive Committee
Thalho is also acting as convener of Sindh Progressive Committee.[10] [11] [12] At the start of COVID-19 pandemic, he demanded establishment of free coronavirus screening centres in all divisions and free ration distribution.[13]
Awami Workers Party
Thalho is organizer of the Awami Workers Party (AWP) and served as President AWP Sindh.[14] [15] [16] He worked for peasants' rights,[17] women’s rights,[18] [19] political prisoners,[20] enforced disappearances,[21] [22] [23] [24] [25] land grab,[26] [27] [28] students' rights,[29] killings,[30] inflation,[31] flood affectees[32] [33] [34] etc.
Thalho is a member of an interim joint action committee which-2020 to work for Sindh’s islands, health, education, and basic human rights.[35]
Thalho has elected as general secretary AWP in its third central congress held in Lahore on 12-13 March, 2022.
Publications
Thalho was editor of magazine Adarsh[36] in 2003 along with Asim Ali Akhund (1975–2008)[37] [38] (Labour Party member), later the magazine was named as Smajwad[39] which is a Sindhi Urdu Bilingual magazine. He has written two books in Sindhi "Thakyai Thar Thelh" (2015)[40] and "Tabdilia Jo Falsafo" (2017).[41] [42]
Notes and References
- News: Reporter . The Newspaper's Staff . AWP vows to strive for socialist society . DAWN.COM . 14 March 2022 . en.
- News: May 02, 2024 Speakers call for implementation of minimum wage, labour laws . Dawn Epaper . 2 May 2024 . en.
- News: Veterinary doctors demand jobs . DAWN.COM . 7 July 2010 . en.
- News: Report . Bureau . HYDERABAD: Call for providing jobs to veterinary doctors . DAWN.COM . 4 September 2007 . en.
- News: Vets waiting for promotions for 15 years: PVMA . The Express Tribune . 4 August 2010 . en.
- News: Floods a fatal blow to livestock sector in Sindh . The Nation . 22 August 2010 . en.
- News: Report . Bureau . Veterinary doctors demand jobs . DAWN.COM . 7 July 2010 . en.
- News: Report . Bureau . CJP requested to intervene: Police raid houses of SU teachers . DAWN.COM . 12 February 2012 . en.
- News: Forced conversions: As leftists protest, ST takes offence . The Express Tribune . 17 April 2012 . en.
- News: Report . Dawn . 'World peace linked with normalcy in Palestine' . DAWN.COM . 27 May 2021 . en.
- News: Correspondent . The Newspaper's Staff . SPC to protest on 23rd over water issues . DAWN.COM . 5 April 2017 . en.
- News: Report . Dawn . SPC wants apex court to implement its decision against BTK project . DAWN.COM . 24 June 2021 . en.
- News: Report . Dawn . 34 test positive for coronavirus in four districts . DAWN.COM . 17 April 2020 . en.
- News: Report . Dawn . Many towns shut on STP's call against activist's murder . DAWN.COM . 20 November 2020 . en.
- News: Baba Jan's release is a victory for the people: AWP – Daily Times . Daily Times . 28 November 2020.
- News: Correspondent . The Newspaper's Staff . Hyder Bux Jatoi remembered on 51st death anniversary . DAWN.COM . 22 May 2021 . en.
- News: Report . Dawn . Growers demand adequate support price for paddy, sugar cane . DAWN.COM . 19 December 2015 . en.
- News: AWP condemns smear drive against political workers . www.thenews.com.pk . en.
- News: Reporter . A. . Defiance in the air as women stage Azadi March in Sukkur . DAWN.COM . 9 March 2020 . en.
- News: Eight-party Left Alliance demands immediate release of all political prisoners . Daily Times . 25 May 2018.
- News: Correspondent . The Newspaper's . Rally held against 'enforced disappearances' . DAWN.COM . 27 March 2018 . en.
- News: Reporter . The Newspaper's Staff . Protest camp against enforced disappearances . DAWN.COM . 1 April 2018 . en.
- News: Correspondent . The Newspaper's Staff . MPC demands end to 'enforced disappearances', recovery of all victims . DAWN.COM . 23 May 2017 . en.
- News: Correspondent . The Newspaper's Staff . Leftist parties' alliance calls for province-wide protest against 'enforced disappearance' . DAWN.COM . 17 August 2017 . en.
- News: Correspondent . The Newspaper's Staff . Cases of 'enforced disappearances' on the rise, claims AWP . DAWN.COM . 9 July 2020 . en.
- News: Report . Dawn . Protest held against BTK in several Sindh towns . DAWN.COM . 28 June 2021 . en.
- News: Daur . Naya . AWP Demands Strict Action Against Malik Riaz, Bahria Town Over Karachi Evictions . Naya Daur . 12 May 2021.
- News: Tunio . Rahmat . Resisting Land Grab: Movement Against Bahria Town's Violent Evictions Gains Momentum . Naya Daur . 11 June 2021.
- Web site: NSF-GB, Sindh: Why Student Politics? . The Dardistan Times . English.
- News: AWP concerned over killings in Balochistan . DAWN.COM . 9 August 2023 . en.
- News: Rally protests against inflation, islands' usurpation, feudalism . www.thenews.com.pk . en.
- News: Baloch . Shah Meer . Taylor . Matthew . Pakistan reels from floods: 'We thought we'd die of hunger. Now we fear death from water' . The Guardian . 17 September 2022.
- News: Flood aftermath: will winter make it worse? The Express Tribune . tribune.com.pk . 10 December 2022 . en.
- News: Call to mobilise resources to tackle devastation caused by floods . DAWN.COM . 24 August 2022 . en.
- News: Correspondent . The Newspaper's Staff . Five-member body formed to safeguard interests of Sindh . DAWN.COM . 5 November 2020 . en.
- News: Remembering a comrade . DAWN.COM . 7 September 2010 . en.
- News: Report . Bureau . HYDERABAD: Marxist scholar dies at 32 . DAWN.COM . 4 September 2008 . en.
- Web site: Labor Party Pakistan . www.laborpakistan.org.
- News: Internet Archive Search: creator:"Bakhshal Thalho" . archive.org . en.
- Web site: Thakyai Thar Thelh . Aadarish Publication, Hyderabad. . Sindhi . 2015.
- Web site: Bakhshal Thalho Archives . Indus Book : Pakistan's Online Bookstore.
- Web site: Tabdilis Jo Falsafo . Roshni Publications, Kandiaro. . Sindhi . 2017.