The death anniversary of Ahmed Nadeem Qasimi

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 Ahmed Nadeem Qasimi was born on November 20‚ 1916, in the village of Anga of Khushab district He got his graduation degree from the University of the Punjab‚ Lahore. Ahmed Nadeem Qasimi started his career as a government clerk which he eventually left to pursue journalism.
He became active member of the Progressive Writers Movement (PWM) for a time holding the position of secretary‚ and was consequently arrested many times during the 1950s and the 1970s.
In 1948‚ he was selected as the secretary general of the Anjuman-e-Taraqqi Pasand Musannifeen. In 1949‚ he was elected secretary general of the organisation for Pakistan.
In 1962‚ Qasmi started his own journal Fanoon. In 1974‚ he was appointed Secretary General of Majlis-Taraqee-Adab - a board of advancement of literature established by the government of West Pakistan in 958.
Qasmi was a recipient of Pride of Performance (1968) and Pakistan Academy of Letters lifetime achievement award‚ as well as the country’s highest civil honour‚ Sitara-i-Imtiaz (1980) for literature.
He published collections of his best-known work including poetry volumes Jalal-o-Jamal‚ Shola-i-Gul and Kisht-i-Wafa‚ and short story collections Chopaal‚ Sannata‚ Kapaas Ka Phool‚ Bagolay‚ Tal-o-Gharoob‚ Sailab-o-Gardab‚ Anchal‚ Ghar Se Ghartak.

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