Introduction

Profile
Tasleem Elahi Zulfi

Family Name:

Tasleem Elahi Qureshi

Pen Name:

Tasleem Elahi Zulfi

Father’s Name:

Naseem Elahi Qureshi

Date & Place of Birth:

13^th July 1947 (Sunday 4:30 am)

Shikoh A’abad,

Agra - India, UP

Nationality:

Pakistani/Canadian

Education:

· M.A. Sociology,Karachi University

· M.A. English Literature, American University, Beirut

Diploma:

Aircraft GSE Maintenance, Texas, USA

Profession:

Technical Co-ordinator, Aircraft GSE Maintenance (1969 – 1989 )

Saudi Arabian Airlines, Jeddah Airport

Mother's Tongue:

Children:

Urdu,

Also fluent in Arabic, English and Persian

Noman – Nadia – Huda & Faryal (All married and residing in Canada )

Field of Interest:

Urdu & English Literature

Journal Edited:

· " Weekly Karachi " in Pakistan (1960-1968)

· Columnist in local Canadian newspapers on national/international issues since 1990

TV Media:

President Urdu TV Canada

Show Host & News Caster

(24 Hours Canadian/Asian TV-Media)

Since 2001

Publications:

· Shehr-e-Afkar (Poetry) 1967

· Dastavez (Poetry) 1983

· Tanha Parinday Ki Udan (Poetry) 1990

· Sukhanver Buhat Achhay - 1992                        (Literobiographical Essays on Urdu Writers)

· A'agra Se Niagra                                        ( World Travelogue Poems )1994

· Sat Samander Par / Beyond Seven Seas    ( Urdu / English Poems ) 1994

· Aba Beelen Nahen A'aen ( Worlds Incidental Poems ) 1995

· Dunia-e-Tassauf - 1989

· Silsila Takallum Ka (Columns) 2005

. Abdullah Javaid’s Poetry (Analytical Study) 2008

. North American Urdu Writers (Analytical Study) 2008

.Ikram Brelvi – Leading Urdu Novelist (Analytical Study) 2009

.Tasleem Elahi Zulfi – Analytical Study (Compiled by: Syed Meraj Jami 2009

Awards & Prize :

· Best Poet of Pakistan Universities, at Karachi, 1968

· Best Compere & Host, (Bazm e Talaba) University Magazine Programme at Radio Pakistan Karachi, 1968

· A'alami Urdu Conference, New Delhi 1984

· Award of Excellence for 20 years professional & Technical Services, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Jeddah Airport 1989

· Award of Excellence for Top Class Literary Creativity, from Gov. of Canada at Parliament House Ottawa 1994

· Best Poet, from Eastern News, Canada 1999

· Best Song Writer, Toronto Film Producers, 2000

· Key Address " Urdu Festival 2004 in U.K.

.Award of Excellence for hard work and dedication in serving the community, from Premier of Government of Ontario Canada.

· Award & certificate from King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, for painting his picture in 1965

Honour:

Membership of NASA Planetary Society, California, USA since 1978

(With thanks of: Pakistan Academy of Letters – Gov. of Pakistan –Islamabad. Information lifted from Pakistani Writers Directory).