Exploring Syed Sher Ali Bacha's Impact on Politics and Progressive Literature as Marxist Leader, Writer, and Poet in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Authors

  • Dr. Mohammad Ayaz In-Charge Chairman/Lecturer, Department of Pakistan Studies, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, Pakistan
  • Dr. Noor-Ul- Amin Chairman/Associate Professor, Department of Pakistan Studies, Islamia College University, Peshawar, Pakistan
  • Fayyaz Ali Assistant Professor, Department of Pakistan Studies and Political Science University of Science and Technology Bannu, Pakistan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21015/vtess.v11i2.1558

Abstract

Syed Sher Ali Bacha (1935-98) is one of the Pakhtun Marxist politicians who played a leading role in the leftist politics in the then NWFP (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). He is known for his scholastic approach toward solution of Pakhtun problems because he drew insights from the Marxist philosophy of dialectical and historical materialism while approaching social, economic, and political issues of Pakhtun. He had resurrected the tradition of study circles in Pakhtun society. He was also the founding member and first General Secretary of two leftist political parties; Mazdoor Kisan Party (MKP) and Pakhtunkhwa Mili Awami Party (PMAP). Thus, his entire political career spanning over a four-decades, was devoted to left wing politics and peasant movements in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is explicit in his long struggle in leftist political parties like, National Awami Party (NAP), MKP, and in later part in PMAP. This research paper focuses on his writings on class difference and social inequality, as well as on his vision of creating unity among Pakhtun belt. The Communist Party of India (CPI), which was the first leftist political party of undivided India and was established in Soviet Tashkent in 1920s by émigré revolutionaries, had also notable figure like Muhammad Shafiq (Secretary of CPI), and other émigré Muhajirin from the then NWFP.

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2023-06-30

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Ayaz, D. M., Amin, D. N.-U.-., & Ali, F. (2023). Exploring Syed Sher Ali Bacha’s Impact on Politics and Progressive Literature as Marxist Leader, Writer, and Poet in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. VFAST Transactions on Education and Social Sciences, 11(2), 84–90. https://doi.org/10.21015/vtess.v11i2.1558

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