PAL announces ‘Kamal-e-Fun’ award for Jamil Jalbi

Islamabad : The Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) has announced ‘Kamal-e-Fun Award’ for the years 2017, says a press release.

Prominent intellectual, writer, researcher Dr. Jamil Jalbi has been nominated for the ‘Kamal-e-Fun Award’ 2017. The panel of judges consisted on well-known writers and scholars; Dr. Fehmida Hussain, Dr. Tahseen Firaqui, Prof. Dr. Nazeer Tabassum, Dr. Abdul Razaq Sabir, Parveen Malik, Hafeez Khan, Dr. Tauseef Tabassum, Dr. Rauf Parekh, Muhammad Ayub Baloch and Dr. Rubina Shaheen met here on Wednesday in the office of PAL, Syed Mazhar Jameel presided over the meeting.

‘Kamal-e-Fun Award’ is the highest literary award in the field of literature for recognition of lifetime’s achievement in creative and research work. The amount of this award is Rs1,000,000 Engineer Aamir Hasan, secretary, National History and Literary Heritage Division and Syed Junaid Akhlaque, chairman, PAL has also announced the National Literary Award for the year 2017, given on the best literary books written during the year in Urdu and other Pakistani languages in his press conference.

According to the decision of the panel for Urdu poetry, Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal Award is given to Naseer Turabi on his book ‘Laraib’, in Urdu prose Saadat Hasan Manto Award is given to Khalida Husain on her book ‘Jeene Ke Pabandi’, in Punjabi poetry Syed Waris Shah Award is given to Rai Muhammad Khan Nasir on his book ‘Hoong’, in Punjabi prose Afzal Ahsan Randhawa Award is given to Dr. Nasir Baloch on his book ‘Jhoota Sacha Koee Na’, in Sindhi poetry Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai Award is given to Adal Soomro on his book ‘Neroli Jo Khwab’ in Sindhi prose Mirza Qaleech Baig Award is given to Badal Jamali on his book ‘Awelo Musafir’, in Pushto poetry Khushhal Khan Khattak Award is given to Rawail Khan Rawail on his book ‘Sadaf Ke Malghari’, in Pushto prose Muhammad Ajmal Khan Khattak Award is given to Abdul Karim Baryale on his book ‘Pa Monr Ke Zandeeq Nishta’, Balochi poetry Mast Tawakli Award is given to Ahmad Zuhair on his book ‘Zapaten Zuhair’ in Balochi prose Syed Zahoor Shah Hashmi Award is given to Ghani Parwaz on his book ‘Maah Sara-u-Roch-e-Cheer’, in Seraiki poetry Khwaja Ghulam Fareed Award is given to Saeed Akhtar on his book ‘Nokh’ in Seraiki prose Dr. Maher Abdul Haq Award is given to Irshad Taunsvi on his book ‘Ishq Asda Deen’, in Brahui poetry Taj Muhammad Tajal Award is given to Zahid Nazir on his book ‘Hatam Naa To Be’, in Brahui prose Ghulam Nabi Rahi Award is given Mir Brahui on his book ‘Saka Maah Gul’, in Hindko poetry Saeen Ahmad Ali Award is given to Hasam Hur on his book ‘Hasanat Jameeu Khisalehi.’

In English prose Pitras Bukhari Award is given to Mian Raza Rabbani on his book ‘Invisible People’ and in translation Muhamamd Hasan Askari Award is given to Huma Anwar on her book ‘Chalees Cheragh Ishq Ke.’ The money of Rs200,000 will be given to each of award winner for the National Literary Award 2017.