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Fakhar Zaman Chairman WPC

 

PERSONAL PROFILE
 
Name:                                 Fakhar Zaman
Address:                             178-C, Model Town, Lahore, Pakistan.
Phone #:                             +92 42 5833435
Mob:                                   +92-303-7357261
Fax #:                                 +92-42 5835585
Email:                                  fakharzaman@worldpunjabicongress.org

 

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

                                           B.A (Hons), M.A.L.L.B., D.I.A., D.S.W.P
                                          (The Netherlands)
                                          Certificate in Public International Law  (The Netherlands)

JOB EXPERIENCE & CONTRIBUTIONS

1.                     Ex-FEDERAL MINISTER—Ex Chairman,  National                        
Commission on History & Culture and Pakistan Academy of  Letters.
 
2.                     Chairman,
Pakistan National Committee for World Cultural Decade (UNESCO)
 
3.                     Chairman,
Pakistan Democratic Writer’s Convention
                           
4.                     Chairman,
World Punjabi Congress
5.                     Ex-Member,
Senate of Pakistan
 
6.                     Ex- President,
Pakistan Peoples Party, Punjab
 
7.                     President ( Cultural Wing),
Pakistan Peoples Party
 
8.                     President-
Policy Planning committee (PB) PPP

 

9.                     Member,
Federal Council
Pakistan Peoples Party

Publications:   

            URDU                                                                    

1          Zahraab (poety)                                                                               
2          Rastey Kee Dhool (Poetry)                                                              
3          Deewarein (T.V Plays)                                                                      
4          Gardish Mein Paaon (Travelogue)                                                    
5          Kaladum Tehrerein (Translations)                                                      
6          Chief Editor, Literary quarterly (Adbiat)                                           
7          Punjab,Punjabi, Punjabiat (History)                                                     
8          Toon Kay Mein ( Novel- translated from Punjabi)                                                                                

            PUNJABI

 9          Chirian Da Chamba (Radio Plays)                                             
10         Wan Da Boota (Radio Plays)                                                 
11         Kanso Wailey Dee (Poetry)  ( Also translated into English)                                        
12         Wangaar (Poetry)                ( Also translated into English)    
13         Sat Gawachay Lok (Novel)                                                      
14         IK Marey Bandey Di Kahani (Novel)                                         
15         Bandiwan (Novel)                                                                    
16         Bewatna (Novel)                                                                    
17         Kamzat (Novel)                                                                       
18         Zwal Di Ghari (Poetry)                                                           
19         Toon Kay Mein (Novel)                                                          
20         Fakhar Zaman- A biography                                                    
21         Punjab, Punjabi Tey Punjabiat    
                                            
            ENGLISH
22         Pakistani Writers (An Empirical Study)
23         Bhutto, The Political Thinker
24         Prisoner(Novel) Translated from Punjabi,-2005
25         Deadman’s Tale (Novel) Translated from Punjabi,
26         The Lost Seven (Novel) Translated from Punjabi,
27         The Alien (Novel) Translated from Punjabi,
28         Low Born (Novel) Translated from Punjabi,
29         Outcast (Novel) Translated from Punjabi,
30         Portrait of a Prime Minister-Z.A. Bhutto (Compiler)
31         Profile of a Leader- Benazir Bhutto (Compiler)
32         Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto- Glimpses from the Jail file
33         Chief Editor of Quarterly “Pakistan Literature” from 1994 to 1996
34         You or I- (Novel) Translated from Punjabi,-2005

BOOKS BANNED AND OTHERS

 Five of his Punjabi books were proscribed by Martial Law regime in 1978.Ban was lifted by Lahore High Court in 1996 i.e after18 years. A solitary case in the history of world literature. His books are taught at postgraduate level in many Universities of the world.  PhD. & M. Phil. theses have been written on his Punjabi writings. 

He has been editing & Publishing an English monthly “Voice” Urdu monthly “Bazgasht”, Punjabi weekly “Wangaar” all of them  were banned by Military regime.

TRANSLATIONS 

His writhings especially Punjabi Novels & Poetry have been translated into various languages of the world. Plays based on his Novels have been staged and televised in Pakistan & India.

 AWARDS

 He has been awarded many International Awards on his writings. He was awarded prestigious “Sitara-I-Imtiaz” for Literature by the Government of Pakistan in 1994.

 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

Has represented Pakistan Government, P.P.P & NGO’s at various International fora & conferences in USA, Canada, France, UK, Sweden, Czech, China, North Korea, Egypt, India, Uzbekistan, Russia, Bangladesh, Thailand, Denmark, Norway, Kazakistan, Hungary, Italy, Austria, Holland and Belgium  as led Pakistan delegations to the UNESCO and other  countries. 

OTHERS

 Was elected as the Chairman of the Academic council of the International Institute of Central Asian Studies, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Presently, he is Secretary General of International Congress of Writers, Artists ad Intellectuals (ICWAI) 

Was awarded “MillenniumAward” for the  best Punjabi Novelist of the 20th  Century by prestigious Literary and   Cultural Organizations in Pakistan & India.

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