Liaquat Ali Asim
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{{Short description|Pakistani Urdu language poet (1951–2019)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1951|08|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Karachi, Sindh province, Pakistan
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|06|29|1951|08|14|df=y}}
| death_place = Karachi, Sindh province, Pakistan
| occupation = Poet, linguist
| language = Urdu
| native_name_lang = لیاقت علی عاصم
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Liaquat Ali Asim (1951–2019) was a Pakistani Urdu language poet and linguist{{Cite web|url=https://urdu.arynews.tv/poet-liaqat-ali-asim-passes-away/|title=معروف شاعر اور ماہر لسانیت لیاقت علی عاصم انتقال کرگئے|date=June 29, 2019}} who served in Urdu Dictionary Board from 1980 to 2011,{{Cite web|url=https://jang.com.pk/news/654380-poet-liaquat-ali-asim-passes-away|title=زندہ ضمیر کے ترجمان شاعر، لیاقت علی عاصم دُنیا چھوڑ گئے|website=jang.com.pk}} and retired as editor of the Board.
Biography
Asim was born on Manora Island, Karachi on 14 August 1951. He was one of the youngest of his 8 brothers and 1 sister. He belonged to the Konkani community. He was a Konkani Muslim.
He worked for the Urdu Dictionary Board for three decades. Eight collections of his poetry have been published, which include Sabd-e-Gul (1977), Āngan Meiṉ Samandar (1988), Raqs-e-Wisāl (1996), Nasheeb-e-Shahar (2008), Dil Kharashī (2011), Bāġh To Sārā Jānāy Hai (2013), Nesh-e-Ishq (2017) and Mere Katbe Pe Uskā Naam Likho (2019).{{Cite web|url=https://www.independenturdu.com/node/10461/%D9%81%D9%86/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A8/%D8%B3%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7-%DA%A9%D8%A7-%D8%B2%DB%81%D8%B1-%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%81-%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%AA-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%85-%DA%A9%DB%8C-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B1%DB%8C|title=سقراط کا زہر پیالہ اور لیاقت علی عاصم کی شاعری|date=2 July 2019|website=انڈپینڈنٹ اردو}} Asim died on 29 June 2019 in Karachi due to gallbladder cancer.
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