Liaquat Ali Asim (1951–2019) was a Pakistani Urdu language poet and

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who served in Urdu Dictionary Board from 1980 to 2011, and retired as editor of the Board.

Biography

Asim was born in

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on 14 August 1951. He was one of the youngest of his 8 brothers and 1 sister. He belonged to the Konkani community. He was a Konkani Muslim. He worked for the Urdu Dictionary Board for three decades. Total eight collections of his poetry have been published, which include ''Sabd-e-Gul'' (1977), ''Āngan Meiṉ Samandar'' (1988), ''Raqs-e-Wisāl'' (1996), ''Nasheeb-e-Shahar'' (2008), ''Dil Kharashī'' (2011), ''Bāġh To Sārā Jānā Hai'' (2013), ''Nesh-e-Ishq'' (2017) and ''Mere Kutbe Pe Uskā Naam Likho'' (2019). Asim was suffering from cancer. He died on 29 June 2019 in

due to gallbladder cancer.

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