Muhammad Asim Butt is an Urdu

Urdu

Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

 novelist, short story

Short story

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 writer, translator, researcher

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, editor

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, critic

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 and journalist

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. He has published one novel and two collections of short stories along with a number of books translated from English

English language

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 into Urdu and vice versa.

Butt also writes in English and has published Qissah Chahaar Darvaish (retelling of a classical tale of four saints in English).

Biography

Muhammad Asim Butt obtained a master's degree

Master's degree

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 in philosophy

Philosophy

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 from Government College University

Government College University

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, Lahore

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, Pakistan

Pakistan

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. He started his career as a journalist but soon shifted to the development sector as human rights

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 activist. Most recently, he is working with Pakistan Academy of Letters

Pakistan Academy of Letters

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, Govt. of Pakistan as Editor of quarterly Adabiyaat, a reputed literary magazine. He lives in Islamabad

Islamabad

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, Pakistan.

Fiction

• Ishtihaar Aadami (short stories) 1998
• Daira (novel),2001
• Dastak (short stories), 2010
• Kabhi Na Khatm Hoanay Wali Kahaani (novel)

Translations

English to Urdu

• So Azeem Aadami (by Michael Hart), 1992
• Muhabbat Key Khatoot (by Khalil Gibran
  Khalil Gibran
  Khalil Gibran Jubrān Khalīl Jubrān,Jibrān Khalīl Jibrān, or Jibrān Xalīl Jibrān; Arabic , January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931) also known as Kahlil Gibran, was a Lebanese American artist, poet, and writer...
  
  ), 1993.
• Kafka Kahanian (by Franz Kafka
  Franz Kafka
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  ), 1994.
• Mukhtasar Tareekh-e-Alam (by H G Wells), 1995.
• Marco Polo Ka Safarnama (by Marco Polo
  Marco Polo
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  ), 1999.
• Muhammad (by Karen Armstrong), 2002.
• Toahamat ki Dunya (by Carl Sagan
  Carl Sagan
  Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer and science communicator in astronomy and natural sciences. He published more than 600 scientific papers and articles and was author, co-author or editor of more than 20 books...
  
  ), 2003.
• Jarey Key Phool (Japanese stories) 2003.
• Sarif Nama (introduction of consumer rights) 2004.

Urdu to English

• Tale of Four Saints (Retelling of Persian classic tale ‘Qissah Chahaar Darvaish’ into English)

Research/Criticism

• Doosra Aadami (interviews)1993
• Pakistan Sal Ba Sal, 1999
• Abdullah Hussein: Shakhsiat Aur Fun, 2009
• Democracy, 2010
• Insaani Haqooq aur Urdu Sahaafat, 2005

Recognition

Butt's literature has been the subject of Master's level research in the Urdu language department of the National University of Modern Languages

National University of Modern Languages

- Administration :The President of Pakistan is the Chancellor while the Federal Minister of Education is the Pro-Chancellor. The day-to-day administration is controlled by a Board of Governors. Federal secretaries of different ministries and prominent citizens from both private and public sectors...

 (NUML), Islamabad

Islamabad

Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...

 in 2008 and M.Phil's level research at Punjab University, Lahore in 2011 and International Islamic University, Islamabad in 2011.