Mahmud Ali Kasuri
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Mian Mahmud Ali Kasuri was a prominent Pakistani opposition politician, human rights advocate and lawyer (Senior Advocate Supreme Court). He served in the Indian National Congress
Party before Pakistan's creation, as well as the All-India Muslim League and subsequently formed the Azad Pakistan Party before becoming one of the founders of the National Awami Party
(NAP), briefly serving as the party President.
As a leftist lawyer, he was a recipient of the Stalin Peace Prize as well as serving on the Stockholm War Crimes Tribunal created by Bertrand Russell
for trying American war crimes in Vietnam. He developed a close associated with Zulfiqar Bhutto following the latters imprisonment in 1968, this in addition to his frustration with the NAP led to his quitting the party.
In 1970, he later joined the Pakistan Peoples Party and was elected in a bye election on one of the seats won by party founder Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. He played a key role in the formation of Pakistan's first unanimous constitution in 1973. He later left the Pakistan Peoples Party after becoming disillusioned with the increasing brutality with which the government targeted the opposition. He then joined the opposition Tehrik-e-Istiqlal of Asghar Khan
n 1973, remaining associated with that party until his death.
He also defended his former comrades in the National Awami Party when they were imprisoned by the PPP government for high treason.
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...
Party before Pakistan's creation, as well as the All-India Muslim League and subsequently formed the Azad Pakistan Party before becoming one of the founders of 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...
(NAP), briefly serving as the party President.
As a leftist lawyer, he was a recipient of the Stalin Peace Prize as well as serving on the Stockholm War Crimes Tribunal created by Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, OM, FRS was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. At various points in his life he considered himself a liberal, a socialist, and a pacifist, but he also admitted that he had never been any of these things...
for trying American war crimes in Vietnam. He developed a close associated with Zulfiqar Bhutto following the latters imprisonment in 1968, this in addition to his frustration with the NAP led to his quitting the party.
In 1970, he later joined the Pakistan Peoples Party and was elected in a bye election on one of the seats won by party founder Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. He played a key role in the formation of Pakistan's first unanimous constitution in 1973. He later left the Pakistan Peoples Party after becoming disillusioned with the increasing brutality with which the government targeted the opposition. He then joined the opposition Tehrik-e-Istiqlal of Asghar Khan
Asghar Khan
Air Marshal Asghar Khan is a Pakistani 3-star rank general and politician who was the first native Air Force Commander-in-Chief of Pakistan Air Force. A politician and world war II veteran fighter pilot, at the age of 36, he served as the youngest and first Pakistani head of the Pakistan Air Force...
n 1973, remaining associated with that party until his death.
He also defended his former comrades in the National Awami Party when they were imprisoned by the PPP government for high treason.