Education
Born in the village of Domeli, in the Punjab province of Pakistan, he studied at schools in Chakwal, Khushab, Wazirabad, Attock, Bahawalnagar and at Gordon College, Rawalpindi.
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Shafqat Tanvir Mirza
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He was awarded the Government of Pakistan"s civil award in 2005. He was also a journalist union leader and was sent to jail twice because of his activities on behalf of newspapers he worked foreign Mirza"s earlier career centred on Rawalpindi, where he worked for the daily newspapers Tameer and Hilal, as well as at Radio Pakistan.
In 1970, he joined Daily Musawat, subsequently moving on to Daily Imroze, where he became editors
In the 1990s, Shafqat Tanvir Mirza joined the English language newspaper Dawn, where he contributed regular columns on Punjabi language and culture. Shafqat Tanvir Mirza was also active as an author, writing and translating a number of books
He wrote in Urdu, Punjabi and English. Tehreek-i-Azadi Vich Punjab da Hissa (Punjabi) Adab Raheen Punjab de Tareekh (Punjabi) Resistance Themes in Punjabi Literature (English) Making of a Nation (English) Shah Hussain, a Biography (Urdu) Lahu suhag, a Punjabi translation of Blood Wedding by Garcia Lorca Booha Koeena, a Punjabi translation of Number Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre Akhia Sachal Sarmast nay, a translation of the Seraiki prose of Sachal Sarmast.
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Pakistan