Waheed Qureshi was a Pakistani noted linguist, literary critic, writer, researcher, educationalist and scholar of Urdu literature and oriental languages.
11 Facts About Waheed Qureshi
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Waheed Qureshi was one of the foremost scholars who helped shape the mood and colour of research on oriental languages and literature.
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Waheed Qureshi obtained honours degree in Persian in 1944, master's degree in Persian in 1946 and a master's degree in History in 1950 from Government College, Lahore.
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Waheed Qureshi was appointed lecturer in Oriental College, Punjab University, Lahore in 1963 and he became its university principal in 1980.
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Waheed Qureshi worked as dean of Islamic and Oriental Learning for many years.
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Waheed Qureshi entered the literary circles with a bang in late 1940s when he wrote Shibli ki hayat-i-muashaqa, a research work that unearthed the love-life of Shibli Nomani, a renowned Muslim scholar, and tried to portray him as a human in the light of Freudian theories.
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Waheed Qureshi remained editor of several literary and research journals, including Saheefa, Iqbal Review and Iqbal for many years.
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Waheed Qureshi held the charge of Director Iqbal Academy Pakistan from July 1982 to April 1983 in first term and from September 1993 to June 1997 in second term.
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Dr Waheed Qureshi was a researcher, critic, poet, teacher, administrator and known as a witty person.
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Waheed Qureshi gave comic speeches on Radio Pakistan on several occasions.
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Dr Waheed Qureshi died on 17 October 2009 in Lahore, Pakistan.