Zamir Jafri

Syed Zamir Jafri
Born(1916-01-01)January 1, 1916
Chak Abdul Khaliq, Dina Jehlum, Punjab Province, British India
DiedMay 12, 1999(1999-05-12) (aged 83)
Islamabad, Punjab, Pakistan
OccupationMajor (Retd.), Urdu poet, Scholar
Alma materIslamia College, Lahore
GenreHumorous poetry
Notable works"Maa fizzamir"(humorous poetry),"Nishat e tama' etc

Syed Zamir Jafri (Urdu: سيد ضمير شاه جعفري; January 1, 1916 – May 12, 1999) was a Pakistani poet, writer, social critic, humourist, comedian, columnist, broadcaster and telecaster.[1] He is best known for his Urdu poetry.[2][3]

Biography

Zamir Jafri was born in a Syed family.[citation needed] He was the father of former head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Ehtesham Zamir. His native village, Chak Abdul Khaliq, is located near Dina, in the Jhelum district.[3]

Jafri has had great influence on Urdu poetry, and has focused on themes of peace and love for mankind.[2] He had published 78 books of poetry and prose, written in Urdu, Punjabi, and English.[1]

Jafri was posted to the Far East where he continued to serve in the Education Corps of Pakistan Army and participated in the Indo-Pakistani wars of 1947–1948 and 1965.[citation needed] He retired from the Army as a Major in 1965 and was appointed the first Director Public Relations of Capital Development Authority - a body formed to look after the development of Pakistan’s newly announced capital at Islamabad.[citation needed] Jafri remained at this post for over fifteen years and had the honor of naming the roads and residential/commercial sectors of the new capital.[citation needed] Thereafter, he served on contract assignments as Deputy Director-General of Pakistan National Centre in the Ministry of Information, as Advisor to the Chief Commissioner Afghan Refugees and lastly as Chief Editor in the Academy of Letters.[4]

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b "Zamir Jafri Biography". PoetrySoup. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  2. ^ a b "Syed Zameer Jafri - Profile & Biography". Rekhta. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  3. ^ a b "Poet Zamir Jafri remembered". The Nation. 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  4. ^ "Life Profile". www.syedzamirjafri.com. Retrieved 2020-05-16.

Bibliography

  • K̲h̲aṭak, ʻIrfānullāh (2017). Sayyid Ẓamīr Jaʻfrī: shak̲h̲ṣīyat aur fan [Sayyid Ẓamīr Jaʻfrī: Personality and Art] (in Urdu). Islamabad: Pakistan Academy of Letters. OCLC 990057372.
  • Rani, Safura (2017). Sayyid Ẓamīr Jaʻfrī kī sanjīdah shāʻirī kā taḥqīqī va tanqīdī jāʼizah [An analytical study of Sayyid Ẓamīr Jaʻfrī's poetry] (Thesis) (in Urdu). Lahore: Mavara Publishers. OCLC 983799172.


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