Punjab Urdu Academy

Introduction

Punjab Urdu Academy is the rewarding outcome of tireless efforts of several committed Urdu intellectuals, scholars, poets, fiction writers, students and researchers. They all unitedly and persistently have been demanding the establishment of Punjab Urdu Academy on practical lines. For that matter, the demand for the Academy symbolizes the aspirations of the whole of Punjab.
Hope was always there - a day would come when dreams come true:

Zinda hain is umeed isi aarzoo mein hum
Yeh shajar barg-o-bar bhi layega ek din

We know well that Punjab (Land of Five Rivers) and Urdu have been closely interlinked since ancient times. The renowned linguistic and researcher Hafiz Mehmood Sheerani has established with tenable historical evidences in his celebrated book Punjab Mein Urdu that undivided Punjab was the very fountainhead of Urdu language and literature. This indeed is commendable and something we feel so richly proud of.

Sardar Bhagwant Singh Maan

Chairman

Sardar Harjot Singh Bains

Vice Chairman

Dr. Mohammad Jamil-Ur-Rehman

Sr. Vice Chairman

Dr. Ranjodh Singh

Secretary

PUA at a Glance

Objectives of PUA

The Aims and Objects for which the society is formed are to promote Urdu Language in the State as given below:

To encourage propagation, study and promotion of Urdu Language and its literature in the State.
To encourage research and creative literature.
To undertake the publication of standard books and journals.
To arrange group discussions, study circles, seminars, conferences, symposia etc.
To undertake and encourage translation and transliteration of standard works from other languages into Urdu (Persian Script) and vice versa.

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