She earned a PhD from Multan's Bahauddin Zakaria University in 2003 under the supervision of Dr Rubeena Tareen.
Born into a family of scholars and poets in 1953 in Okara (Punjab), Muneeba Khanum began teaching Urdu in Punjab's colleges after doing her MA in Urdu from Punjab University. Her brother Prof Mubeen Ahmed has informed the readers in the introduction that the author Dr Muneeba Khanum passed away in 2004 while she was in Saudi Arabia where she had gone to perform Haj. But I felt really sorry when I read that we lost this fine research scholar a few years ago. Published by Multan's Beacon Books, Urdu mein qata nigari is Muneeba Khanum's doctoral dissertation. In fact the book can be seen as ample proof that genuine and commendable research work is still being carried out at our universities. But going through the book, I realised that his recommendation was not unfair. Though Abraar is a good research scholar and despite being quite young commands respect of the literary circles for his erudite research papers, I at first did not give the book much importance thinking that it was yet another case of what our society sees as an obligation promoting a friend or favourite whether deserving or not. Just when we begin to think that the standards of research in Urdu - and the standards of education in general - are falling, a good book or a worthwhile research publication in Urdu appears and makes one think that all is not lost after all.Ī few months ago Dr Abraar Abdus Salam, a friend based in Multan, sent me a book titled Urdu mein qata nigari and said that I ought to read it.
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