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Abstract

Ajmal Kamal has been publishing a renowned quarterly literary journal 'Aaj' from Karachi since 1989. The journal is celebrated for its translations of fiction from English, Arabic, French, Hindi, Persian  and  German.  'Aaj'  has  also  given  a  vital  movement  to  a considerably  new  genre  of  Urdu  poetry  named  as  "Nasri  Nazm" and introduced the great literary works of poets like Afzal Hussain Syed, Zeeshan Sahil and Azra Abbas in this regard.  Besides, very notable, well written and significant literary criticism has also been published in 'Aaj'. Critical essays of celebrated writers on fiction, poetry, language and linguistics, religion, social  sciences and reviews of different books have been published in different issues. Distinguished critics of  "Aaj" from  Urdu world  are  Nayyer Masood, C.M. Naim, M. Khalid Akhtar, Shamsur RehmanFarooqi, Ajmal  Kamal,  Fehmeeda  Riaz,  Arjumand  Ara,  Bakht  Bedar  and Muzzafar Ali Syed. This article focuses criticism published in 'Aaj' on fiction.