Web Desk:
The 15th death anniversary of veteran literary scholar and poet Ahmad Shah Awan commonly known as Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi is being observed on Saturday.
Qasmi made a name for himself at a time when it was difficult to do so. His contemporaries were Saadat Hasan Manto, Ismat Chughtai, Krishan Chandra, and Ghulam Abbas.
Qasmi was also a known figure across the border in Bollywood. Poet and lyricist Gulzar thought of Qasmi as his teacher and wrote a poem dedicated to him.
Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi passed away on July 10, 2006, at the age of 90 in Lahore. He was awarded the President’s Pride of Performance in 1968 and Pakistan’s highest civil honor, the Sitara-i-Imtiaz, for literature.
