By andalib akhter —
New Delhi: Noted Urdu writer and former head of Department of Urdu, Delhi University Prof. Irteza Karim, has been appointed as new director of National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL). Council is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Human Resource for the promotion of Urdu language.
Prof Karim who replaced Khwaja Md. Ekramuddin joined the post and met the officials of NCPUL and hinted about his priority for promotion of Urdu. ‘The Council has to go through many tests, the major work ahead is to open new centers across the country’ said Karim after taking the charge.
Prof Irteza Karim is an author of many books. His appointment is widely welcomed in Urdu literary circle across the country and it hope that the Council will move in positive direction under his able leadership to promote Urdu in true sense.