UBL announces winners of the 8th UBL literary awards.

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The 8th UBL Literary Awards were held in Karachi recently. Celebrating the literary efforts of Pakistani writers, UBL held these awards for the eighth year running. The awards were held at a local hotel and the event was attended by a host of writers, literary and media personalities, socialites and celebrities.

Over 130 entries were received as nominations for the seven categories of the awards. The books, which were written by Pakistani authors and published in Pakistan in 2017 and 2018, were shortlisted by an esteemed panel of judges which included the likes of Dr. Asghar Nadeem Syed, Dr. Asif Farrukhi, Mr. Ghazi Salahuddin, Dr. Arfa Syeda, Ms. Kishwar Naheed, Dr. Anwaar Ahmad and Mr. Masood Ashar.

The winners from each category are:

Urdu Fiction: Jindar by Akhtar Raza Salimi

Urdu Non-Fiction: Us Ko Ik Shakhs Samajhna Tou Munasib Nahin by Dr. Nasir Abbas Nayyar

Urdu Poetry: Tum Kabeer by Fahmida Riaz

Translation into Urdu: Dur Uftada Shehr Say Aik Taveel Nazam by Munawar Hussain

Children's Urdu Literature: Nazmein, Pahelian Aur Nasr Paray by Shanul Haq Haqqi

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