Lifetime achievement: Kishwar Naheed nominated for tip literary award
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) has nominated eminent author and poetess Kishwar Naheed for a Kamal-e-Fun 2015 award.
According to a proclamation done on Tuesday, Naheed had been nominated by a row of judges consisting good famous writers and scholars such as Asghar Nadeem Syed, Mushtaq Soofi, Nasir Ali Syed, Yussouf Shaheen, Zaheda Hina, Ayub Baloch, Abdul Qayum Bedar, Dr Najeeba Arif, Abaseen Yousufzai, Harris Khalique and Wafa Chishti.
Kamal-e-Fun Award is a deliberate to be a country’s top literary endowment in a margin of novel for approval of lifetime’s feat in artistic and investigate work.
The target also gets a money endowment of Rs1 million.
PAL Chairman Dr Muhammad Qasim Bughio, also announced a National Literary Award for a year 2015, given to a best literary books created during a year in Urdu and other Pakistani languages.
The Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal Award for Urdu communication was given to Saleem Kausar for his book “Mein Ne Ism-e-Muhammad (PBUH) Ko Likha Buhat”.
The Baba-e-Urdu Molvi Abdul Haq Award for Urdu poetry was given to Muhammad Hamza Farooqi for his book “Hum Nafsan-e- Khush Guzran”.
The Syed Waris Shah Award for essay in Punjabi denunciation was given to Zahid Hasan for his book “Tassi Dharti”.
In Sindhi language, a Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai Award is given to Rubina Abro for her book “Qadam Khan Adam Taeen”.
The Khushhal Khan Khattak Award for essay in Pashto denunciation was given to Andesh Shamsul Qamar for his book “Pemana Da Ghazal”. In Balochi language, a Mast Tawakli Award was given to Rehman Murad for his book “Burd”, while in Seraiki denunciation – a Khwaja Ghulam Fareed Award – was given to Tariq Ismail Ahmdani on his book “Seraiki Lok Bayania”.
In a English denunciation a Pitras Bukhari Award was given to Athar Tahir on his book The Last Tea.
Each of National Literary Awards 2015 recipients would also get a money endowment of Rs200,000.
Published in The Express Tribune, Dec 14th, 2016.
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