Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri

Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri (1 January 1921 – 10 February 2015) was a lawyer, writer and politician from Larkana, Pakistan.

Early life Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri was born on 1 January 1921, in the village of Ghulam Nabi Bhurgri, Shahdadkot. His father, Abdul Jalil Bhurgri, was a government employee and also practiced agriculture. Other students included former Law Secretary Parkash Lal, Abdul Ghafoor's own son Justice Abdul Hamid Bhurgri (a judge at High Court of Sindh), and Muhammad Bachal Tunio (Additional Advocate General High Court Larkano)

Journalism He sometimes wrote for the newspaper Insaf.

Political career In his student life, he joined the Muslim League, as a true soldier of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. He started his political career at C & S College Shikarpur then Bombay University, by forming of Muslim Student Federation and then became its president. He was amongst the freedom fighters from his early life.

He started his political career from Muslim League

He not only took part in politics from the platform of the Muslim League, but also devoted his time to literary activities under the banner of Jamaat Shoara-i-Sindh and played a key role in organizing literary conferences in Larkana.

In 1976 he joined the Pakistan Peoples Party, soon after joining the party he was appointed as Deputy General Secretary Sindh. In 1977 he was elected unopposed from PS-31 (Shahdadkot Taluka).

Bhurgri was imprisoned five times during 1978 and 1987. Saath Dhanri Sarwaarn (ساٿ ڌ ڻئ سرواڻ) is a Sindhi language book on the life of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: The Falcon of Pakistan, book published by SZABIST, fore-worded by Former Prime Minister Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, the book describes the life of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Guzri Jay Waya, Say Zamana Yaad Paya, (گزئ جئ وئا، سئ زمانا ياد پيا) is the Sindhi language autobiography of Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri.

Death He died on 10 February 2015 at his home in Larkana, aged 94. The funeral prayers were led by Sayyid Ghulam Hussain Shah Bukhari of Dargah Hussainabad (Kamber). In tribute, work at the high court and lower courts of Larkana temporarily ceased.