Pakistan Academy of Letters

Pakistan Academy of Letters

The Pakistan Academy of Letters works under the Federal Ministry of Education with a view to promoting and fostering literary activities in Pakistan and systemizing the support mechanism to scholars and writers of Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pushto, Balochi and English in the pursuit of their research and creative works.

The academy was established in July 1976 as an autonomous organization. Currently, it is being headed by renowned Urdu poet and scholar Iftikhar Arif.


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