Zamir Jafri
Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox writer Syed Zamir Jafri (Urdu: سيد ضمير شاه جعفري; January 1, 1916 – May 12, 1999) was a Pakistani poet, writer, social critic, humourist, comedian, columnist, broadcaster and telecaster.<ref name="Zamir Jafri Biography">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He is best known for his Urdu poetry which gained international recognition.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
BiographyEdit
Zamir Jafri was born in a Syed family.Template:Citation needed He was the father of former head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Ehtesham Zamir and professional cricketer Syed Imtanan Zamir. His native village, Chak Abdul Khaliq, is located near Dina, in the Jhelum district.<ref name=":1" />
Jafri has had great influence on Urdu poetry, and has focused on themes of peace and love for mankind.<ref name=":0" /> He had published 78 books of poetry and prose, written in Urdu, Punjabi, and English.<ref name="Zamir Jafri Biography"/>
Jafri was posted to the Far East where he continued to serve in the Education Corps of Pakistan Army and participated in the Indo-Pakistani wars of 1947–1948 and 1965.Template:Citation needed He retired from the Army as a Major in 1965 and was appointed the first Director Public Relations of Capital Development Authority - a body formed to look after the development of Pakistan's newly announced capital at Islamabad.Template:Citation needed Jafri remained at this post for over fifteen years and had the honor of naming the roads and residential/commercial sectors of the new capital.Template:Citation needed Thereafter, he served on contract assignments as Deputy Director-General of Pakistan National Centre in the Ministry of Information, as Advisor to the Chief Commissioner Afghan Refugees and lastly as Chief Editor in the Academy of Letters.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>