Asghar Bashir
اصغر بشیر
Asghar Bashir translates in both directions: Urdu poetry into English, and modern literary theory into Urdu. He teaches Urdu literature at Government PST Postgraduate College, Kamalia, Punjab, and is a PhD candidate in Urdu at Riphah International University, Faisalabad, where his dissertation studies verse translations of English poetry into Urdu.
Into English he has translated the ghazals of Ahmad Faraz and Jaun Elia. Into Urdu he has translated Tariq Rahman’s An Introduction to Linguistics and Jean-François Lyotard’s The Postmodern Condition. He founded Urdu in Translation, a library of Urdu classics in the original, in transliteration, and in translation into the six UN languages: English, Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish.
Translations into English
- Ghazals of Ahmad Faraz, Ahmad Faraz
- Ghazals of John Elia, Jaun Elia
Translations into Urdu
- Lisaniyat: Aik Taruf (لسانیات: ایک تعارف), from Tariq Rahman, An Introduction to Linguistics (City Book Point, Karachi, 2017)
- Ilm Par Aik Report: Mabad Jadeed Surat-e-Hal (علم پر ایک رپورٹ), from Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition (City Book Point, Karachi, 2022)
Research
His research is on translation theory and practice, especially the translation of verse into Urdu.
- “Technical Analysis of T. S. Eliot’s ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ in Light of Vinay and Darbelnet’s Equivalence Translation Model” (with S. A. Qadri), Guman 8(4), 2025
- “Vinay and Darbelnet’s Model: Application in Urdu Literature” (with S. A. Qadri), Tahreer: Journal of Languages and Literature 3(1), 2025
- “A Critical Review of Feminist Elements in Kishwar Naheed’s Autobiography Buri Aurat Ki Katha” (with A. Altaf), Zauq-e-Tahqeeq 6(2), 2024
Education
PhD candidate in Urdu, Riphah International University (dissertation submitted 2025) · MPhil Urdu, University of Sargodha · MA Urdu, International Islamic University, Islamabad · MA English, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan
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