KARACHI, April 30: Well-known short story writer Hajira Masroor has been awarded lifetime achievement award for outstanding contribution to Urdu prose by the Qatar-based Anjuman Faroogh-i-Urdu Adab. The award, which carries a sum of Rs150,000, was instituted 10 years ago and is given to prose writers in recognition of their literary works.

Ms Masroor will receive her award at a ceremony to be held in Doha in December. Other recipients of the award include Ahmad Nadeem Qasimi, Ashfaq Ahmad, Intizar Hussain, Bano Qudsia, Mukhtar Masood, Mustansir Hussain Tarar, Mohammad Khalid Akhtar and Shaukat Siddiqui.

Fateh Mohammad Malik, Iftikhar Arif, Dr Saleem Akhtar and Dr Sohail Ahmad Khan are members of the panel of judges which adjudicated on this year’s award. Mushtaq Ahmad Yousufi headed the panel.