Novelist;eminent poet Kashmiri Lal Zakir passed away
Novelist;eminent poet Kashmiri Lal Zakir passed away
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Chandigarh, Kashmiri Lal Zakir, a noted poet, novelist and short story writer passed away last evening at the age of 97.

The chief minister of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar commiserated on the death of Zakir who was also the Chairman of Haryana Urdu Academy.

"With the death of Dr K L Zakir, a Padma Shri awardee, Urdu and Hindi literature have lost a doyen. He had been conferred with the honour of Fakhr-e-Haryana by the state government. His contribution to the world of literature will be remembered for long. My heartfelt condolences to the members of the bereaved family. May his soul rest in peace." Said Khattar.

With the first ghazal published in Adabi Duniya in the 1940s a publication from Lahore, Zakir’s career started.

Zakir served the Punjab Education Department during British rule.

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