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Dr Jameel Jalibi conference concluded at PU
Dr Jameel Jalibi conference concluded at PU


LAHORE: (Thursday, June 1, 2023): Punjab University Oriental College Institute of Urdu Language and Literature’s Chair Dr Jameel Jalibi has organized a two-day ‘Dr Jameel Jalibi’ conference. On this occasion, Chairman Punjab Higher Education Commission Prof Dr Shahid Munir, former PU VC Prof Dr Muhammad Saleem Mazhar, renowned analyst Mujibur Rehman Shami, Dean Faculty of Oriental Learning Prof Dr Ghulam Moinuddin Nizami, Director Institute Urdu Language and Literature Prof Dr Muhammad Kamran, son of Dr Jameel Jalbi, Federal Ombudsman of Insurance Pakistan Dr Khawar Jameel, Head of Jameel Jalibi Chair Prof Dr Zia-ul-Hassan, faculty members and a large number of students were present. The message of Punjab Governor Muhammad Balighur Rehman was read out in the conference, in which he called upon the promotion of Dr Jameel Jalbi's ideas as it was the need of the hour. Dr Shahid Munir said that living nations get light from the achievements of their ancestors. PU VC Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood congratulated the organizers for holding a successful conference. Dr Khawar Jameel announced the Dr Jameel Jalibi Gold Medal for the first position scholar in MPhil Urdu.
In the two-day conference, Prof Khawaja Muhammad Zakaria, Dr Tabsum Kashmiri, Prof Dr Nasir Abbas, Dr Majid Tufail, Dr Shahid Nawaz, Asghar Nadeem Syed, Prof Dr Saadat Saeed, Prof.Dr Khalid Mahmood Sanjrani, Dr Sajid Javed, Dr Muhammad Saeed, Dr Rafaqaat Ali Shahid, Prof Dr Muhammad Arshad Owaisi, Dr Sajid Siddique Nizami, Prof Dr Najeeb Jamal, Rafiuddin Hashmi, Khalid Mahmood Khan, Dr Khalid Iqbal Yasir, Prof Dr Basira Ambreen, Dr Liaqat Ali, Dr Fakhira Noreen, Dr Muhammad Naeem, Dr Zaheer Abbas, Abdul Basit and Prof Dr Zia-ul-Hassan presented research papers on Dr Jameel Jalibi’s literary criticism, literary history, research, editing and translation.