Moinuddin Aqeel

Pakistani Scholar – Moinuddin Aqeel
Born 25 June 1946
Residence Karachi
Citizenship Pakistani
Nationality Pakistani
Fields Urdu literature
Institutions University of Karachi
Alma mater University of Karachi
Doctoral advisor Abul Lais Siddiqui
Known for Urdu literature

Moinuddin Aqeel (Urdu: معین الدین عقیل) (b. 25 June 1946) is an author, critic being a scholar of Urdu literature and [from Pakistan, who served the University of Karachi as Professor and chairman of Urdu department. He also remained Director of the Bureau of Composition, Compilation and Translation, University of Karachi. Besides University of Karachi, Dr. Aqeel taught Urdu at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan and University of Oriental Studies, Naples, Italy for several years. He also gave weekly extension lectures at the Daito Bunka University, Saitama, Japan on Pakistan's culture and history. He is currently Dean of the Faculty of Languages and Literature and has served as Chairman of the Department of Urdu at International Islamic University, Islamabad.

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Awards and recognition

Aqeel became subject of study as follows:

Life and career

Aqeel was born in India and after partition, came to Pakistan. He has taught for more than 30 years at the university level and supervised many students for their M.Phil. and PhD degrees. He has written 37 books, 200 research articles/reviews/preface etc. and has visited nearly 40 countries . His personal library contains more than 30,000 books.

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