Daily Archives: February 10, 2023

Based on credible intelligence, a sanitisation Operation was initiated on 10 Feb 23 in Kohlu area of Balochistan to deny Terrorists any Liberty of action.

During the ensuing sanitisation of the area, an IED exploded close to the leading party. Resultantly, two officers (Major Jawad and Captain Sagheer) embraced Shahadat and laid their lives in defence of the motherland against an externally perpetrated threat.

The sanitization Operation continues in the area to apprehend perpetrators and enemies of peace.

Such cowardly acts by inimical elements cannot sabotage the hard earned peace and prosperity in Balochistan. Security Forces are determined to neutralise their nefarious designs even at the cost of blood and lives. – ISPR

Renowned drama writer and poet Amjad Islam Amjad passed away on Friday in Lahore due to sudden cardiac arrest. He was not suffering from any chronic disease and died at the age of 78.

Amjad Islam Amjad is also the recipient of Sitara-e-Imtiaz and is the author of more than 40 books in a career spanning 50 years. He has received many awards for his literary work and screenplay for TV, including Pride of Performance.

Some of his plays, dramatised by Pakistan Television (PTV) and other private television channels, had won international acclaim. “Waaris”, “Samandar”, “Waqt”, “Dehleez”, “Raat” and “Apne Log” were among his most popular screenplays.

Amjad was born on August 4, 1944 in Lahore. He did his Maters in Urdu from University of Punjab in 1967. In 1968, he was appointed as an Urdu professor in the MAO College Lahore. He continued to be a professor there until 1975. Same year in August, he became the deputy director in Punjab’s Arts Council.

He also translated the poetries of the African poets in Urdu called “Kale Logon ki Roshan Nazmein”.