Shamsur Rahman Faruqi honoured by Pakistan’s civilian award Sitara-i-Imtiaz

Submitted by admin on 20 August 2010 - 9:33pm

By TCN News

New Delhi: Eminent Urdu critic and writer Shamsur Rahman Faruqi has been honoured by the Pakistani government by giving its third most highest civilian award “Sitara-i-Imtiaz.”

Faruqi edited Urdu literary magazine “Shabkhoon” which was published regularly for forty years before ceasing publication in 2005. In 2009 he was awarded “Padma Shri” by the Indian government for his work in the field of literature.

Link:

http://www.shamsurrahmanfaruqi.com/

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