1. Tabassum Akhlaq is a poet, writer, columnist and event organiser from Pakistan.
13 Facts About Tabassum Akhlaq
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Tabassum Akhlaq is the granddaughter of Josh Malihabadi and the founding chairperson of Josh Memorial Committee.
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Tabassum Akhlaq, birth name Tabassum Afridi, was born to Sajjad Haider Kharosh and Anwar Begum on 19 May 1964 in Karachi, Pakistan.
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Tabassum Akhlaq's father was the only son of the revolutionary Urdu poet, Josh Malihabadi while her mother was the daughter of a former Minister to the Nawab of the princely state of Junagadh.
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Tabassum Akhlaq completed her primary education at Pakistan Model School, Karachi.
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Tabassum Akhlaq started writing free verse poetry at the early age of 12.
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Tabassum Akhlaq regularly attended these gathering and as a result of the influences, she slowly developed her own writing style and gradually developed into a mature poet.
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Tabassum Akhlaq participated in and won various poetry and prose competitions in her college.
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Tabassum Akhlaq married Akhlaq Ahmad Malik, an entrepreneur and government supplier, on 29 April 1984.
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Tabassum Akhlaq relocated to Rawalpindi after marriage and has four children.
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Tabassum Akhlaq founded the Josh Memorial Committee on 10 January 1987 along with Maulana Kausar Niazi, Zia Jalandhari, Dr Inaam-ul-Haq Javed, Ghazanfar Mehdi, Farrukh Jamal, Syed Arif, Shams Rizwi, Maqsood Jafri and various others.
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Tabassum Akhlaq is an active poet, speaker and columnist in domestic, national and international events.
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Tabassum Akhlaq is working on a biography of Josh Malihabadi and a compilation of her columns.