Dr. Amjad Parvez

Afra Bukhari is neither a socialite nor part of any literary groupings. Despite that, she has acquired ample experience of life as a housewife and later as a widow and raise her children to create masterpieces in short story format. There was a gap of fifteen years in her writings and she started writing again […]

I had access to email from Victoria Schofield, London to Maqsooma offering condolences on the demise of her mother Farkhanda Bukhari. I did not have a chance to meet or know Farkhanda except through her autobiography titled ‘Yeh Baazi Ishq Ki Baazi Hay’. Her reputation was of that of staunch supporter of Bhuttos and was […]

The travelogue titled ‘Nagar Nagar Ik Nazar’ is the third travelogue of Amir Bin Ali dedicated to his mother. Hailing originally from a small town Mian Chunnoo in Punjab Province, Pakistan, his family business stretches its arm from Japan to Latin America. Amir Bin Ali’s group is involved in importing second hand cars. Stationed in […]

The literary periodical Tasteer’s 10th issue is a literary treat by editor Naseer Ahmad Nasir who is a profound poet of international fame. Its 10th issue covers presentations of new and old subscribers in September, two thousand twenty one, published by Book Corner Jhelum. Naseer Ahmad Nasir is associated with Sofia Zakir and publishers are […]

Being son of Ustad Ghulam Hassan Shaggan, one expected Qadir Ali Shaggan, the eldest of Ustad’s five sons to become just a classical vocalist. He did become a classical vocalist but also became a music composer at the same time. The latter interest was developed merely of Qadir giving assistance to stalwarts like Rasheed Attre, […]

Any individual who has passion for expressing his/her talent of writing poetry, write an essay or sing a song and alike, knows about his/her interest since childhood. Ali Raza Ahmad is one of those types of persons. He used to find analysis of a poetry couplet difficult in his school days but whenever he was […]

When this reviewer received a copy of the book titled ‘Safari Zindagi’ from a dear friend Dr Sajid Ali, search for similar works carried out elsewhere; autobiographies of a simple worker was started. This book is the story of a sub engineer, who worked as a labourer as well and travelled practically whole of India […]

Poet Qamar Raza Shahzad has published six poetry books in four decades of his active life. ‘Khaak Zaar’ is the name of his Kuliyaat of six poetry books. The first collection is titled ‘Pyaas Bhara Mashkeeza’ comprising 68 Ghazals. The first couplet of one of the Ghazals is ‘Kisi Ishq-o-Rizq Kei Jaal Main Nahi Aye […]

It is a pleasure to see continuous publishing of monthly ‘Takhleeq’ in the environment where some of very high standard literary magazines in the subcontinent have been closed due to paucity of funds and lack of proper literary contributions. Editor Sonaan gives the credit of this magazine’s continuity to its fans that carry a copy […]