(Pakistan News & Features Services)
Dr Jamil Jalibi, an acclaimed linguist, critic, writer, and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics from Pakistan, was known to be having a passion for library and information science as well because of his devotion to books and education.
Prof Dr Nasim Fatima, the first lady chairperson of the Library & Information Science department at the University of Karachi, was one of the ablest associates of Dr Jamil Jalibi, who also served as the Vice Chancellor of the university.
Dr Khawar Jamil has compiled the book titled Dr Jamil Jalibi Kay Naam which contains letters written by Prof Dr Nasim Fatima to one of her mentors. The published letters are from the time period of 1987 to 2005 when Dr Jamil Jalibi was heading Urdu Dictionary Board and Muqtadira Qaumi Zuban.
Prof Dr Nasim Fatima revered Dr Jamil Jalibi as a great teacher and the letters she wrote to him from time to time reflected her admiration towards the renowned intellectual. The correspondence between the two eminent personalities contained literary flavours which could be handy for the researchers.
Dr Jamil Jalibi, in his lifetime, had acknowledged Prof Dr Nasim Fatima as an inspiring teacher who urged her students in taking to scholastic and research works. He was highly appreciative of her role in the profession of Library and Information Science.
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