Reciting the verse of great Persian poet Sheikh Saadi he said, "A place where a person is born is better for him than being the ruler of Egypt.
[10][11] Hamza held public protests across the country during the 1968 Movement in Pakistan against the military regime of Ayub Khan[12] and was taken into custody on numerous occasions.
Hamza stood against the martial law of Yahya Khan and was a front-line leader for civil democracy in Pakistan.
During his speech in 1986, he argued that the Islamic texts being cited by those advocating for the death penalty needed to be comprehensively reviewed by religious scholars before any change in the law could be passed.
"[22][23] He ran for the seat of the National Assembly as a candidate of Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) from Constituency NA-73 (Toba Tek Singh-III) in the 1988 general election but was unsuccessful.
[26] He remained vocal against the corruption of the former ruling party and was considered a trustworthy and close aide to PM Nawaz Sharif.
He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a candidate of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency NA-73 (Toba Tek Singh-III) in the 1993 general election.
He received 43,931 votes and defeated Amjad Ali Warraich, an independent candidate,[24] and became the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee for the second term.
[26] During his second tenure as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee in the National Assembly, he remained highly critical of his Prime Minister.
[3] He ran for the seat in the National Assembly for Constituency NA-92 (Toba Tek Singh-I) in the 2002 general election as a candidate of PML-N, but was unsuccessful.
[27] He ran again as a candidate of PML-N for the same seat in the National Assembly from constituency NA-92 (Toba Tek Singh-I) in the 2008 general election but was unsuccessful.
[28] Despite losing his seat, Hamza remained active in politics and was a central figure of the opposition party PMLN.
[29] He took active participation in the Lawyers' Movement and spent five days in solitary confinement in Dera Ghazi Khan jail at the age of 79.
He stayed close to the masses whether as an MNA, a senator or without any position and moved on the Gojra roads and streets by bicycle.
[40] On 30 August 2021, a funeral prayer for Hamza was offered at Government Degree College for Boys around 9:30 am PKT before he was laid to rest in Kabootaranwala Graveyard in Gojra.
[41][42] This marked the end of an era of the political and social struggle of one of the most prominent and vocal Opposition Leader and Parliamentarian of Pakistan.