Urdu Digest
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Urdu Digest is a monthly magazine of Pakistan
. It is first Digest of Pakistan, 1st print published on November 1960 in Lahore
. Appearance is similar to the famous USA monthly, Reader's Digest
. It is popular among upper, middle and lower middle classes of Pakistan. Its writings present a traditional way of religious Pakistani life and covers a large variety of topics. Urdu Digest is constantly performing the duty of character building and consciousness of Pakistanis for the last 51 years. Magazine also has been serving to strengthen the ideology of Pakistan and promoting national integration.
Dr. Ejaz Hasan Qureshi, Altaf Hasan Qureshi and Malik Zafar Ullah Khan are its pioneers and editors. Abad Shah Puri, Zia Shahid, Mohsen Farahani, Syed Asim Mahmood
& Muhammad Iqbal Qureshi are prominent Sub Editors who have been attached to this digest for many years. Digest published translations of international literary stories, adventure stories, hunting stories and articles on science& Technology, history, Animals, education, health, positive politics extra.
From 2003, administration of Urdu Digest is also running Karwan-e-Ilm Foundation, an non commercial charitable organization to save & promote resource less talent of Pakistan. Foundation has been providing financial assistance to deserving talented students who secure more than 75% marks in Matric and Intermediate Examinations, irrespective of creed and domicile and are pursuing education in professional and higher academic institutions in the fields of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Commerce and Agriculture particularly.
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...
. It is first Digest of Pakistan, 1st print published on November 1960 in Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
. Appearance is similar to the famous USA monthly, Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest is a general interest family magazine, published ten times annually. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, its headquarters is now in New York City. It was founded in 1922, by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace...
. It is popular among upper, middle and lower middle classes of Pakistan. Its writings present a traditional way of religious Pakistani life and covers a large variety of topics. Urdu Digest is constantly performing the duty of character building and consciousness of Pakistanis for the last 51 years. Magazine also has been serving to strengthen the ideology of Pakistan and promoting national integration.
Dr. Ejaz Hasan Qureshi, Altaf Hasan Qureshi and Malik Zafar Ullah Khan are its pioneers and editors. Abad Shah Puri, Zia Shahid, Mohsen Farahani, Syed Asim Mahmood
Syed Asim Mahmood
Syed Asim Mahmood Urdu Writer, Encyclopedist, Researcher, Editor and Journalist. He has written 13 books and many articles on Science and Fine arts. He edited three Magazines and currently he is associated with Pakistan’s leading Newspaper, Daily Express as a Senior Sub Editor...
& Muhammad Iqbal Qureshi are prominent Sub Editors who have been attached to this digest for many years. Digest published translations of international literary stories, adventure stories, hunting stories and articles on science& Technology, history, Animals, education, health, positive politics extra.
From 2003, administration of Urdu Digest is also running Karwan-e-Ilm Foundation, an non commercial charitable organization to save & promote resource less talent of Pakistan. Foundation has been providing financial assistance to deserving talented students who secure more than 75% marks in Matric and Intermediate Examinations, irrespective of creed and domicile and are pursuing education in professional and higher academic institutions in the fields of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Commerce and Agriculture particularly.