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Profile:
Tasleem Elahi Zulfi
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Family
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Tasleem Elahi Qureshi |
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Pen Name: |
Tasleem Elahi Zulfi |
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Father’s
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Naseem Elahi Qureshi |
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Date &
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13th July 1947
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Shikoh A’abad,
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Disst: Main Puri, Agra – India, UP
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Nationality: |
Pakistani / Canadian |
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Education: |
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M.A. Sociology,Karachi University
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M.A. English Literature, American University, Beirut |
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Diploma: |
Aircraft GSE Maintenance, Texas, USA |
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Profession: |
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Technical Co-ordinator, Aircraft GSE Maint.
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Saudi Arabian Airlines, Jeddah Airport (1969
– 1989)
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Mother's
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Urdu,
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Also fluent in Arabic, English and Persian
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Field of
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Literature |
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Journal
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" Weekly Karachi " in Pakistan (1960-1968)
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Columnist in local Canadian newspapers on
national/international issues since 1990 |
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TV Media: |
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Controller/Producer/Director
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Show Host & News Caster on Pak-Urdu TV
Toronto, Canada
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(24 Hours Canadian/Asian TV-Media)
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Since 2000
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My Books
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1007 |
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Publications: |
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Shehr-e-Afkar (Poetry) 1967
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Dastavez (Poetry) 1983
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Parinday Ki Udan (Poetry) 1990
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Sukhanver Buhat Achhay - 1992 (Literobiographical
Essays on Urdu Writers)
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A'agra Se Niagra (
World Travelogue Poems )1994
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Samander Par / Beyond Seven Seas ( Urdu / English Poems )
1994
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Beelen Nahen A'aen ( Worlds Incidental Poems ) 1995
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Dunia-e-Tassawuf - 1989
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Silsila Takallum Ka (Columns) 2005
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Awards &
Prizes : |
Best
Poet of Pakistan Universities, at Karachi, 1968
Best
Compere & Host, 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
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Address " Urdu Festival 2004” in U.K.
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& certificate from King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, for
painting his picture in 1965
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Honour: |
Membership of NASA Planetary Society,
California, USA (1978) |
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(With thanks of
Global Encyclopedia of Urdu Writers)
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