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Hasnain Nazish Hasnain Nazish is a distinguished short story writer, columnist and travelogue-writer from Punjab, Pakistan. His first short story appeared in 1999 by the name of "Thanx God" in a literary magazine "Khushbu" however his first collection of short-stories was published in 2007 with the title "Pehli Uraan" and received credits from the veteran Muhammad Mansha Yaad and other critics like Muhammad Hameed Shahid, Pro. Jalil Aaali and Pro. Nasir Bashir etc. He contributed Urdu short stories to many literary magazines. He has published one collection of short stories,, along with a book about creation of Urdu language, its evolution, kinds of Urdu literature and throwing light on different Urdu movements of the past in the book "Urdu Hay Jis Ka Naam" and a travelogue (Safarnama/Seyahatnama) to Turkey which was published in 2013. He also gave services in the field of teaching Urdu language and literature in different universities and other well known educational institutions.

PEN NAME As a youngster he had a keen interest in poetry and chose “Nazish”. After realizing that enough had been contributed in Urdu poetry he started writing prose in the form of short stories and columns in Newspapers yet he kept the pen name.

Personal Life and Education The real name of Hasnain Nazish is Hasnain Asghar Qureshi. He was born in his maternal grandmother's home at Chhara Pani in 12th May 1977, near the city Murree which is a tourist and pleasant city of Punjab, Pakistan. Then his parents settled in Rawalpindi. He passed his matriculation from Government High School Rawalpindi and passed his FA & graduation from Government Degree College Satellite Town Rawalpindi then he got master degrees in Economics, Urdu and Business Administration from the universities of Punjab and Allama Iqbal University.