<p>Veteran Pakistani peace activist B M Kutty passed away in Karachi in the wee hours of Sunday. He was 89 years old and had been fighting age-related issues since the past few years.</p>.<p>A Malayali from Tirur who had migrated from Kerala to Pakistan at the age of 19, Biyyathil Mohyuddin Kutty, popular as B M Kutty or just Kutty Saab, was a committed trade unionist, peace activist, journalist, and a Leftist political worker and an intellectual. He had served as the political secretary to legendary Baloch leader Ghaus Bizenjo.</p>.<p>"Heartbroken about the passing away of veteran Leftist legend, comrade B M Kutty. He has as many contributions in Baloch politics as any Baloch leader. He was a close aide to my father Mir Ghous Buksh Bizenjo; also wrote his autobiography. He was more of a family than a friend," Hasil Bizenjo said in a tweet.</p>.<p>"It's a terrible loss for the peace movement. He was an inspiration. He was a fighter. He stood for peace between India and Pakistan. He was a dear friend and one of the finest human beings I have ever seen," said Mumbai-based activist and journalist Jatin Desai.</p>.<p>Kutty and Desai had played a major role when it comes to interactions between journalists of the two countries and always called for the continuation of people-to-people contact between India and Pakistan. Kutty used to regularly used to visit his home state.</p>.<p>He has served as the Director of Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research, popularly known as PILER, in Karachi, and also as the Secretary-General of the Pakistan Peace Coalition.</p>.<p>His memoir -- 'Sixty Years in Self Exile: No Regrets' -- is quite popular and has also been translated to Marathi.</p>
<p>Veteran Pakistani peace activist B M Kutty passed away in Karachi in the wee hours of Sunday. He was 89 years old and had been fighting age-related issues since the past few years.</p>.<p>A Malayali from Tirur who had migrated from Kerala to Pakistan at the age of 19, Biyyathil Mohyuddin Kutty, popular as B M Kutty or just Kutty Saab, was a committed trade unionist, peace activist, journalist, and a Leftist political worker and an intellectual. He had served as the political secretary to legendary Baloch leader Ghaus Bizenjo.</p>.<p>"Heartbroken about the passing away of veteran Leftist legend, comrade B M Kutty. He has as many contributions in Baloch politics as any Baloch leader. He was a close aide to my father Mir Ghous Buksh Bizenjo; also wrote his autobiography. He was more of a family than a friend," Hasil Bizenjo said in a tweet.</p>.<p>"It's a terrible loss for the peace movement. He was an inspiration. He was a fighter. He stood for peace between India and Pakistan. He was a dear friend and one of the finest human beings I have ever seen," said Mumbai-based activist and journalist Jatin Desai.</p>.<p>Kutty and Desai had played a major role when it comes to interactions between journalists of the two countries and always called for the continuation of people-to-people contact between India and Pakistan. Kutty used to regularly used to visit his home state.</p>.<p>He has served as the Director of Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research, popularly known as PILER, in Karachi, and also as the Secretary-General of the Pakistan Peace Coalition.</p>.<p>His memoir -- 'Sixty Years in Self Exile: No Regrets' -- is quite popular and has also been translated to Marathi.</p>