Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Poetic Obituaries: [Sabir] Afaqi has authored more than 50

books in Gojri language and over hundred articles in Gojri Language. An educationist and a poet, Afaqi, born in 1933 at village Gohari (Muzaffarabad), did his MA in Urdu) and Arabic and Persian from Punjab University and B.Ed. from Peshawar University. He did his PhD in Persian literature and language from Tehran University (1968-72). For 30 years, he had served the POK University as Professor and later as head of Urdu Department.

from IBN Live: Leading Gojri writer dead

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