Pakistan, June 29 -- Shaukat Mughal - a Siraiki intellectual and well-established writer - passed away a few weeks ago at the age of 72. He had done a Master in Urdu degree from Multan. He was born and brought up in Multan and spent his entire life in his family home at Pak Gate Multan (near Musa Pak shrine). His family also established 'Siraiki Market' (sarafa market) at Multan. His two sons and three daughters are settled in Multan city. As an academic, he retired from Education college. He also taught Urdu at Muslim College and Legend College, Multan.

My initial meetings with him took place while I was conducting my doctoral research in the UK between 2004-2008. Based on the focus of my research, I was collecting materials related to ...