Sahar Ansari

Sahar Ansari
Born	(1939-12-27) 27 December 1939 (age 85) Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Urdu poet, linguist, Professor and Chairman of Urdu department at the University of Karachi
Language	Urdu
Nationality	Pakistani
Notable awards	Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (2006)

Sahar Ansari, TI (Urdu: سحر انصاری) (Born: 27 Dec 1939, Aurangabad, Maharashtra)^[1] is an Urdu poet and linguist from Karachi, Pakistan.^[2][3] He remained associated with the University of Karachi as Professor and Chairman of Urdu department.^[4]

Sahar has been awarded Tamgha-e-Imtiaz by the Government of Pakistan in 2006.^[5]

Controversy

Ansari was found guilty of sexually harassing a fellow female Karachi University Professor in 2018. The alleged harassment incident had occurred two years earlier and had been under investigation by two committees since then.^[6]

References

1. "Sahar Ansari – Profile & Biography". Rekhta. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
2. "Say no to harassment". The Nation. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
3. Alvi, Asad (4 January 2018). "'Never marry a poet': A Pakistani feminist on the dangers of the hypocritical intellectual male". Scroll.in. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
4. The concept. Raja Afsar Khan. 2004. p. 31.
5. "127 awards conferred on Pakistan Day". Dawn. Pakistan. 24 March 2006. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
6. Yousafzai, Arshad (29 January 2018). "Dr Sahar Ansari found guilty of sexually harassing fellow KU professor". The News. Pakistan. Retrieved 28 March 2023.

External links

• Sahar Ansari at Archive.org
• Sahar Ansari at Mushaira.org