Muhammad Jameel Khan commonly known as Prof. Dr

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. Jameel Jalibi (Urdu

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: جمیل جالبی) Ph.D.

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, D.Litt

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, SI, HI, is a noted linguist

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, critic

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, writer

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, researcher

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, educationist and scholar of Urdu literature

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 and linguistics

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 from Pakistan

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. He assumed the office of University of Karachi

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 Vice-Chancellor and Professor

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 & Chairman of the Department of Urdu, University of Karachi in 1980s.

Life

Jameel Jalibi was born on June 12, 1929 in a Yousuf-Zai family of Aligarh, UP

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. He got his early education in Aligarh and passed matriculation from Saharunpur. Intermediate and graduation from Meerut College

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. He earned MA

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, Ph.D and was honored with D.litt

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 degrees He got opportunities of littérateur's company viz. Prof. Karrar Hussain

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, Dr. Sabzwari, Syed Jalib Dehlvi and Prof. Ghayur Ahmed Ramzi. After partition of India

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, Jalibi migrated to Pakistan

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, where he continued his education and literary activities. He did LLb and PhD from Sindh University. Later he was associated with income tax department.

In 1983, he was nominated Vice-chancellor of Karachi University where he remained till 1987 when he joined Muqtadara Quami Zaban.

Publications

• Pakistani Culture
• Tanqeed aur Tajarba
• Nai Tanqeed
• Adab, Culture aur Masa'el
• Muhammad Taqi Meer.
• Maasir-e-Adab
• Quami Zaban
• Yak-Jehti Nafaz aur Masa'el
• Masnavi Kadam Rao aur Pidam Rao
• Diwan-e-Hasan Shauqi
• Farhang-e-Istalahaat
• Qadeem Urdu Lughat
• Tareeq-e-Urdu Adab