Zamir Jafri

Syed Zamir Jafri
Born	(1916-01-01)January 1, 1916 Chak Abdul Khaliq, Dina Jehlum, Punjab Province, British India
Died	May 12, 1999(1999-05-12) (aged 83) Islamabad, Punjab, Pakistan
Occupation	Major (Retd.), Urdu poet, Scholar
Alma mater	Islamia College, Lahore
Genre	Humorous poetry
Notable works	"Maa fizzamir"(humorous poetry),"Nishat e tama' etc

Syed Zamir Jafri (Urdu: سيد ضمير شاه جعفري; January 1, 1916 – May 12, 1999) was a Pakistani poet, writer, social critic, comedian, columnist, broadcaster and telecaster.^[1] He is best known for his work revolved around his Urdu poetry.^[2]^[3]

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Biography

Zamir Jafri was born in a Syed family.^{[citation needed]} He was the father of former Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Ehtesham Zamir. His native village, Chak Abdul Khaliq, is located near Dina, in the Jhelum district.^[3]

Jafri has had great influence on Urdu poetry, and has focused on themes of peace and love for mankind.^[2] He had published 78 books of poetry and prose, written in Urdu, Punjabi, and English.^[1]

Jafri was posted to the Far East where he continued to serve in the Education Corps of Pakistan Army and participated in the Indo-Pakistani wars of 1947–1948 and 1965.^{[citation needed]} He retired from the Army as a Major in 1965 and was appointed the first Director Public Relations of Capital Development Authority - a body formed to look after the development of Pakistan’s newly announced capital at Islamabad.^{[citation needed]} Jafri remained at this post for over fifteen years and had the honor of naming the roads and residential/commercial sectors of the new capital.^{[citation needed]} Thereafter, he served on contract assignments as Deputy Director-General of Pakistan National Centre in the Ministry of Information, as Advisor to the Chief Commissioner Afghan Refugees and lastly as Chief Editor in the Academy of Letters.^[4]

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Citations

^ ^a ^b "Zamir Jafri Biography". PoetrySoup. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
^ ^a ^b "Syed Zameer Jafri - Profile & Biography". Rekhta. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
^ ^a ^b "Poet Zamir Jafri remembered". The Nation. 2018-05-13. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
^ "Life Profile". www.syedzamirjafri.com. Retrieved 2020-05-16.

Bibliography

K̲h̲aṭak, ʻIrfānullāh (2017). Sayyid Ẓamīr Jaʻfrī: shak̲h̲ṣīyat aur fan [Sayyid Ẓamīr Jaʻfrī: Personality and Art] (in Urdu). Islamabad: Pakistan Academy of Letters. OCLC 990057372.
Rani, Safura (2017). Sayyid Ẓamīr Jaʻfrī kī sanjīdah shāʻirī kā taḥqīqī va tanqīdī jāʼizah [An analytical study of Sayyid Ẓamīr Jaʻfrī's poetry] (Thesis) (in Urdu). Lahore: Mavara Publishers. OCLC 983799172.