Urdu
Urdu (;"Urdu" '' lexicographer
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linguist
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newspaper columnist
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Early life and career
Born in
Karachi
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on August 26, 1958, Parekh was educated in
Karachi
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. Having obtained MA and PhD degrees in
Urdu
Urdu (;"Urdu" '' University of Karachi
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, he worked for the ''Urdu Lughat Board'' or Urdu Dictionary Board, Karachi, as Chief Editor'KARACHI: 20th volume of Urdu Dictionary published' Dawn (newspaper), Published 6 July 2005, Retrieved 5 April 2019 from 2003 to 2007.
Farman Fatehpuri
Farman Fatehpuri ( ur, ) (born Syed Dildar Ali ( ur, ), 26 January 1926 – 3 August 2013) was an Urdu linguist, researcher, writer, critic and scholar of Pakistan.
He is widely regarded as a leading authority on the life and work of ...
, president of the ''Urdu Lughat Board'', said in an interview, "The Urdu Lughat Board plans to publish 22 volumes containing 300,000 words, give or take a few hundred words." He praised Rauf Parekh for bringing out two volumes of the Urdu Lughat in two years.
Urdu Lughat Board began its work in 1958, the first volume of the Urdu Lughat came out in 1967.
In 2017, Rauf Parekh taught Urdu at the University of Karachi and wrote a weekly literary column in ''
Dawn
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'' newspaper. In addition to writing research articles, humorous essays and critical writings, he has written over 20 books. Rauf Parekh was appointed director general of National Language Promotion Department, Islamabad, in December 2020.He also writes columns in English for the newspaper DAWN.
Bibliography
Some of his books are:
* Urdu Lughat (vol. 19, 20, 21) (Urdu Dictionary)
* Awwaleen Urdu Slang Lughat
* Urdu Lughat Navisi (Writing Dictionary in Urdu)
* The Oxford Urdu-English Dictionary
* Asri Adab Aur Samaji Rujhanaat
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Allama Iqbal
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Awards and recognition
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Pride of Performance
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