Indian gets Pak’s highest civilian awards

A noted Urdu litterateur Shamsur Rahman Faruqi from Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh has been chosen by Pakistan for one of its highest civilian awards Sitaara-e-Imtiyaz.

Faruui has received this information from Iftikhar Arif, noted Urdu poet and Pakistani scholar who heads the National Language Authority.

Born in 1935 Shamsur Rahman Faruqi is an eminent Urdu critic, poet and theorist. He is regarded as the founder of the new movement in Urdu literature and has formulated fresh models of literary appreciation.

He has done his post graduation in English from Allahabad University in 1955 and worked as a civil servant in the Indian Postal Department and other departments of the Government of India from 1958-1994 and became Chief Postmaster-General and Member, Postal Services Board, New Delhi.

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