Abdullah Malik was a Pakistani political historian, author, and journalist . As a journalist, he supported the Pakistan movement in addition to being an active member of the communist party. As a foreign correspondent, he was employed by Progressive Papers Limited at Pakistan Times and Daily Imroze. In addition, he authored around twenty-four books, the majority of which dealt with Punjabi history and the wars and conflicts between India and Pakistan.
Early Life and Education
Abdullah Malik was born in 1920 in Old Lahore and had his early education at the Islamic College Lahore.
Career
Abdullah Malik became affiliated with the Movement for Liberation and continued to do so with the Communist Party of India until his passing.
He worked for the CPI’s Qaumi Jang newspapers in the 1940s, which were crucial to the cause of the dominion of India and Pakistan. In 1951, following the Indian subcontinent’s division, he was imprisoned in Lahore Fort prison.
He worked as the Pakistan Times’ and Daily Imroze’s London correspondent in the 1960s. But Yahya Khan, the military dictator, imprisoned him in 1971 because he disagreed with military operations in East Pakistan. He was fired from his position at the then-military dictatorship-controlled Daily Imroze because he was one of the few Pakistanis to support the Bangladesh Liberation War.
He founded Azad, a daily national newspaper, after being fired; the military later banned it.
Death
Abdullah Malik was suffering from a chronic lung disease. After that, on April 10, 2003, he passed away in PIMS. He was 82.