Sirajul Haq Memon

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'''Sirajul Haq Memon''' ({{langx|sd|سراج الحق ميمڻ}}; 24 October 1933 – 2 February 2013) was a Pakistani [[Sindhi language]] novelist, journalist, historian, scholar, linguist, story-writer, and advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He was born in [[Tando Jam]] town, [[Hyderabad District, Pakistan|Hyderabad District]] to school-teacher and poet Mohammad Yaqub Niaz in a family that would eventually have ten siblings,{{Cite web |last=Aziz |first=Shaikh |date=2013-02-03 |title=Sirajul Haq Memon: a versatile writer |url=http://dawn.com/2013/02/03/sirajul-haq-memon-a-versatile-writer/ |access-date=2013-02-09 |website=Dawn.com}} including renowned Sindhi scholar [[Fahmida Hussain|Dr Fahmida Hussain]]. After completion of his early education, his family shifted from his native town to Hyderabad where he completed his matriculation examinations in 1950, after which he moved to Karachi. After his B.A. (Hons), he pursued the study of Law at Karachi's [[Sindh Muslim Law College|S.M. Law College]]; he also started working as a part-time sub-editor at the weekly Sindh Observer to meet the expenses of education and boarding at the Jinnah Courts. After graduating, he moved back to his hometown Hyderabad, where he worked with Mohammad Usman Diplai at his printing press, and then as an assistant at the [[Sindhi Adabi Board]], where he along with [[Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo|Mohammad Ibrahim Joyo]] and Ghulam Rabbani Agro translated classical works from English to Sindhi so that a wider Sindhi audience could read them.

'''Sirajul Haq Memon''' ({{langx|sd|سراج الحق ميمڻ}}; 24 October 1933 – 2 February 2013) was a [[Sindhi language]] novelist, journalist, historian, scholar, linguist, story-writer, and advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He was born in [[Tando Jam]] town, [[Hyderabad District, Pakistan|Hyderabad District]] to school-teacher and poet Mohammad Yaqub Niaz in a family that would eventually have ten siblings,{{Cite web |last=Aziz |first=Shaikh |date=2013-02-03 |title=Sirajul Haq Memon: a versatile writer |url=http://dawn.com/2013/02/03/sirajul-haq-memon-a-versatile-writer/ |access-date=2013-02-09 |website=Dawn.com}} including renowned Sindhi scholar [[Fahmida Hussain|Dr Fahmida Hussain]]. After completion of his early education, his family shifted from his native town to Hyderabad where he completed his matriculation examinations in 1950, after which he moved to Karachi. After his B.A. (Hons), he pursued the study of Law at Karachi's [[Sindh Muslim Law College|S.M. Law College]]; he also started working as a part-time sub-editor at the weekly Sindh Observer to meet the expenses of education and boarding at the Jinnah Courts. After graduating, he moved back to his hometown Hyderabad, where he worked with Mohammad Usman Diplai at his printing press, and then as an assistant at the [[Sindhi Adabi Board]], where he along with [[Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo|Mohammad Ibrahim Joyo]] and Ghulam Rabbani Agro translated classical works from English to Sindhi so that a wider Sindhi audience could read them.

In 1957, he passed the [[Central Superior Services|Civil Services]] examination and was appointed to the Income Tax Department.{{Cite web|date=2013-02-02|title=Siraj Memon, an icon of Sindhi literature, passes away at 79|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/501901/siraj-memon-an-icon-of-sindhi-literature-passes-away-at-79|access-date=2020-12-05|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}} During his government job, he continued to write and meet politicians at will which angered the government. In 1969, after [[Yahya Khan]]'s takeover as Chief Martial Law Administrator, Memon became one of the 303 officials summarily dismissed from service.{{Cite web|last=Aziz|first=Shaikh|date=2013-02-03|title=Sirajul Haq Memon: a versatile writer|url=https://www.dawn.com/2013/02/03/sirajul-haq-memon-a-versatile-writer/|access-date=2020-12-05|website=Dawn.com|language=en}} After his forced retirement, he picked up the profession of legal consultancy and began building his legal practice as an income tax lawyer, going on to become an advocate of the [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]].

In 1957, he passed the [[Central Superior Services|Civil Services]] examination and was appointed to the Income Tax Department.{{Cite web|date=2013-02-02|title=Siraj Memon, an icon of Sindhi literature, passes away at 79|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/501901/siraj-memon-an-icon-of-sindhi-literature-passes-away-at-79|access-date=2020-12-05|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}} During his government job, he continued to write and meet politicians at will which angered the government. In 1969, after [[Yahya Khan]]'s takeover as Chief Martial Law Administrator, Memon became one of the 303 officials summarily dismissed from service.{{Cite web|last=Aziz|first=Shaikh|date=2013-02-03|title=Sirajul Haq Memon: a versatile writer|url=https://www.dawn.com/2013/02/03/sirajul-haq-memon-a-versatile-writer/|access-date=2020-12-05|website=Dawn.com|language=en}} After his forced retirement, he picked up the profession of legal consultancy and began building his legal practice as an income tax lawyer, going on to become an advocate of the [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]].

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