Hilal Naqvi
Hilal Naqvi is a poet and an expert among modern elegy () writers and researchers of Risai Adab. Early life and education Syed Hilal Raza Naqvi was born on 18 February 1950 in Rawalpindi. His father's name was Syed Muzammil Hussain Naqvi. At the age of seven, Hilal Naqvi moved to Karachi with his family and completed all of his education here. He graduated from Siraj ud Daula College, Karachi which was established by Raja Sahib Mehmood Abaad. Then he did M. A. in Urdu from Karachi University in 1973. Later, in 1985 he also gained PhD degree from Karachi University. His PhD thesis was "Twentieth century and modern Marsiya." Start of his career Hilal Naqvi started his career in 1974. He was appointed as a lecturer of Urdu department. He has served in many colleges as Govt College Chotaki, Sindh, Siraj ud Daula College, Karachi, Govt. Islamia College, Karachi, Govt. College Gulshan e Iqbal Karachi. He also has been Head of Urdu Department in Govt College Gulshan e Iqbal Karachi. Currently, he is working as a visiting Professor of Pakistan Studies Department of Karachi University where he is playing the role of a supervisor and instructor for the students