ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) will announce the winners of the country’s prestigious literary Kamal-i-Fun Award 2020 on March 31 (tomorrow).

An event in this regard will be held at the PAL office. The award is considered to be one of the most important awards in the country for literature. A cash prize of Rs1,000,000 is presented to the winner. The awards include Dr Allama Mohammad Iqbal Award for Urdu poetry, Baba Urdu Maulvi Abdul Haq Award for Urdu prose (research and critical literature), Saadat Hassan Manto Award for Urdu prose, Syed Waris Shah Award for Punjabi poetry and Afzal Ahsan Randhawa Award for Punjabi prose, Shah Abdul Latif Award for Sindhi poetry, Mirza Kalich Beg Award for Sindhi prose, Khushkhal Khan Khattak Award for Pashto poetry and Mohammad Ajmal Khattak Award for Pashto prose, Syed Zahoor Shah Hashmi Award for Balochi prose, Khawaja Ghulam Farid Award for Seraiki poetry, Mehr Abdul Haq Award for Seraiki prose, Taj Mohammad Tajal Award for Brahui poetry, Ghulam Nabi Rahi Award for Brahui prose, Sai Ahmad Ali Award for Hindko poetry, Khater Ghaznavi Award for Hindko prose, Dawood Kamal Award for English poetry, Pitrus Bukhari Award for English prose and the Mohammad Hassan Askari Award for the best translated book. The author of each award winning book will be given Rs200,000.

Published in Dawn, March 30th, 2022