Presidential Iqbal Award is a literary award which is presented by
Iqbal Academy Pakistan with the approval of the
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.[Allama Muhammad Iqbal
Sir Muhammad Iqbal ( ur, ; 9 November 187721 April 1938), was a South Asian Muslim writer, philosopher, Quote: "In Persian, ... he published six volumes of mainly long poems between 1915 and 1936, ... more or less complete works on philoso ...]
’s life and ideology in national and foreign languages.
History
Presidential Iqbal Award was started in 1981 under a presidential order by then president of Pakistan
Zia-ul-Haq. Later, it was reconstituted by the president
Arif Alvi in 2019.
Categories
* Presidential National Iqbal Award (Urdu) – Annual basis
* Presidential National Iqbal Award (English) – Three year basis
* Presidential Iqbal Award (Pakistani Languages) – Three year basis
* Presidential International Iqbal Award – Three year basis
Recipients
Some of recipients of the Presidential Iqbal Award from 1981 to 2014 are
Ghulam Mustafa Khan
Ghulam Mustafa Khan, SI ( ur, ڈاکٹر غلام مصطفیٰ خان) (23 September 1912 – 25 September 2005) was a researcher, literary critic, linguist, author, scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics, educationist and religious and ...
,
Syed Nazeer Niazi
Syed Nazeer Niazi was an eminent Muslim scholar, professor and journalist. He was one of the leading activists of the Pakistan movement. He was James Boswell of Allama Iqbal. His biography of Iqbal, Iqbal kay Hazoor, and Maktoobat-e-Iqbal Banaam ...
, Bashir Ahmad Dar, Iftikhar Ahmad Siddiqui,
Muhammad Munawwar Mirza
Muhammad Munawar Mirza (Punjabi, ur, ) (born 27 Mar 1923 – 7 February 2000), was a prominent Iqbal scholar, historian, writer and intellectual from Pakistan.
His granddaughter, Ambreen Salahuddin, is a poet and writer.
Life and contributi ...
, Syed Abdullah,
Waheed Qureshi
Waheed Qureshi (Urdu: وحید قریشی) (14 February 1925 – 17 October 2009) was a Pakistani noted linguist, literary critic, writer, researcher, educationalist and scholar of Urdu literature and oriental languages. Waheed Qureshi was on ...
,
Fateh Muhammad Malik, and
Rafiuddin Hashmi.
References
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Pakistani literary awards
Pakistani awards
1981 establishments in Pakistan