Sahar Ansari

Sahar Ansari
Born (1939-12-27) December 27, 1939 (age 85)
Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
OccupationUrdu poet, linguist, Professor and Chairman of Urdu department at the University of Karachi
LanguageUrdu
NationalityPakistani
Notable awardsTamgha-e-Imtiaz (2006)

Sahar Ansari, TI (Urdu: سحر انصاری) (Born: 27 Dec 1939, Aurangabad, Maharashtra)[1] is an Urdu poet and linguist from Karachi, Pakistan.[2][3] He remained associated with the University of Karachi as Professor and Chairman of Urdu department.[4]

Sahar has been awarded Tamgha-e-Imtiaz by the Government of Pakistan in 2006.[5]

Controversy

Ansari was found guilty of sexually harassing a fellow female Karachi University Professor in 2018. The alleged harassment incident had occurred two years earlier and had been under investigation by two committees since then.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Sahar Ansari - Profile & Biography". Rekhta. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Say no to harassment". The Nation. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  3. ^ Alvi, Asad (4 January 2018). "'Never marry a poet': A Pakistani feminist on the dangers of the hypocritical intellectual male". Scroll.in. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  4. ^ The concept. Raja Afsar Khan. 2004. p. 31.
  5. ^ "127 awards conferred on Pakistan Day". Dawn (newspaper). 24 March 2006. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  6. ^ Yousafzai, Arshad (29 January 2018). "Dr Sahar Ansari found guilty of sexually harassing fellow KU professor". The News. Pakistan. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
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