Haider Qureshi

Jadeed Adab was (until the last 2012 issue) the only regularly published Urdu literary magazine.

He is the editor of the literary Urdu magazine Jadeed Adab, first launched from Khanpur in 1978, and later from Germany. Qureshi's poetry has been translated into English, Arabic, German and Turkish.

Jadeed Adab (Urdu: جدید ادب ‎) was an Urdu literary magazine based in Germany founded by Haider Qureshi; he remains its editor-in-chief. It is published from Germany, Pakistan and India, in print form and on the internet. It was first launched in 1978 from Khanpur, Pakistan.

Jadeed Adab was founded in 1978 from Khanpur, Pakistan, by Haider Qureshi at the cost of his spouse Mubarika Haider's jewelry which he sold one after another until all were sold and the magazine ceased to be published. Nazar Khaliq in the Honorary editor and Shafiq Ahmad is an adviser. It is published from Germany, Pakistan and India, and it is available both in print form and on the internet. After several years the magazine was restarted from Germany.

Qureshi was born in Rabwah, Chiniot District, Punjab, Pakistan to a Seraiki-speaking family. His father Qureshi Ghulam Sarwar was from Khanpur, Rahim Yar Khan. When Qureshi was still a child, he started to write his own verses. After finishing secondary education in 1968, he wrote his first romantic story, working at a sugar mill. Later he obtained his Master of Arts (M.A.) in Urdu literature in 1976. He wrote his first ghazal in 1971 which was subsequently published in a weekly magazine Lahore.

Haider Qureshi (Urdu: حیدر قر یشی ‎), born Qureshi Ghulam Haider Arshad (Urdu: قر یشی غلا م حیدر ارشد ‎) on 1 September 1953 in Rabwah, Punjab, is a Pakistani Urdu poet, writer and journalist.