City Reporter
The Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) is going to announce the top literary award Kamal-e-Fun (Life-Time Achievement) Award-2019” of the country on Thursday (tomorrow).
A committee comprising senior writers and poets will announce the awards in the conference hall of the PAL.
According to a press release, the “Life Time Achievement Award” and “National Literary Awards” are the most important awards of the country on literary services and books.
“Life Time Achievement Award” is conferred upon for the lifelong literary services of a writer or poet.
The reward with this award is Rs 1 million. This award will be decided by a panel of the eminent and respectful writers & intellectuals throughout the country.
On this occasion the “National Literary Awards for 2019” will also be announced on the best books published during the year 2019.
For Urdu Poetry “Dr.Allama Muhammad Iqbal Award”, For Urdu Research & Critic Literature “ Baba-i-Urdu Dr. Molvi Abdul Haq Award”, For Urdu Creative Literature “Saadat Hassan Manto Award”, For Sindhi Poetry “Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai Award”, For Sindhi Prose “Mirza Qaleech Baig Award”, For Pashto Poetry “Khushall Khan Khattak Award”, For Pashto Prose “Muhammad Ajmal Khan Khattak Award”, For Pubjabi Poetry “Syed Waris Shah Award”, For Punjabi Prose “Afzal Ahsan Randhawa Award”, For Balochi Poetry “Mast Tawakali Award”, For Balochi Prose “Syed Zahoor Shah Hashmi Award ”, For Seraiki Poetry “Khawaja Ghulam Farid Award”, For Seraiki Prose “Dr. Mehar Abdul Haq Award”, For Brahvi Poetry “Taj Muhammad Tajal Award”, For Brahvi Prose “Ghulam Nabi Rahi Award”, For Hindko Poetry “Saieen Ahmed Ali Award”, For Hindko Prose “Khatir Ghazanvi Award”, For English Poetry “Daud Kamal Award”, For English Prose “Pitras Bukhari Award” and For best translation works “Muhammad Hassan Askari Award” will be announced. The amount of this award is Rs. 200,000/-each award.
