The Novel “Jandar” Laments the Dying Civilization

Abstract

The novel under titled “Jandar” of Akhtar Raza Saleemi was published in
2017. It’s a new addition to the fiction in Urdu literature. It’s received the
UBL Literary Award for fiction 2019. In this novel the author highlighted
the traditions and cultures of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, especially of district
Hazara. The author is mourning over the culture lag and by the vanishing
of positive sanctions and standards in the cultures of these areas. Through
this article the author wants to convey the different aspects and the cultural
pattern of these areas to the Urdu readers to preserve and promote it in a
better way.