Ghaus Bakhsh Sabir

Ghaus Bakhsh Sabir
Born	29 March 1938 Kach Walhari, Ziarat District, Balochistan, British India
Died	April 2015
Nationality	Pakistani
Occupations	Scholar playwright poet
Organization(s)	Radio Pakistan, Pakistan Academy of Letters
Awards	Presidential Iqbal Award

Ghaus Bakhsh Sabir (1938 - 2015) was a Pakistani scholar, author, playwright, and poet. He was associated with Radio Pakistan, Pakistan Television, National Language Authority, and Pakistan Academy of Letters.

Biography

Sabir was born on 29 March 1938 in village Kach Walhari, Sibi District, Balochistan, British India.[1] He was a self-learned person with a strong passion for book-reading. His poem "Jee Nai Qalam" made him popular in the literary circle of Balochistan. He started getting published in the weekly "Balochi" magazine from Karachi. He also began his career as a scriptwriter at the Radio Pakistan Quetta. After start of television in Pakistan, he also wrote plays for PTV. Later, he joined the Pakistan Writers Guild. As a researcher and translator, he was also part of the Pakistan Academy of Letters.[2][3]

Sabir authored several books on Balochi poetry and literature. His Balochi book on Iqbaliat Shagrab-Shaar, Hakeem-ul-Umat Allama Muhammad Iqbal was selected for the Presidential Iqbal Award.[4]

Sabir died in April 2015.[2][5]

Works

• Balochi Zuban-o-Adab, published by Pakistan academy of literature, Islamabad
• Lal e Liqa
• Iqbal, Rosan e Shaham
• Shagrab-Shaar, Hakeem-ul-Umat Allama Muhammad Iqbal

Awards and recognition

Year	Title	Result	Presented by	Ref.
2015 - 2020	Presidential Iqbal Award	Won	Iqbal Academy Pakistan	[6]

References

1. "Profile of Ghaus Bakhsh Sabir". Pakistan Academy of Letters. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023.
2. Gul, Agha (9 June 2015). "غو ث بخش صابر". Monthly Sangat (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 16 August 2023.
3. Gul, Nasreen; Bano, Surya (20 December 2017). "The dramatic writing of Ghous Bakhsh sabir". Hanken. 9 (1): 110–120. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021.
4. "اکرام چغتائی، ڈاکٹر عبدالخالق اور غوث بخش کو صدارتی اقبال ایوارڈز دینے کی منظوری". Daily Jang (in Urdu). 14 October 2022.
5. "Death of Ghous Bakhsh: Chairman, other high ups of PAL grieved". Humara Quetta. Archived from the original on 16 August 2023.
6. "Books approved for Iqbal Award". The News International. 13 November 2022.