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Pakistani Adab ke Meimar
ISLAMABAD, July 3(Daily Times): The Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) is publishing 'Pakistani Adab
ke Meimar' (architects of Pakistani literature), a series of publications on the
life and works of Pakistani men of letters, said PAL Chairman Iftikhar Arif
while briefing reporters here on Monday about the recently published books of
this series.
These books include 'Muhammad Hassan Askari: Life and
Works' written by Aziz Ibnul Hassan, 'Ahmad Rahi: Life and Works' written by Dr
Naheed Shahid, 'Parveen Shakir: Life and Works' written by Dr Sultana Bux and
'Janbaz Jatoi: Life and Works' written by Hameed Ulfat Mulghani. "Pakistani Adab
ke Meimar is a tribute to the trend setting men of letters who rendered
invaluable services to Pakistani literature," said Arif. He said an important
work was 'Allama Iqbal: Life and Works' by Dr Rafi Uddin Hashmi, adding that the
book's Pushto, Sindhi, Punjabi, Balochi, Siraiki and Brahvi translations would
also be published simultaneously.
"PAL Director General Muhammad Anwar
Khan is the project's managing director while Saeeda Durrani has edited and
published the books," he said, adding, "Ahmed Habib has made the celebrities'
pencils sketches published on the books." He said that those on whose life and
works the books have published so far include Baqi Siddiqui, Ishaq Ahmed, Qateel
Shifai, Saghar Siddiqui, Hafeez Jalandhri, Zaheer Kashmiri, Ibne Insha, Rasheed
Akhtar Nadvi, Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj, Hakeem Muhammad Saeed, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan,
Dr Wazir Agha, Meera Ji, Muhammad Khalid Akhter, Pitras Bukhari, Faiz Ahmed
Faiz, Dr Waheed Qureshi, Abu Alfazal Siddiqui, Yousaf Zafar, Muneer Niazi,
Intezar Hussain, Shoukat Siddiqui, Ada Jaffri, Ajmal Khattak, Kaka Ji Snober,
Kushal Khan Khattak, Mir Gul Naseer, Abdullah Jan Jamaldini, Syed Hashmi, Sheikh
Ayaz, Jamal Abro, Mirza Qallech Baig, Sobo Giyan Chandani, Shah Murad Khanpuri,
Shah Hussain, Sultan Bahu, Sharif Kunjahi, Dr Waheed Qureshi and Waris
Shah.
He said that books on the life and works of Jameel Jalbi, Ahmed
Faraz, Josh Maleeh Abadi, Syed Abdullah, Qalandar Momand, Rehman Baba, Ameer
Hamza Khan Shinwari, Dost Muhammad Khan Kamil, Summandar Khan Summandar, Atta
Shad, Must Tawakali, Jam Durrak, Dr Nabi Bux Baloch, Khairun Nisa Jaffri,
Tanveer Abbasi, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, Sachal Sarmast, Mian Muhammad Bux,
Faqir Muhammad Faqir, Ustad Daman, Bulleh Shah, Mulana Salahud Din Ahmed, Shahid
Ahmed Dehlvi, Mumtaz Shirin, Kishwar Naheed, NM Rashid, Nasir Kazmi, Mushtaq
Ahmed Yousafi, Maulvi Abdul Haq, Jaun Alia, Shikaib Jlai, Sibt Hassan, Saadat
Hassan Manto, Zia Jalandhri, Mumtaz Mufti, Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Fazalur Rehman
Khan, Majeed Amjad, Dr Mehar Abdul Haq, Ghulam Abbas, Abid Ali Abid, Aziz Hamid
Madni, Prof Ahmed Ali and Shafiqur Rehman would be published in the next stage.
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