Dr

Doctor (title)

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. Aslam Farrukhi, PP

Pride of Performance

Pride of Performance , is one of the highest civil award given and conferred by the Pakistan Government to Pakistan's citizens in recognition of distinguished merit in the fields of Literature, Arts, Sports, Medicines, and Science for civilians in most particular cases.The announcement of civil...

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Urdu

Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

: اسلم فرخی) (b. 1923) is a noted Urdu

Urdu

Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

 author

Author

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, critic

Critic

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, poet

Poet

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, linguist

Linguistics

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, scholar and broadcaster

Presenter

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 of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. He is also known for children's writings. He remained associated as Professor

Professor

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 and Chairman with Department of Urdu, University of Karachi

University of Karachi

The University of Karachi is a public university located in Karachi, Pakistan. It serves an on-campus student population of more than 24,000. According to the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, it is ranked among the top three universities of the country...

 for many years.

Life

Aslam Farrukhi was born on October 23, 1923 in a literary family of Lucknow

Lucknow

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, India

India

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. Most of his family members were poets and writers. After the partition of India

Partition of India

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, he and his family migrated to Karachi

Karachi

Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

, Pakistan.He has been associated with teaching and learning. He has taught at Sindh Muslim College and Karachi University. He also served as registrar of Karachi University. He is the father of young scholar Dr. Asif Farrukhi

Asif Farrukhi

Asif Aslam Farrukhi , Tamgha-e-Imtiaz is a Pakistani doctor, writer, translator and one of the founders of the Karachi Literature Festival. He has translated widely from English into Urdu and vice versa. He has edited and compiled many anthologies of Pakistani writers...

.

Literary work

Dr. Farrukhi is not only an academic but also a poet, writer and broadcaster. He was associated with Radio Pakistan for more than six years. He is among the few writers of children's literature. His important titles include:

• Muhammad Hussain Azad - Hayat-o-Tasaneef
• Guldasta-e-Ahbab
• Aangann main Sitaray
• Farid-o-Fard Fareed
• Dabistan-e-Nizam
• Bachon ke Sultan jee
• Bachon ke Ranga Rung Amir Khusraw

As an editor:

• Tazkara Gulshan Hamesha Bahar
• Chand Bibi Sultana
• Qateel-o-Ghalib by Asad Ali Anweri
• Nayrang-e-Khayal by M. Hussain Azad
• Qasas Hind by M. Hussain Azad
• Adaeat-al-Quran by Deputy Nazeer Ahmed

External links

• Dr Aslam Farrukhi honoured - Daily Dawn