Gul Pacha Ulfat ګل پاچا الفت | |
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| President of Tribal Affairs of Afghanistan | |
| In office 25 April 1963 – 25 October 1965 | |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Yusuf |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1909 (1909) |
| Died | 19 December 1977(1977-12-19) (aged 67–68) Qarghayi District, Laghman Province,Republic of Afghanistan |
Gul Pacha Ulfat ګل پاچا الفت | |
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| Occupations | Professor, Writer, Poet |
| Years active | 1935 - 1967 |
SayyidGul Pacha Ulfat (Pashto:ګل پاچا الفت) was born in 1909 inQarghayi District ofLaghman Province,Afghanistan.[1] Ulfat was a prominent poet and author of thePashto language.
Gul Pacha Ulfat, son of Meer Sayed Pacha, was born in 1909 in the village of Aziz Khan Kats, Qarghayi District of Laghman Province. After acquiring a good knowledge of Arabic and religion, he studied Sarf,Nahw,Mantiq,Hadith andTafseer from the local Islamic scholars.
After completing his religious education and private studies in 1935, he was appointed as a clerk in nationalAnis Newspaper.[2] In 1949 and 1952, he was elected as member of the National Assembly by the people ofJalalabad, capital ofNangarhar Province, and people of Qarghayi District of Laghman respectively. Meanwhile, he founded the Wolas, a national weekly in 1951. He remained as the chief editor ofWolas Weekly until the end of 1953.
Ulfat attended the Grand Assembly sessions in 1955, representing the people of Jalalabad. In 1956, he was appointed as the president of thePashto Academy,[2] locally known as the "Pashto Tolana" and in 1963 he was promoted to a central cabinet post as the President of the Tribal Affairs.[2] At the same time he served as a professor of Pashto language and literature inKabul University, Faculty of Literature and Faculty of Law and Political Sciences. In 1964, he resigned from his ministerial post and was once again elected to the National Assembly by the people of Jalalabad.[2] At the end of his term, he went into retirement.
Ulfat along withGhulam Hassan Safi, Abdul Hadi Tokhay, Mohammad Rasul Pashtun, Fayz Mohammad Angar, Qiamuddin Khadem, Ghulam Mohayuddin Zurmulwal, Abur Raof Benawa, Nur Mohammad Taraki, and others were the founding member of Afghan political movementWeesh Zalmyan (Awakened Youth) in 1947.[3]
After his retirement, Ulfat continued his contribution to the enrichment of Pashto Literature, as a poet and writer until the last moment of his life. He was the author of several books about religious, ethical, political and social matters, in verse and prose forms in addition to numerous articles. Some of his books are still unpublished. Ulfat had been awarded some medals namely Khushhal Khan, Abu Ali Sina, Education and the Star medals.[1]
Gul Pacha Ulfat spent the last days of his life in his village in Laghman Province. He died on the 19 December 1977 at the age of 67 due to heart failure. He was buried in his family graveyard in the same village.
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