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ALTAF HUSSAIN

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MY LIFE'S IOURNEY
The Early Years (1966-1988)

A tmnslation of

SAFAR-E-ztNDAGI
OriginalUrdu Version Compiled by

KHALID ATHAR
Foreword by

MATTHEW A. CooK
lntroductions by

RoBERT NrcHoLs
BRIGADIER A.R, SIDDIQI
bipartidntu di SdeD2

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Contents
Safar- e-Zindag: Publ isher's N ote

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Foreword: Matthew A. Cook


Preface
I ntroduction :

Robert N chol s

Introduction: Brigader A.R Sddiqu


An Important Clarfcqtion: Dr Imran Farooq
Ac rony ms and Abb reviation s

Part I. The Struggle and Birth ofthe

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Early Perceptions and the


Nationa Cadet Service

2. Education
3. The Role ofthe Students'Unions
4. The ldea ofa Fifth Nationality
5. My Role in the Nizam-e-Mustafa Movement
6. My Involvement with the pakistan National
Allance (PNAJ
7. The Moving Spirit ofthe Mohajir Movement
8. Who was Responsible for the
Language Clashes in Sindh?
9. The Founding ofthe APMSO
10. The University ofKarachi
11. Another Mohajir Organization

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12. Taking Part in the Students' Union Elections


13. Educational Institutions
14. The Launching of Mohaiir Quami Movement
Part II. Notes on lmportant Issues and
the Mohaiir Movement

15. The Steadfastness ofthe Mohajirs


16. Local Bodies' Elections, the Law and
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Order Situation in Karachi, and the Drug Mafa


Jail Experiences
C.M. Syed
MQM and Other Leaders ofSindh
MQM's Stand on the Rights ofthe People

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27. Plans for Expansion ofthe MQM
22. The MQM in National Politics
23. MQM's Afghan Policy
24, The Political Predictions ofPir Sahib Pagara
25. The Local Police Force in Sindh
26. The Quota System in Sindh and MQM's
Stand on the Population of Karachi
27. Mohajirs: A Separate Nationality
Nation and Nationality
29. The Beginnings ofthe Mohajir Nationality
30. The Desire to Maintain the Identity of
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Nationality

31. The Reasons for MQM'S Popularity


32. Enmity with the MQM
33. Attempts on My Life

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The Issue ofMarriage


My Family's Role in the Movement
Why the Stress on the Word 'Mohajir'?

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The Kalabagh Dam

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Epilogue

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Appendix: Details ofthe Points in the


Charter ofResolutions

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Glossary

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Index

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