Tariq Alam Abro ( sd, طارق عالم ابڙو) was a Sindhi novelist, short story author and playwright. He was born on 10 April 1958,طارق عالم ابڙو - منفرد ناول نگار، مصور، ڪهاڻيڪار، شاعر ۽ سفرنامه نويس
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Qambar Qambar, is the headquarter of Qambar Shahdadkot District in Sindh. It has a district court and district level government offices. The town is also famous due to a large following of the living saint Saien Hussain Shah. History Qamber town was p ...

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. According to Rasool Bux Dars, he was one of the three greatest living Sindhi poets at the time of his death. He died on 11 June 2011, due to kidney and liver failures.

Education

Tariq Alam had passed primary education from

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in 1965,

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from Jama-e-Arabia

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, Intermediate from Sachal Sarmast College Hyderabad and MA from

University of Sindh The University of Sindh ( ur, ; sd, سنڌ يونيورسٽي; informally known as Sindh University) is a public research university in Pakistan located in the city of Jamshoro. It is one of the oldest universities in Pakistan and was certifi ...

in 1993 as external student.

Professional career

While he was studying he served as telephone attendant and then

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Incharge in Department of Sociology,

about one year. In 1989 he was appointed in

Sindhi Adabi Board Sindhi Adabi Board is a government sponsored institution in Pakistan for the promotion of Sindhi literature. It was established in 1955 in Jamshoro, Sindh. It is under the Education Department of the Government of Sindh. Activities The organizat ...

as Sub Editor of quarterly Mehran. He worked as secretary of the board for limited time. Later on he had also worked as editor of "Gul Phul" a monthly magazine for children.

Publications

Along with hundreds articles on literature which were published in Sindhi newspapers Tariq Alam had some books on his credit. Here is list of his published books.

Government of Sindh The Government of Sindh ( sd, حڪومت سنڌ) ( ur, ) is the provincial government of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the 1973 Constitution, in which 30 Districts of 7 Divisions un ...

has promised that it will publish all unpublished material of Tariq Alam very soon. * Rat Sant in Sochoon (Night, Silence & thinkings) ( sd, رات سانت ۽ سوچون) Short stories (1979) * Rahji Wiyal Manzar (Missed vision) ( sd, رهجي ويل منظر) Novel (1984) * Moran ucha gath (high necks of peacocks) ( sd, مورن اوچا ڳاٽ) Poetry (1992) * Sunjanap jy gola men (In search of identity) ( sd, سڃاڻپ جي ڳولا ۾) Short stories (1998) * London tuhinja keda roop (O London how many your faces are) ( sd, لنڊن تنهنجي ڪيڏا روپ) Travelogue (1998)

Death

He died on 11 June 2011 at 9pm due to liver and kidney failure.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abro, Tariq Alam 1958 births 2011 deaths Pakistani male writers