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Dec42022 by editor2 Comments

Neelma Naheed Durrani, Author (English, Urdu, Punjabi, Persian, Broadcaster, Columnist

Neeeluma Naheed Durrani is renowned writer ( Urdu, Persian, Punjabi and English poetess), Travelogue writer, Columnist, Fiction writer, TV Announcer, Radio Comparer and a former Police officer. She has three Masters in her credit in Journalism, Persian and Punjabi. She has the distinction of being " Pakistan's first woman SSP i.e. Senior Superintendent of Police. Her ghazal" Udaas logon se pyaar karna koyi to seekhey " in the voice of Ustad Hamid Ali Khan is immensely popular in Pakistan and abroad as well. She has been the editor of Razdan, a monthly magazine of the Special Branch of the Punjab Police. She is currently writing a column in the daily speaker, Manchester, under the name of " Behr e Mulaqaat " " Nainaan dey aakhey " These travelogues of Japan, Belgium, Azerbaijan and I...

Nov202022 by editorNo Comments

Prof. Imanat Ali- Author, Career Counsellor, Majmaah University, RiyadhSaudi Arab

Writers

Prof. Imanat Ali is well known writer, author and motivational speaker. Imanat Ali has been working as an ESL Lecturer since last 12 years. After receiving his master's degree in English from the University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir in 2010, he taught in Azad Kashmir for two years. Since 2012, he has been serving as a lecturer in English at Majmaah University, Riyadh. Other job duties include correspondence person, trainer, academic advisor and coordinator. Tourism is his hobby and he has visited Kenya in 2021, South Africa in 2014 for a Cambridge University course and Turkey in 2018 as a tourist with Sir Qasim Ali Shah. He is writer of a book; a travelogue “Anjani rahon ka Musafir” (Urdu) Apart from this, he also writes about the talented people of his area, about the education ...

Nov192022 by editorNo Comments

Bushra Hazeen- Poetess, Broadcaster, Writer, Islamabad

Writers

Bushra Hazeen is a senior poetess of Urdu and Punjabi. Along with poetry, she also writes stories and fiction. Politics is also one of her hallmarks. She has been a Member of Parliament from 2002 to 2007. During this time she was the Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Environment She has represented Pakistan in the 59th session of the United Nations as a Parliamentary Secretary. She is the daughter of Nazir Ahmed Akhtar -an accomplished poet in four languages, Urdu, Arabic, Persian and Punjabi. His Urdu Book ‘Fikr-e-Iqbal O Rumi’ is considered a valuable contribution in the understanding of Sufism. She has also been a host on Radio Pakistan and a script coordinator on Pakistan TV and later a news producer as well. Many of her poems have been translated and published in other countr...

Nov192022 by editorNo Comments

Shahid Hussain Mir- Author, Researcher, Neelum Valley

Writers

Shahid Hussain Mir Shahid Hussain Mir is a researcher, trainer, and career counselor. He is resident of Neelum Valley, AJ&K. He is a Ph.D. research scholar at International Islamic University (IIU) Islamabad. He is a lecturer in English at the department of English, University of Kotli, Azad Jammu & Kashmir. Shahid is also a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA). He was honoured to serve in this role at the University of Texas Austin, USA from 2014-15. He has more than 15 professional development courses from some prestigious foreign universities. Shahid was awarded the Jinnah Youth Award in 2010 by the government of Pakistan in recognition of his social services in relief and rescue missions during the devastating earthquake in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. &nbs...

Jul192022 by editorNo Comments

رباب عائشہ۔مصنفہ۔ کالم نگار۔ افسانہ نگار

Writers, رائٹرز

رباب عائشہ محترمہ رباب عائشہ ملک کی ایک مایہ ناز سنئیر اخبارنویس ، کالم نگار اور لکھاری ہیں۔جنھوں نے ملک کے موقر اخبارات روزنامہ جنگ اور نوائے وقت میں طویل عرصے تک صحافتی خدمات انجام دیں ۔ ۔سینٹ تھریسا سکینڈری سکول راولپنڈی سے ابتدائی تعلیم کے بعد مزید تعلیم پوسٹ گریجوئیٹ کالج برائے خواتین راولپنڈی سے مکمل کی۔ رباب عائشہ کا تخلیقی سفر انھوں نے سکول کے زمانے سے ہی کہانیاں لکھنے کا سلسلہ شروع کر دیا تھا جو ماہنامہ تعلیم و تربیت اور "ہدایت " لاہور میں شائع ہوئیں۔دوران تعلیم ہی روزنامہ کوہستان اور روزنامہ جنگ میں ان کے مضامین شائع ہونا شروع ہو گئے تھے ۔ کالج میگزین میں بھی تحریریں شائع ہوئیں۔ رباب عائشہ کا صحافتی دور انھوں نے 1966 میں روزنامہ جنگ راولپنڈی میں باقاعدہ ملازمت اختیار کی اور پچیس سال ت...

Jun172022 by editorNo Comments

World Renowned Urdu Poet Dr Kalim Aajiz

Poetry, Writers

Dr. Muzaffar Naznin Dr.Kalim Aajiz was an Indian writer of Urdu literature and a poet. An academic educator and chairman of the Urdu Advisory Committee, Government of Bihar. He was born on 11 th October 1926 at Telhara, Nalanda district, a small village which had been home to an ancient Buddhist monastery in Nalanda district of the Indian state of Bihar.Aajiz secured his graduate and master's degree from Patna University after which he obtained his doctoral degree in 1965. His doctoral thesis," Evolution of Urdu Literature in Bihar”, has since been published as a book.Aajiz continued his association with Patna University by joining the institution as a member of its Urdu language faculty and retired as a professor of the department. After retirement, he was appointed as the cha...

Nov122021 by editorNo Comments

Prof. Dr. Sabir Afaqi, Educationist, Poet, Author, Muzaffarbad

Writers

Dr. Sabir Afaqi (1933-2011) Dr. Sabir Afaqi is a well known poet of Urdu, Persian, Punjabi and Gojri languages. In his career he was a highly respected academic with a PhD in Persian literature who published in many magazines and he wrote many books. His special field of interest is research and study of regional languages and literature, history and culture of Kashmir and comparative religion. He has attended many conferences, on these topics, held in Pakistan and various countries such as Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Srilanka, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau, He is a member of several literary Societies at home and aboard. In 2002 AJK University established an Afáqi corner in its main library in h...

Nov52021 by editorNo Comments

Dr Ayaz Afsar, Academician , Author, Rawalakot / Islamabad

Writers

Dr Ayaz Afsar Dr Ayaz Afsar is Vice President Academics at the International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI). He is author of book ‘ Quranic and Biblical Narrative Discourse.’ He holds an MA in Applied Linguistics and a PhD in English Literature from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. He has additional major interests in biblical and Qur’ānic narrative. He is widely published in a number of peer reviewed research journals, as well as being: an academic editor of South Asian Journal of ESP; and a member of the editorial boards of both, Insights and Kashmir Journal of Language Research. Having had previous affiliations with the University of Manchester in the UK, the University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Muzaffarabad, Dr Afsar is currently a HEC approved PhD su...