Afzal Bangash
Encyclopedia
Muhammad Afzal Bangash was born on April 16, 1924 in Kohat
, Pakistan
and died on October 28, 1986. Son of advocate Muhammad Akbar Khan Bangash, he was a Pashtun
marxist political activist serving as the president of Pakistan Mazdoor Kisan Party, and also as an officebearer in the National Awami Party
.
Kohat
Kohat is a medium sized town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at 33°35'13N 71°26'29E with an altitude of 489 metres and is the capital of Kohat District. The town centres around a British-era fort, various bazaars, and a military cantonment. A British-built narrow gauge...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
and died on October 28, 1986. Son of advocate Muhammad Akbar Khan Bangash, he was a Pashtun
Pashtun people
Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...
marxist political activist serving as the president of Pakistan Mazdoor Kisan Party, and also as an officebearer in the National Awami Party
National Awami Party
The National Awami Party was a leftist political party in Pakistan. The party was founded in Dhaka in erstwhile East Pakistan in July 1957 through the merger of several leftist and progressive groups. It advocated provincial autonomy, rights on the basis of ethnicity, recognition of ethinicities...
.
External links
- Afzal Bangash: A Life Dedicated to Militant Struggle, Feroz Ahmed, Economic and Political WeeklyEconomic and Political WeeklyThe Economic and Political Weekly is a left-leaning Indian magazine published from Mumbai by the Sameeksha Trust, a charitable trust. The magazine was first published in 1949 as the Economic Weekly and since 1966 was re-christened the Economic and Political Weekly. It was edited by Krishna Raj...
, Vol. 21, No. 51 (Dec. 20, 1986), p. 2219 - Afzal Bangash Speaks: Class Struggle, Not a Tribal War, Pakistan Forum, Vol. 2, No. 9/10 (Jun. - Jul., 1972), pp. 14–18. Published by: Middle East Research and Information ProjectMiddle East Research and Information ProjectThe Middle East Research and Information Project is a non-profit independent research group established in 1971, that has released reports and position papers on various Middle East conflicts...