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Jamil Omar’s revolutionary road
Aamir Riaz March 23, 2014
After completing his high school from the elitist Aitchison College Lahore, Jamil joined BSc honours (a three-year degree course) in the Punjab University in 1970 where his subjects were English, Physics and double Maths. At that time, Professor Azizuddin was associated with the English Department at the Punjab University. It was a time when our campuses were sharply divided across Left and Right ideologies with NSO, factions of NSF and PSF representing the Left while Islami Jamiat Talba(IJT) the Right.
Jamil remained politically neutral in those heydays of ideology. He was a supporter of Student Own Power (SOP) (Liberals) whose twist can be smelt in its slogan “Na surkh hai Na sabaz hai/Asia ko Qabaz hai” (loosely translated as “It’s neither red nor green, Asia is constipated”).
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