Ashfaq Ahmed was a Pakistani writer, playwright and broadcaster. His works in Urdu included novels, short stories and plays for television and radio of Pakistan. He received the President's Pride of Performance and Sitara-i-Imtiaz awards for his everlasting services in the field of broadcasting and literary heritage of Pakistan.
Habib Jalib was a Pakistani revolutionary poet, left-wing activist who opposed martial law, authoritarianism and state oppression. Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz said that he was the poet of the masses. He opposed military coups and administrators and was duly jailed several times.
Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi also known as Ayatullah Aqeel-ul-Gharavi is a leading Indian Twelver Shia scholar, philosopher, thinker, writer, poet, educationist, community activist, critic and a mujtahid. Presently, Aqeel-ul-Gharavi is acknowledged as one of the famous and senior Shia scholars from the Indian Subcontinent. He was the principal of Hawza-e-Ilmia Jamia-tus-Saqalain, Delhi and is the current chairman of Safinatul Hidaya Trust, India. He is the vice-President of All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat and member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board. Syed Aqeel is also a member of the Majma Jahani Ahlulbayt, Iran. Gharavi supervises PhD students at the Aligarh University, India. In addition to all of these, he also serves as patron of Imamia Islamic University, Delhi and secretary of Forum of Philosophers, India.
Syed Ali Ausat Zaidi was a renowned Urdu Soazkhawan. He was born in Meerut in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in 1932 and died in Karachi, Pakistan in 2008. He hold the prestigious and eminent position of Soazkhawan for presenting soaz, salam and marsiya on Pakistan Television, Radio Pakistan, ARY Television Network, GEO TV, Indus TV and TV2Day for several years.
Tahir Naqvi, born Tahir Riza Naqvi in 1942 in India, is a Pakistani writer. He has been writing short stories since 1972. Several of his short stories have been translated into English and some regional languages. He has been praised by several writers for his short story work.
Ada Jafarey, often spelled Ada Jafri, was a Pakistani poet who is regarded as the first major female Urdu poet to be published and has been called "The First Lady of Urdu Poetry". She was also an author and was considered a prominent figure in contemporary Urdu literature. She received awards from the Government of Pakistan, the Pakistan Writers' Guild, and literary societies of North America and Europe in recognition of her efforts.
Mohammad Hameed Shahid born 23 March 1957 is a Pakistani Short story Writer, Novelist and literary critic (نقاد). He is well known for his fiction writings in Urdu. He was awarded the Award with Tamgha-e-Imtiaz in 2016, one of the highest literary honour given by the Government of Pakistan.
Composite Nationalism and Islam, titled Muttahida Qaumiyat Aur Islam is a book written in 1938 by Husain Ahmad Madani, the Dean of Darul Uloom Deoband, espousing composite nationalism—a united India for both Muslims and non-Muslims. The book opposed the partition of India and in it Madani advocated for "the ideal of a 'composite nationalism' within an united India, which he thought would be more conducive to the spread and prosperity of his community over the entire subcontinent than any religious partition."
Sahir Lakhnavi was a Pakistani classical Urdu poet and the 20th century's last marsiya writer of Pakistan. He wrote gazals, nazms, qataat-i-tareekh, particularly marsiya and qasida throughout his literary career. He wrote twenty books on multiple subjects, including linguistics, poetry, prosody, seerat, history, theology and tafseer. He also appears to have written to the Persian literature, but his primary contribution appears in Urdu.
Muhammad Yousuf Khushk, is ER. chairman of the Pakistan Academy of Letters, Islamabad. He was formerly, Chairman department of Urdu, Director Student Affairs, Dean Faculty of Social sciences & Arts, ER. pro-vice chancellor of the Shah Abdul Latif University in Khairpur.
Adeem Hashmi was a Pakistani poet, writer and playwright.
Rafeeq Saudagar is an Indian Urdu poet and doctor. He is President of the Anjuman Muhibban-e-Urdu. He was awarded " Achievers Award " by Karnataka Urdu Academy and Karnataka Centre Muslim Association in Raichur on 23 June 2019. He is from Yadgir district, Karnataka.
Mohiuddin Nawab was a Pakistani novelist, screenwriter, and poet. He is famous for his popular novel series, "Devta" that was episodically and continuously published in Suspense Digest from February 1977 to January 2010. Devta is an autobiography of a fictional character, Farhad Ali Taimur, who is a master of telepathy and a womanizer.
Apart from Devta, Nawab wrote nearly 600 romantic, social, spy, and historical short/novel-length stories for renowned digests like, Jasoosi Digest, and Suspense Digest. Some of his notable stories include Kachra Ghar, Iman Ka Safar, Khali Seep, and Adha Chehra. A collection of his poetry and prose is published under the title, "Do Tara". Nawab also wrote scripts for a few movies including, "Jo Darr Gya Woh Marr Gya" (1995).
Ilyas Sitapuri was a Pakistani historical fiction writer. He is known for writing historical stories for Sabrang Digest and Suspense Digest. His popular stories and novels include, Kashmir Ki Kali, Daastan-e-Hoor, Bala Khanay Ki Dulhan, and Sikandar-e-Azam.
Aslam Azad was an Indian politician and a Poet. He was Member of the Bihar Legislative Council from 11 May 2006 to 10 May 2012 being associated with the Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United). He was founding member of the Samata Party. He was member of the Department of Urdu of Patna University.
Mahpara Safdar is a Pakistani journalist, column writer, and former newscaster at PTV, Radio Pakistan, and BBC Urdu.
Muhammad Saeed Khan is a Pakistani Islamic scholar and founder of Al-Nadwah Educational Trust, in Islamabad, Pakistan. He participated in the 1995 Pakistani coup d'état attempt and edited journals including Al-Nadwah and Al-Manad. He is a member of the core-committee of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
Feroz-ul-Lughat Urdu Jamia is an Urdu-to-Urdu dictionary published by Ferozsons (Private) Limited. It was originally compiled by Maulvi Ferozeuddin in 1897. The dictionary contains about 100,000 ancient and popular words, compounds, derivatives, idioms, proverbs, and modern scientific, literary, and technical terms.
Islam Aur Mouseeqi is a 1956 Urdu Islamic book by Shah Muhammad Jafar Phulwarvi. The book was published by the Institute of Islamic Culture, Lahore.
Odisha Urdu Academy, or Odisha Urdu Akademi, formerly Orissa Urdu Academy, is an academy and institution in Bhubaneswar, the capital of the Indian state of Odisha, focusing on the promotion, development, and preservation of the Urdu language, its tradition, and culture in Odisha. It was formed on February 7, 1987, under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. This academy is established under the Department of Odia Language, Literature, and Culture, Government of Odisha.
