Maulana Mahboob Alam
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Maulvi Mahbub Alam lived in Gujranwala
Pakistani journalist and publisher, He is a pioneer in Pakistan journalism, and in 1888 he founded the daily newspaper Paisa Akhbar (Penny Newspaper) covering political-social news.
Around 1900 he traveled to Europa, by ship to Trieste, Italy and voyaged to Germany, France and England. During his travels he made detailed observations that were later published in Paisa Akhbar. The articles were later compiled as Safarnama Europe or Ka Yurap.
He is also known as Moulvi Munshi Mahbub Alam. The titles Moulvi and Munshi
denote a respected scholar, a scribe. Munshi
is from the Persian “insha”, used more in the sense of a “clerk”.
Gujranwala
Gujranwala is a industrial city in the north-east of the Punjab province. It is the sixth largest city in Pakistan with a population of approximately 2,661,360 as on 24 June 2011...
Pakistani journalist and publisher, He is a pioneer in Pakistan journalism, and in 1888 he founded the daily newspaper Paisa Akhbar (Penny Newspaper) covering political-social news.
Around 1900 he traveled to Europa, by ship to Trieste, Italy and voyaged to Germany, France and England. During his travels he made detailed observations that were later published in Paisa Akhbar. The articles were later compiled as Safarnama Europe or Ka Yurap.
He is also known as Moulvi Munshi Mahbub Alam. The titles Moulvi and Munshi
Munshi
Munshi was the Hindi-Urdu name of a contractor, writer or secretary, used in Mughal Empire and later British India of the native language teachers or secretaries employed by Europeans....
denote a respected scholar, a scribe. Munshi
Munshi
Munshi was the Hindi-Urdu name of a contractor, writer or secretary, used in Mughal Empire and later British India of the native language teachers or secretaries employed by Europeans....
is from the Persian “insha”, used more in the sense of a “clerk”.