Anwaar Ahmad

Anwaar Ahmad obtained his early education from the Muslim Boys High School in Multan, Pakistan. He earned his Masters (Urdu) degree from Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan in 1969. He then went on to obtain his PhD from Bahauddin Zakariya University in 1985. His dissertation was titled Urdu Short Story in its Socio-Political Perspective. ==Career==

After obtaining his master's degree in Urdu, Anwaar Ahmad served the Education Department of the Government of Punjab and Government of Balochistan for six years. In 1975, he joined Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan as a lecturer in the Department of Urdu. He served the same institution as chairman of the Department of Urdu, chairman of the Department of Seraiki and dean of the Faculty of Languages and Islamic Studies until his retirement in 2007. He was sent as a delegate by the Government of Pakistan to Ankara University, Turkey for a period of four years (1995–1999). He was associated with the department of Urdu and Pakistan studies. After his retirement in 2007, he was appointed the chairman of the department of Urdu and dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Government College University, Faisalabad. In 2009, he proceeded to Osaka University in Osaka, Japan as a visiting associate professor. On 17 June 2011, he was appointed as the chairman of the National Language Authority by the prime minister of Pakistan on the recommendation of the chairman search committee (Cabinet Division, Pakistan). He retired from the post on 12 December 2012.Has been writing Urdu columns titled 'Wada Khilafi' in the Urdu daily Dunya News. He also writes for the Pakistani socio-political website Top Story Online. He served as the Director General at University of Gujrat's Sialkot sub-campus for a period of two years (2013–2015). Presently, he is associated with Bahauddin Zakariya University as a visiting professor at Department of Urdu. ==References==