ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: Late Talibul Moula was a great scion of Sindh who left deep imprints not only on the politics but also on education, journalism, literature and poetry of the province.

This was stated in a message by the former prime minister and PPP chairperson, Benazir Bhutto, on the 12th death anniversary of renowned poet and spiritual leader Makhdoom Muhammad-uz-Zaman Talibul Moula, one of the founding members of the Pakistan People's Party.

She said he would be remembered for his fight for the rights of the province. "It was he who organized an all parties conference in Hyderabad against one unit at a time when a military dictator ruled the country and the so-called 'strong centre was the officially certified norm."

Paying tributes to Talibul Moula, she said, "it is a measure of his personality and strength of character that his sense of loyalty to dearly held political ideals has permeated to his generation also.

Two generations represented by his son Makhdoom Amin Fahim and grandson Makhdoom Jameeluz Zaman have earned great respect by faithfully sticking to the party's ideals through thick and thin."

She said late Talibul Moula was a political leader committed to the ideals of democracy and egalitarianism propounded by Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and also a religious leader, who organized his followers and commanded enormous respect among them.

"He was an educationist who spent time and effort in promoting education in the province and also a writer, a journalist and a poet on the same time."