Researcher, academic Dr Jamro passes away

Researcher and the Sindh department chairperson at the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology Dr Kamal Jamro passed away on Wednesday.

Dr Jamro, 48, was admitted to Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital after he contracted dengue, a few days after he recovered from Covid-19.

According to a duty officer at the hospital, Dr Jamro had high degree fever and had been complaining of nausea for the past four days and was brought to the hospital a day before he died.

“He was admitted to the hospital in critical condition and his platelet count was very low,” the officer said.

The academic was an authority on folklore studies, having spent his life researching on the subject. He had a PhD in folklore studies and wrote and compiled over two dozen books, centring on themes of the language and traditional culture of Sindh.

“He had devoted himself to the research and study of folkloristics and always wished to revive the dying traditions of Sindhi culture,” according to Dr Ayoub Shaikh, a writer who was also a close friend of Dr Jamro.

Dr Jamro was born in Gul Mohammad Jamro Village, Khairpur Mirs and acquired early education in his native village. Later, completed his masters in Sindhi at the University of Karachi, following which he joined the varsity’s Shah Latif chair as a research officer. He also served as a lecturer at Government Islamia Science College. Besides, Dr Jamro was a senior member of the Sindhi Adab Sangat, an organisation of Sindhi writers and poets.

“He strived to achieve perfection in all spheres of life, including academia, research, writing and the preservation of folklore literature, which was his passion,” said Aijaz Rahmat Lahashri, a founding member of  ‘Sindhi Sughar Log Adab Tanzeem’ - an association of literati who narrate centuries-old traditions of Sindh in peculiar manner and style, popular in rural areas, as a means to discuss history.