ISLAMABAD: The CDA board has proposed the naming of 7th Avenue after eminent writer Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi. However the final approval in this regard will be made by the federal cabinet as the power to name any road in the capital rests with the federal government. The original name of Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi was Ahmad Shah Awan. He was born in village Anga, District Khushab in 1916. The famous literary figure died on 10th July, 2006. Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi was an Urdu English language poet, journalist, literary critic, dramatist and short story author. He wrote around 50 books on topics such as poetry, fiction, criticism, journalism and art and was a major figure in contemporary Urdu literature. He received awards as Pride of Performance in 1968 and Sitara e Imtiaz in 1980 for his literary works. Renaming the 7th Avenue as Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi Road is a tribute to his literary works and a bid to keep his name alive among the present and coming generations. As per policy, any person is entitled to this honour if he/she was the part of Pakistan Movement, has rendered services for the defence of the motherland or has rendered distinguished services for the nation. The names can only be named after the names of a deceased person. The Capital Development Authority plans to name more roads in Islamabad after more eminent personalities particularly martyrs in the war on terror. Work is in progress to locate a road to be named after Safwat Ghayyur Shaheed. The Additional Inspector General of Police Safwat Ghayyur (14 July 1959 – 4 August 2010) was a senior two-star police officer serving in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa commandant of the Frontier Constabulary. He was a respected police officer, and a leader in the country’s fight against terrorism and was killed in a suicide attack by the Taliban. A road will be named after the DIG Captain (Retd) Ahmed Mobin Shaheed martyred in the recent Lahore terror attack.