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Munir Fayyaz is a prominent poet (Urdu and English), Translator, Critic and serving as Assistant Professor (English) in F. G. Colleges, Islamabad, Paksitan. He gives lectures on Literature and Translation Studies in leading University of the Capital City. He has recently edited special issue of “Pakistan Literature” (Contemporary Short Stories of Pakistan) published by Pakistan Academy of Letters. Munir Fayyaz is also a broadcaster at Radio Pakistan Islamabad and Panelist of Pakistan Television (World) for Literary Programs. He has been translating Pakistani Poetry and Fiction into English since 2009. His debut translations into Urdu are: Contemporary Chinese Short Stories, Kyrgyz Writer Cengiz Aitmatov’s novellas, An Anthology of Nepali Poets as “Nepal ki Aawa” (The Voice of Nepal). Morevoer, He has also written profiles of poets and writers of International fame: Naguib Mahfouz and John Ashberry, and the US Poet Laureates Tracy K. Smith and Juan Philipe Herrera. View all posts by →