Fateh Mohammad Malik, ( ur, ALA-LC: born 1936) is a Pakistani literary critic, linguist and a scholar. He has authored several books including an essay "Iqbal Inspired Humour: A Note on Parodies by Selected Urdu Poets" published in ''Of Clowns and Gods, Brahmans and Babus - Humour in South Asian Literatures''.Heidelberg South Asian Studies Christina Oesterheld and Claus Peter Zoller, eds., ''Of Clowns and Gods, Brahmans and Babus - Humour in South Asian Literatures'' ( University of Heidelberg, 1999).
Iqbal Iqbal, Eqbal, Ikbal, or Eghbal may refer to:
Geography Iran
* ''Eqbal, Iran'', a village in West Azerbaijan Province
*''Eqbaliyeh'', rural district in Iran
* ''Eqbal-e Gharbi Rural District'', western provincial district in Qazvin, Iran
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had a key influence on him and he wrote at least six books on him including his book ''Iqbal's reconstruction of Muslim political thought'' published by University of Leicester, England. His major work while working for National Language Authority was a five-volume book on the origin of Urdu as a language.
Career
Malik is the chairman of the
National Language Authority
The National Language Promotion Department ( ur, ), formerly known as the National Language Authority (or Urdu Language Authority), is an autonomous regulatory institution established in 1979 to support the advancement and promotion of Urdu, w ...
. He served as Rector of the International Islamic University, Islamabad until 2012 when he was sacked by then President Zardari under pressureof from the Saudi government. Before being sacked from his post, he criticized Saudi Arabia's practices as uncivilized and anti-women during a seminar.
He also served this university as a dean of the faculty of languages, literature and humanities.
Before starting his career in Pakistan, he taught at Columbia University, Heidelberg University, Humboldt University and Saint Petersburg University for ten years.
President of Pakistan
The president of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=s̤adr-i Pākiṣṭān), officially the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is the ceremonial head of state of Pakistan and the commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Armed Forces.