THE AUTHOR AND HIS PUBLICATIONS
Major (Retd) Muhammad Nawaz Khan
Son of Malik Abdul Baqi Khan, Frontier Force Regiment and an ex-Scouts officer, was born on 23rd November 1943 at Shahbaz Garhi, Mardan. After graduating (BSc Hons) from the College of Agriculture, University of Peshawar, he joined the Pakistan Army. He is also a graduate (psc) of Command and Staff College and the Army College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (ptsc) and diploma holder of the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore. His literary career started in 1957.
Major Nawaz takes keen interest in history and heritage and his articles appear regularly in national journals and newspapers. More than 189 research oriented articles and 35 of his books/booklets and brochures of poetry/prose, history/tourism/archaeology and cultural heritage, etc, in Urdu, Pashto and English have been published. Over 113 books/booklets and over 139 articles are ready for publication. The articles have been published in 34 newspapers and journals. He has also written the scripts of 15 Urdu and Pashto programmes on cultural heritage for Pakistan Television Corporation, which have been telecast and widely appreciated. His interview on cultural heritage and tourism was also telecast by Pakistan Television. He was also interviewed by BBC on History of Balahisar Fort and Peshawar. He keeps on delivering lectures on History and Culture of the region to various international and domestic delegation/groups from time to time.
Major Nawaz is currently the proprietor/editor of the Gandhara Times, Peshawar, which has been launched for the preservation of cultural heritage and promotion of tourism in Pakistan. He had also been student editor of Pashto section of Khirman, the journal of the College of Agriculture, Peshawar University. He is also a member of National Heritage Foundation and member executive committees of the Kalash Environment Protection Society, Pakistan Heritage Society and Irfan Society. He is also a member of the NWFP government’s Roundtable on Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Development and member of NWFP government’s Experts Committee for assisting and advising Departments of Archaeology and Culture regarding protection, preservation and development of cultural, archaeological and architectural heritage of the province. He is also a member of the Task Force on Tourism of the NWFP government. He has participated in many seminars, workshops, conventions, conferences and meetings about cultural heritage and tourism. He also manages Gandhara Markaz, which publishes books/brochures. He has started work on ‘Major Nawaz Research Trust’ from December 20, 2003, for the help of researchers and scholars. The author has already got a collection of over 7,000 books and journals, 3,000 historical newspapers, 4,000 copies of The Gandhara Times, over 10,000 newspaper cuttings and a large number of manuscript books and rare articles. He maintains a ‘Historical and Literary (Tarikhi wa Adabi) Diary’, which is used for future compilation of articles and books. So far, over 32 volumes have been compiled.
Major Nawaz has worked on a number of history, tourism projects for the Frontier Corps (NWFP), Frontier Constabulary, Pakistan Army, Pakistan Air Force, Frontier Corps Foundation, Pakistan Television Corporation, Pearl Continental Hotel, Peshawar and Sarhad Tourism Corporation.
The NWFP government had requested the Frontier Corps NWFP for sending a citation about the author due to his literary works and it was duly forwarded for an award for services, humanitarian achievements and professional accomplishments that had an impact on the society and are worthy of international review, the American Biographical Institute (ABI) North Carolina of The United States of America nominated/recommended the name of Maj (Retd) Muhammad Nawaz for:
PUBLICATIONS BY MAJOR NAWAZ