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The Anjuman Taraqqi Urdu (Hind) besides publishing journals and books, and supporting research and creative work in Urdu linguistics and literature, has many other activities to promote the language e.g. Urdu Adab (Quarterly), Hamari Zaban (Weekly), Books and Dictionaries, Urdu Archives, Photo Collection, Audio Collection, Writing Competition ...
Rizvi's most celebrated research work so far has been his book entitled Pre-Islamic Arabic Literature (عربی ادب قبل از اسلام Arabi Adab Qabl az Islam). This is the first detailed critical review of pre-Islamic literature in the Urdu language. His publications include works of poetry, essay-writing and translation:
An Intellectual History of Islam in India (1969) Muslim Self-statement in India and Pakistan : 1857-1968 (1970) Religion and Society in Pakistan (1971) A History of Islamic Sicily (1975) Edited Volumes: Intekhab-e-Jadeed (in collaboration with Aal-e-Ahmad Suroor) (1943). It is an anthology of selected Urdu poetry from 1914 to 1942.
No region in Pakistan uses Urdu as its mother tongue, though it is spoken as the first language of many people among the community known as Muhajirs (a multi-origin ethnic group of Pakistan), who left India after independence in 1947; these Muhajirs were from various parts of India, with Urdu speakers predominantly hailing from United Provinces ...
First published in 1948, the book, originally his PhD dissertation, has run into many editions in India and Pakistan. His second book Urdu Zaban-o-Adab written in 1954 was equally popular. Husain was the first to analyse the words of Urdu from the phonetic and phonological point of view.
Aqeel was as a professor and chair of the Urdu department at the University of Karachi. [citation needed] During his tenure at the University of Karachi, he also held several key positions, including director of the Bureau of Composition, Compilation and Translation from 2002 to July 2003, and director of the Evening Programme from July 2003 to January 2004.
On 13 April 2012, following a thaw in relations whereby India gained MFN status in the country, India announced the removal of restrictions on FDI investment from Pakistan to India. [ 78 ] The Foreign Minister of Pakistan Hina Rabbani Khar on 11 July 2012, stated in Phnom Penh that her country is willing to resolve some of the disputes like ...
From 1950 to 1954, he served as co-editor of an Urdu monthly by the name of Saqi and wrote a monthly column Baatein. He also started a quarterly magazine by the name of Naya Daur. [5] He performed extensive research on the history of Urdu literature and penned five chronicle volumes with the title Tareekh-e-Adab-e-Urdu, covering 15-20 centuries ...