Pakistani Literature | MCQs

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Originally published: April 18, 1985

Author: Ayesha Jalal

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National Poet of Pakistan is Allama Iqbal

About Allama Iqbal

Allama Iqbal Born: November 9, 1877, Sialkot

Allama Iqbal Died: April 21, 1938, Lahore

Allama Iqbal Children: Javed Iqbal, Aftab Iqbal, Muneera Bano, Miraj Begum

Allama Iqbal Spouse: Sardar Begum

ABOUT NATIONAL SYMBOLS OF PAKISTAN

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Faiz was the first Asian poet to be awarded the Lenin Peace Prize (1962) by the Soviet Union.

He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature.

Faiz Ahmad Faiz is also the author of Urdu and Punjabi literature.

Born: February 13, 1911, Narowal

Died: November 20, 1984, in Lahore

while 

Name only two Pakistani who got Lenin Prize.

Faiz Ahmad Faiz revived Lenin Prize in 1962.

 Abdul Satar Edhi revived Lenin Prize in 1988.

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Author: Josh Malih Abadi

Year of publication: 1970

Language: Urdu

Subjects: Autobiography

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The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam is  delivered by Muhammad Iqbal

 published in 1930.

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Hashim Shah was a sufi poet and Punjabi writer.

Sassi is known as Princess of Hope. 

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Hayate-e-Javed is written by Altaf Hussain Hali 

In Hayate-e-Javed, he wrote the biography of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

It was first published in 1902.

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Armaghan-i-Hijaz was a philosophical poetry book of Allama Iqbal, the great poet-philosopher of Islam.

Originally published: 1938

Author: Muhammad Iqbal

Original language: Urdu

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Udaas Naslain

Author: Abdullah Hussain

Genre: Novel

Publisher: Sang-e-Meel Publications

Publication date: First 1964; last 2015

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"KHAKI SHADOWS" is written by General Khalid Mahmud Arif.

Originally published: 2001

This book describes the powerful role of the army in the politics of Pakistan from its earliest years through the late 1990s.