Researcher, Essayist, Translator and Critic Professor Ashiq Raheel's Interview | Part-2 |

Researcher, critic, travel writer, essayist, translator and poet Professore Ashiq Raheel was born in 1935 at the house of Barkat Ali in Mouza Noor Mahal district of Jalandhar. Educated till 7th at D.V. High School, Noor Mahal. Immigrated to Lahore in 1947. Matriculated from Muslim Model School Lahore and graduated from Government College Lahore. After completing his master's degree in mathematics, he became a lecturer in Nowshehra (KPK). Received an M.Sc. degree from the University of London on a scholarship in 1975. On his return from London, he settled in Lahore instead of Peshawar and started teaching in Science College, Wahdat Road, from where he retired in 1995. Notable publications include Sochan(Insha'i-Gulshan-e-Adab Publications Lahore-1992), Addhy Pagal (Insha'i-Gulshan-e-Adab Publications Lahore-2001). Des Bane Pardes (Travelogue of India - Gulshan Adab Publications Lahore - 2007) Naveyan Puraniyan Yaadan (Travelogue of England. Gulshan Adab Publications Lahore. 2005). Niagara De Aar Paar (US-Canada Travelogue. Gulshan-e-Adab Publications Lahore-2012) Muradan Hoiyan Puriyan (Travelogue) Teray Ruba Ru(Travelogue-Gulshan-e-Adab Publications Lahore, 2017) Lisaniyat (with the participation of Mukhtar Javed. New Book Depot Lahore-1994) and Arabic to Persian to Punjabi translations (Farooq Sons Lahore. Guide MA Punjabi). His Transliterated books from Gurmukhi to Shahmukhi are: Punjabi Canada (Tarlochan Singh) 'South Asia (Tarlochan Singh)' Rejhan Di Patari (Capt. Gordial Singh) 'Pachham Wal Khulda Boha (Gurdial Kanwal)'. He continued to publish a series of magazines entitled "Suneha". Several special issues of this magazine have been published in which Raja Magazine Number (December 2007) Sain Akhtar Number (February 2008) Razia Farrukh Award Winning Stories Number (March-2008) Sangat Number (April-May 2008) Kahani Kar Number ( Bibliography Punjabi Fiction Writers 1947 to 2009) Muhammad Iqbal Zakhmi Number (December 2009) Sir Shahabuddin Number (January-March 2010) Farkhunda Lodhi Number (June 2010) Sain Hayat Pasroori Number (September-2010) Ali Arshad Mir Number (November 2010), Bhagat Singh Number (March-April 2011) are worth mentioning.