Wasif Ali Wasif Biography

 

Name: Wasif Ali Wasif 

Nick Name: Baba g Huzur

Father Name : Malik Muhammed Arif

Nationality: Pakistani

Religion : Islam

Data of Birth 15 January 1929

Born Place:  Khushab

Profession : Poet, Teacher, Writer

Education :  Islamia College Lahore, GC Lahore

Died on :  18 January 1993

 

 

Wasif Ali Wasif Biographay:

• Wasif Ali Wasif received his early education from Khushab and then moved to Jhang where he passed matriculation, intermediate and bachelor’s in first division.
• Wasif was good at playing hockey and  he received many awards during his school and college time.
• Wasif also wrote for the college magazine named “Ravi” in his college days.
• He also passed the civil service exam (CSS)  but did not pursue it.
• He established his own institute named “Lahore English College” near  old anarkali in Lahore in 1962.
• He is said to have been cited in quotations more than any other contemporary Urdu writer.
• He was a regular columnist of Pakistani Urdu daily newspaper Nawa-i-Waqt. His column was named “GUFTGOO (گفتگو)”.

 

Wasif Ali Wasif Books:

• Kiran Kiran Sooraj (Aphorism) 1983
• Dil Darya Samundar (Essays) 1987
• Qatra Qatra Qulzum (Essays) 1989