Sahar Ansari
Sahar Ansari (Urdu: سحر انصاری) (born 27 December 1939 in Aurangabad, Maharashtra) is an Urdu poet and linguist from Karachi, Pakistan. He remained associated with the University of Karachi as Professor and Chairman of Urdu department. Sahar has been awarded Tamgha-e-Imtiaz by the Government of Pakistan in 2006.
Sahar Ansari
- Name
- Sahar Ansari
- Born
- 27 December 1939
- Birthplace
- Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
- Occupation
- Urdu poet, linguist, Professor and Chairman of Urdu department at the University of Karachi
- Awards
- Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (2006)
- Nationality
- Pakistan
- Honours
- Member of the Order of Excellence
- Languages
- Urdu
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Sahar Ansari (Urdu: سحر انصاری) (born 27 December 1939 in Aurangabad, Maharashtra) is an Urdu poet and linguist from Karachi, Pakistan. He remained associated with the University of Karachi as Professor and Chairman of Urdu department. Sahar has been awarded Tamgha-e-Imtiaz by the Government of Pakistan in 2006.
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Sahar Ansari (born 1939) is a linguist, literary critic and poet, among other activities, of Pakistani nationality. The linguist was born in Aurangabad. Sahar Ansari worked in University of Karachi.
Languages used include Urdu. Honours include Member of the Order of Excellence.
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• Name — Sahar Ansari • Born — 27 December 1939 • Birthplace — Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India • Occupation — Urdu poet, linguist, Professor and Chairman of Urdu department at the University of Karachi • Language — Urdu • Awards — Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (2006)
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Ansari was found guilty of sexually harassing a fellow female Karachi University Professor in 2018. The alleged harassment incident had occurred two years earlier and had been under investigation by two committees since then.
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Sahar Ansari born at Aurangabad.
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- 1.Sahar Ansari – Profile & Biography. Rekhta.
- 2.Say no to harassment. The Nation. 2018-10-02.
- 3.Alvi, Asad. 'Never marry a poet': A Pakistani feminist on the dangers of the hypocritical intellectual male. Scroll.in. 4 January 2018.
- 4.Raja Afsar Khan. The concept. 31. 2004.
- 5.127 awards conferred on Pakistan Day. Dawn. 24 March 2006.
- 6.Yousafzai, Arshad. Dr Sahar Ansari found guilty of sexually harassing fellow KU professor. The News. 29 January 2018.
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Sahar Ansari is recorded as having received Member of the Order of Excellence.
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