Haider Qureshi


Haider Qureshi, born Qureshi Ghulam Haider Arshad on 1 September 1953 in Rabwah, Punjab, is a Pakistani Urdu poet, writer and journalist.

Personal life

Qureshi was born in Rabwah, Chiniot District, Punjab, Pakistan to a Seraiki-speaking family. His father Qureshi Ghulam Sarwar was from Khanpur, Rahim Yar Khan. When Qureshi was still a child, he started to write his own verses. After finishing secondary education in 1968, he wrote his first romantic story, working at a sugar mill. Later he obtained his Master of Arts in Urdu literature in 1976. He wrote his first ghazal in 1971 which was subsequently published in a weekly magazine Lahore.

Literary career

Qureshi was an active member of literary circles in Khanpur. His five publications are related to anthologies of ghazal, nazm and mahiya. He had also penned short stories, sketches, inshaiya, a travelog of his pilgrimage to Mecca and a literary journal titled Umre-La ' haasil ka Haasil . He is also a strong supporter of Urdu mahiya and has been both praised and criticised for his work on mahiya in the poetry circles.
He is the editor of the literary Urdu magazine Jadeed Adab, first launched from Khanpur in 1978, and later from Germany.
Qureshi's poetry has been translated into English, Arabic, German and Turkish.
Most of his literary work is comprised in the book Umr-e-Lahaasil Ka Haasil, a Kulliyat of both poetry and prose.

Jadeed Adab

Jadeed Adab was an Urdu literary magazine based in Germany founded by Haider Qureshi; he remains its editor-in-chief. It is published from Germany, Pakistan and India, in print form and on the internet. It was first launched in 1978 from Khanpur, Pakistan.
Jadeed Adab was founded in 1978 from Khanpur, Pakistan, by Haider Qureshi at the cost of his spouse Mubarika Haider's jewelry which he sold one after another until all were sold and the magazine ceased to be published. Nazar Khaliq in the Honorary editor and Shafiq Ahmad is an adviser. It is published from Germany, Pakistan and India, and it is available both in print form and on the internet. After several years the magazine was restarted from Germany.
Jadeed Adab was the only regularly published Urdu literary magazine.

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