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Dr Asif Aslam Farrukhi (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Aslam Farrukhi, PP, (Urdu: اسلم فرخی ) (born October 23,1923) [1] [ dead link ] is an Urdu author, critic, poet, linguist, scholar and broadcaster from Pakistan. He is also known for children's writings....

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Tag(s) : #Lucknow, #India, #Aslam Farrukhi, #Urdu, #Asif Farrukhi, #Pakistan, #Karachi University, #Karachi

Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman was the founder and editor of the Jang Group of Newspapers which has currently grown to be the most popular Urdu and English newspapers in Pakistan. As a founder of the hugely circulated...

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Tag(s) : #Jang Group of Newspapers, #Punjab University, #Asia, #World War II, #Pakistan, #Mir Khalil, #Rahman, #Daily Jang

English: Signed Note of Baba-e-Urdu Abdul Haq اردو: عبد الحق کا دستخط شدہ مراسلہ (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Mulavy Abdul Haq (Urdu: مولوی عبد الحق ) was a scholar and linguist, who is also regarded as Baba-e-Urdu (Urdu: بابائے اردو ) (Father of Urdu)....

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Tag(s) : #Hyderabad State, #Syed Ahmed Khan, #India, #Shibli Nomani, #Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu, #Urdu, #All India Muhammadan Educational Conference, #Abdul Haq

English: Atta ulhaq qasmi visting OSLO, Norway (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Ata ul Haq Qasmi ( Urdu : عطا الحق قاسمی ) is a Pakistani Urdu language columnist and poet. He has written many articles on different subjects for the leading newspapers of Pakistan....

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Tag(s) : #Qasmi, #Nawaz Sharif, #Ata ul Haq Qasmi, #Norway, #Urdu, #Thailand, #Columnist, #Pakistan

Karachi University Silver Jubilee Gate (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui ( Urdu : پیرزادہ قاسم رضا صدیقی ) (born February 8,1943) is a noted Pakistani scholar , Urdu poet [1] scientist and educationist . He is serving as Vice Chancellor...

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Tag(s) : #Health, #Duchenne, #Federal Urdu University, #Urdu, #Muscular dystrophy, #Karachi University, #Karachi, #Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Zahida Hina ( Urdu : زاہدہ حنا) (born 1946) is a noted Urdu columnist, essayist, short story writer, novelist and dramatist from Pakistan . Life Zahida was born on October 5, 1946 in the Sasaram town of Bihar , India . After the partition of India , her...

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Tag(s) : #Zahida Hina, #World Literature, #Urdu, #Pakistan, #Short story, #Pakistani, #Literature, #Arts

Sohail Rana (born 1938) is a Pakistani music composer for films . He was introduced by actor Waheed Murad in Pakistan film industry and gained popularity when singer Ahmed Rushdi sang his compositions in such films like Arman and Doraha . [1] He is now...

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Tag(s) : #Bachelor of Arts, #Waheed Murad, #Sohail Rana, #Music of Pakistan, #Ahmed Rushdi, #Pakistan, #Doraha, #Armaan

Kishwar Naheed ( Urdu : کشور ناہید ) (born 1940) is a feminist Urdu poet from Pakistan . She has written several poetry books. She has also received awards including Sitara-e-Imtiaz for her literary contribution towards Urdu literature . [1] Early life...

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Tag(s) : #Lahore, #Kishwar Naheed, #Master of Arts, #Punjab University, #Urdu, #Bulandshahr, #Pakistan, #Pakistan National Council of the Arts

Fahmida Riaz ( Urdu : فہمیدہ ریاض ) is a well known Progressive Urdu writer, poet , and feminist of Pakistan . Along with Zehra Nigah , Parveen Shakir , and Kishwar Naheed , Riaz is amongst the most prominent female Urdu poets in Pakistan. She is author...

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Tag(s) : #Kishwar Naheed, #Zehra Nigah, #Riaz, #India, #Urdu, #Pakistan, #Fahmida Riaz, #Benazir Bhutto

ا Shaukat Siddiqui (20 March 1923 – 18 December 2006) was a Pakistani writer of fiction who wrote in Urdu . He is best known for his novels Khuda Ki Basti (God's Own Land) and Jangloos . Life Siddiqui was born on 20 March 1923 in a literary family of...

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Tag(s) : #Khuda Ki Basti, #Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, #David Mathews, #Lucknow, #Jangloos, #Shaukat Siddiqui, #Pakistan, #Karachi