Taj Haider, SI was a left-wing politician, nationalist, playwright, mathematician, versatile scholar, and Marxist intellectual.
13 Facts About Taj Haider
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Taj Haider was noted for his writing of political plays for the Pakistan Television from 1979 to 1985.
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Taj Haider was born on 8 March 1942 in Kotah, Rajasthan, British India.
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Taj Haider's family migrated to the Dominion of Pakistan following the partition of India in 1947.
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Taj Haider studied mathematics at the Karachi University and graduated with a BSc in Mathematics in 1962.
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Taj Haider disassociated himself from the politics but remained member of Pakistan Mathematical Society and shifted towards writing political dramas at the Pakistan Television in 1979.
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Taj Haider was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in 1995.
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In 2001, Taj Haider returned to his literary activities after rejoining the PTV, and penned two political drama serials for the PTV which were aired in 2003.
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Taj Haider bitterly criticised the United States over the sanctions of KRL and was one of the noted politicians expressing the discontent with the US, along with Raza Rabbani in 2004.
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About the nuclear proliferation case, Taj Haider defended the case of Abdul Qadeer Khan in the public and condemned the Information minister, Rashid Ahmad's statement of acquitting former Prime minister Benazir Bhutto in the nuclear proliferation case.
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In 2006, Taj Haider was awarded PTV Awards for Best Playwright Serial award, which he received in a televised ceremony.
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Taj Haider extensively wrote on nuclear policy issues, left-wing ideas, literary and political philosophy.
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Taj Haider was admitted to Karachi's Ziauddin Hospital's intensive care unit battling cancer.