By Adnan Rafique
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Academy of Letters to present Rs 5 million in cash to writers for “Kamal Fan Award 2018” and “National Literary Award 2018”. In recognition of his lifetime literary services, the Kamal-e-Fan Award committee has nominated Munir Ahmad Badini, a prominent Pakistani writer, novelist and writer from Balochistan, for the country’s highest literary award “Kamal-e-Fan Award 2018”. This was said by Dr. Yousuf Kushk, Chairman, PAL, in a press conference after the online meeting of the Kamal Fan award committee.
The panel of judges consisted on well-known writers and scholars; Masood Ashar, Prof. Dr. PirzadaQasim Raza Siddiqui, Noor ul Huda Shah, Prof. Dr. Rauf Parekh, QazyJaved, Dr. Nasrullah Khan Nasir, Muhammad Ayub Baloch, Noor Muhammad Khan Hasni, Dr. Salma Shaheen, Nasir Ali Syed, Muhammad Hasan Hasrat and Haris Khalique.
Kamal-e-Fun Award is the highest literary award in the field of literature for recognition of a lifetime’s achievement in creative and research work. The amount of this award is Rs.1,000,000/-
Dr. Yousuf Khushk, Chairman, PAL has also announced the National Literary Award for the year 2018, given on the best literary books written during the year in Urdu and other Pakistani languages in a Press Conference.
He announced according to the decision of the different panels of Judges for each award for Urdu Prose Saadat Hasan Manto Award (Creative Literature) is given to Hasan Manzar’s book “Jhijak†, Baba-i-Urdu Molvi Abdul Haq Award (Criticism & Research) is given to Dr. Tahseen Firaqui’s book “Nikat†, for Urdu Poetry Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal Award, is given to Zahera Nigahon on “Gul-e- Chandni†, Syed Waris Shah Award (Punjabi Poetry) is given to Rai Muhammad Khan Nasir’s book “Hadak†, for Afzal Ahsan Randhawa Award (Punjabi Prose) is given to Ahmad Shahbaz Khawar’
