Mehr Abdul Haq

{{Short description|Pakistani writer and academic}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Mehr Abdul Haq

| birth_date = 1 June 1915

| birth_place = Layyah, British India (now Pakistan)

| death_date = 23 February 1995

| death_place = Multan, Pakistan

| nationality = Pakistani

| occupation = Philologist, Linguist, Research Scholar

| awards = Pride of Performance (1994)

}}

Mehr Abdul Haq (Urdu:{{Nastaliq| مہر عبدالحق}}; {{birth date|1915|6|1|df=yes}}, Layyah, British India – {{death date|1995|2|23|df=yes}} Multan, Pakistan)[http://www.bio-bibliography.com/authors/view/5617 Bio-Bibliographies: مہر عبدالحق ،ڈاکٹر] was a philologist from Pakistan.{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1043131 |title=The jury is still out on when, where and how Urdu was born|publisher=Dawn (newspaper)|author=Rauf Parekh|date=16 September 2013|access-date=29 May 2019}}

After completing his education, he joined the education department, where he worked in different posts. He retired in 1970. He got his Ph.D. degree from University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan, in “Multani Zaban ka Urdu se talaq.” He was a Saraiki linguist, research scholar, critic, and historian. He was also an expert on Khwaja Ghulam Farid (Faridiat).{{cite web|url=http://apnaorg.com/research-papers/sabiha-1/ |title=Linguistic In Pakistan|publisher= Academy of Punjab in North America (APNA) website|author=Tariq Rahman|access-date=29 May 2019}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=nV71AwAAQBAJ&dq=linguist+mehr+abdul+haq&pg=PA123 Re-Thinking Punjab: The Construction of Saraiki Identity] GoogleBooks website, Retrieved 29 May 2019{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233670804 |title=The Saraiki Movement in Pakistan|author=Tariq Rahman|publisher=John Benjamins Publishing Company|date=Spring 1995|access-date=29 May 2019}}

He was awarded the Pride of Performance award by the President of Pakistan in 1994.