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Aqeel Abbas Jafri
Aqeel Abbas Jafri in 2012
Aqeel Abbas Jafri in 2012
Born (1957-08-10) August 10, 1957 (age 66)
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
OccupationJournalist, Writer
LanguageUrdu
NationalityPakistani
EducationMA (Journalism)
Literary movementHalqa-e Arbab-e Zauq
Notable worksPakistan Chronicle
RelativesWazir Hasan Jafri (father)

Aqeel Abbas Jafri (Urdu: عقیل عباس جعفری) (born August 10, 1957 in Karachi, Pakistan), is a Pakistani writer, poet and architect and chief editor of Urdu Dictionary Board in Pakistan.[1][2]

Works

Jafri spent 20 years compiling and writing Pakistan Chronicle, which was published in 2010.[2] The book has rare photographs and accounts of historic events from August 14, 1947 (Independence Day of Pakistan) to March 31, 2010.[2] This book reads like a fact-sheet on Pakistani events with over 4000 pictures on its 1,080 pages.[2]

References

  1. ^ Nokhaiz Sahi (10 December 2016). "Four babus retirement notified (Aqeel Abbas Jafri appointed Chief Editor of Urdu Dictionary Board)". The Nation (newspaper). Retrieved 20 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d "Pakistan Chronicle: an encyclopaedic account of Pakistan history". Dawn. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

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