New Delhi: Former Director General Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine (CCRUM) Dr Mohammed Khalid Siddiqui has been selected for Life Time Achievement Award on the occasion of World Urdu Day. World Urdu day is celebrated every year on November 9 on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the poet of the east Dr Allama Iqbal by Urdu Development Organisation and United Muslim of India.
This year the function will be held at Ghalib Academy. The programme will be presided over by veteran journalist Jalaluddin Aslam.
National convener World Urdu Day Dr Syed Ahmed Khan told that those who have been selected for the award are Dr Azizullah Sheerani for Munshi Prem Chand Award for constructive literature, Moin Shadab Delhi for Hafeez Meerathi Award for poetry, Dr Razaur Rahman Aakif Sumbhuli for Maulana Ismail Meerathi award for children’s literature and Dr Imran Andaleeb for Qazi Adeel Abbasi award for literature.