Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi (Born 1916) is an Urdu language Pakistanipoet, journalist, literary critic and short storywriter. He is a major figure in contemporary Urdu literature and center of many controversies. Recently he was forced to leave a government office, which he headed for decades and the output was reportedly zero. His opponents accuse him of financial, professional, literary and moral corruptions. He is the most influential person, who has links everywhere in the corridors of power and fame. According to critics, "his (Mr Qasimi) literary tussle with another writer Dr. Vazir Agha turned into personal enmity and the two has their own groups of literary warriors who often fire literary bullets on each other’s terror camps!" 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... Urdu(اردو) is an Indo-European language which originated in India, most likely in the vicinity of Delhi, from whence it spread to the rest of the subcontinent. ... Poets are authors of poems. ... A journalist is a person engaged in the profession of journalism. ... Literary criticism is the study, discussion, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Though anyone who creates a written work may be called a writer, the term is usually reserved for those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Urdu literature has a long and colorful history that is inextricably tied to the development of that very language, Urdu, in which it is written. ...
Mr Qasimi started his career as a clerk in the government and later on left it for journalism. He is a graduate from the Punjab University. As an active member of the Progressive Writers Movement, Mr. Qasimi is probably one of the most admired Pakistani writers. Punjab University can refer to one of the following: In India: Punjab University, Chandigarh In Pakistan: University of the Punjab University of Central Punjab This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
AhmedNadeemQasmi was born in the middle of the First World War, the first disaster to have hit the western world.
AhmedNadeemQasmi and his long journey as a writer and thinker in his career which has spanned many movements, revolutions, wars and artistic and cultural changes.
Qasmi was well-grounded in his own ethos and the call for freedom and the liberation of the masses was rooted in his own past.
Qasmi was equally prolific in poetry, trying out both the nazm and the ghazal, not paying too much attention to the criticism of his fellow travellers that the form, being dated, ought to be condemned.
Qasmi Saheb arrived there with Maulana Abdul Majeed Salik and Chiragh Hasan Hasrat, and for the entire duration of the meeting, his was the role of an attentive listener, as the three heavy-weights went about chatting in the Javed Manzil lawns.
Qasmi Saheb remained out of a permanent job for the next 15 years, until he was appointed the director of Majlise Taraqqi Adab in 1974, when Haneef Ramay was the chief minister of Punjab.
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