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Lifetime memberships for literati
The Pakistan Academy of Letters has conferred lifetime memberships on Dr Mohammad Ali Siddiqui, Dr Farman Fatehpuri, Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza, Dr Mazhar Jamil and Fehmida Riaz.
DR Pirzada Qasim has been associated with the University of Karachi since 1960 and is now serving as vice-chancellor of the institution. He is regarded as one of the foremost Urdu poets of the subcontinent and many of his couplets have assumed a proverbial significance. The following two lines have acquired popularity and relevance in recent times:
Agar yunhi likhi gaeen adawaton Fehmida Riaz developed a profound interest in the arts, particularly poetry, from a very tender age, which is why it didn’t take many people by surprise when her first collection of poems Pathar Ki Zaban hit the newsstands when she was 22 years old. In fact her very first nazm was published in a known literary magazine Funoon when she was just 15. Fehmida’s poetry is marked by fundamental human feelings and political consciousness.
Tum bilkul hum jaisey nikley
DR Mohammad Ali Siddiqui did his MA in English Literature and after doing his PhD degree he worked for quite a few publications in different capacities. From 1975 to 1981 he served as assistant editor of the Urdu daily Hurriyat, and from 1988 to 1994 he worked at the University of Karachi as assistant professor.
DR Mazhar Jamil is a renowned critic and has worked extensively on Sindh and its literature, and two of his books are Jadeed Sindhi Adab Ki Tareekh and Sindh Mein Urdu Fiction. — Peerzada Salman DAWN:Sunday, 24 May, 2009
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