SUMMARIZED BIOGRAPHY

ORIGINS:

Fazil Rahoo was born in the year 1934 at Rahooki, a village in district Badin of Sindh, Pakistan.

ENTRANCE IN FORMAL POLITICS

Fazil Rahoo won B.D. Elections in 1962 and later in 1965 to become the chairman of Union Council Taraai.

POLITICAL LANDMARKS

  • Led a procession of thousands of agitators from Badin and marched till Hyderabad in protest against General Ayub’s One-Unit on 4th March, 1968.
  • He initiated the “Publish Voter Lists in Sindhi” movement in 1969.
  • The foundation of Sindhi Awaami Tehreek was laid and Fazil Rahoo was elected President of Awaami Tehreek after Hafeez Qureshi in a Sindhi Qaumi Convention at Hyderabad in 1970.
  • Started the “Zulam Band Karyo Tehreek” in 1970.
  • Fazil Rahoo in a joint effort with his fellow members, organized a Sindhi Language Convention in Jaamia Arabia High School, Hyderabad in 1971.
    Staged a massive “Haari Conference” where thousands of people gathered at his native village Rahooki in October 1979.
  • He and his son Late Muhammad Siddique Rahoo were jailed for holding a peaceful political conference at Rahooki in October 1979.
  • Supported and fought the case of Sindhi people during Sindhi-Muhaajir riots in 1983.
  • Addressed a huge gathering under the platform of M.R.D at Badin, in 1983.
  • Was given poisonous capsules in Landhi Jail through a prisoner, and mean while that prisoner was secretly moved from Landhi Jail to somewhere else in order to conceal the real culprits behind that ulterior motive. In the same night, Fazil Rahoo was shifted to Sukkur Jail in the state of unconsciousness instead of rescuing him to any hospital.
  • Mobilized the people on all levels starting from his own home where his whole family was actively involved in political scenario. The women participated through the platform of “Sindhiani Tehreek”, Youth was involved through “Sindhi Shagird Tehreek” and the children also were an active part of “Sujaag Baar Tehreek”.
  • Fazil Rahoo led by example. He himself, his wife, son, two daughters and many family members had to face voluntary and forced, political imprisonment at numerous occasion throughout his political life.

HONORS / DESIGNATIONS

  • General Secretary, Sindhi Awaami Tehreek (now Awaami Tehreek).
  • Senior Vice President, ANP (Awaami National Party).
  • President, Sindhi Haari Tehreek.
  • Joint Secretary, M.R.D Movement (Sindh) in 1982.
  • Front Line Leader, Remove Censorship Movement (Journalists Movement).

MOVEMENTS

  1. Anti-One Unit Movement (March, 1968).
  2. Movement of Publishing Voter Lists in Sindhi (1969).
  3. Sindhi Awaami Tehreek (1970).
  4. Stop Auction Movement (Neelam Band Karyo Tehreek, March, 1970).
  5. Stop Oppression Movement (Zulam Band Karyo Tehreek, 1970).
  6. Sindhi Haari Committee (1974 at Hyderabad).
  7. M.R.D. Movement.
  8. Jail Bharyo Tehreek.
  9. Remove Censorship Movement (“Shaafi Tehreek” Journalists Movement in Zia-ul-Haq’s dictatorship).

IMPRISONMENTS

Fazil Rahoo was imprisoned at various periods in his life. Among the prisons he had to face were Naara Jail Hyderabad, Mach Jail Baluchistan, Landhi Jail Karachi, Kot Lakhpat Jail, Central Jail Karachi, Central Jail Sukkur, Central Jail Hyderabad, Khairpur, District Jail Badin etc.

Following is the period during which he was kept in imprisonment:

  • 27th March, 1970               18th April, 1970
  • January, 1977                       8th September, 1977
  • 9th February, 1978              August, 1978
  • 2nd October 1979               8th August 1981
  • 15th August 1983                6th June 1986

 

MARTYRDOM

Fazil Rahoo was martyred in a premeditated conspiracy by an axe attack on the back of his head at city Golarchi (Now Shaheed Fazil Rahoo) on 17th January, 1987 at 02.00 p.m.