Abdul Wahid Aresar


Abdul Wahid Arisar was a notable scholar, writer, researcher and Sindhi politician who was one of the heads of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz, a political party in Sindh. It was reported that there were significant "differences" between Arisar and the head of another faction in the JSQM, Bashir Qureshi. Arisar had previously been chairman of the party in the 1990s. Arisar was a student in a Madrasa near his village when his teacher gave him a book of G. M. Syed "Maujooda Siyasi soorat e Haal" Arisar was impressed by GM Syed's writing and started paying attention towards politics and mysticism rather than going to madrasa. Arisar's image in Sindhi youth is that of an intellectual and as one of the most respected personalities ever lived in Sindh. Arisar translated the novel of Frantz Fanon, "The Wretched of the Earth"in Sindhi, "Mitti hara marho" which became one of his popular works.

Death

Arisar was suffering from kidney disorder, he had been under treatment in a private hospital at Hyderabad, when his ailment became so severe that he was brought to Karachi and died in Karachi, Pakistan at the age of 65 on 3 May 2015.