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Children are considered to be the form of God, children are the future of nations, children are also the capital of nations. Those countries which paid attention to the all-round development of their children, went ahead of the rest of the countries. Those countries made their children think constructively by instilling child-respect in their childhood itself. Let us talk about the culture of Punjabi children and Ashraf Suhail. It is impossible not to mention that Ashraf Suhail wants a golden future not only for the children of Pakistan but also for the children of the whole world. He wants such awareness to come among our children that the whole world lives in peace and happiness.
Turning back to childhood and child abuse
Ashraf Suhail's full name is Muhammad Ashraf Suhail. He was born on 23 July 1963 in Mughalpure area of Lahore. His father Chaudhary Karan Din Charde was a resident of Badinajra village near Ropar in Punjab and mother Rehmat Bibi Ji was a resident of Bannamajra near Ropar. . Due to poverty at home, Ashraf Suhail could not study much. After matriculation, he got a job in Railways. The family was big so all the members of the family had to work hard to support the family. The story of Suhail ji's love for children is also very interesting. She used to bring garbage to make envelopes at home. One day a children's novel also ended up in the trash. Which Suhail ji took out and kept aside, then when I started reading it, I finished reading it. This is Hamid's 'Maut Ka Takb', a children's novel. After that, he bought and read hundreds of books with his pocket money and also read hundreds of books on rent. Due to his interest in children's literature, he first got the opportunity to work in 'Ravel' magazine. There were 2-3 pages on child abuse in that magazine, whose editor was Suhail ji. In that magazine, he used to ask questions to the children, like – What would you have done if you had been the minister of Pakistan, what would you have done if you had been the minister of Punjab? Once he asked what would you do if you were the editor of 'Ravel', many children replied that 'If I were the editor of Ravel, I would start a separate newspaper for children.' After this, Zameer Ahmed Pal, Ilyas Ghuman and Suhail ji together started a bi-monthly magazine called 'Meeti', which was Pakistan's first children's magazine. This magazine ran for two years and then closed down
Patrika Pakheru's flight
After that Suhail ji himself started publishing his magazine 'Pakheru'. Due to the lack of Punjabi children's literature in Pakistan, the first 'Pakheru' started with only 16 pages. Then Suhail ji contacted the children's writers of Punjab and 'Pakheru' gradually reached 80 pages. By this time 'Pakheru' had taken off, now it flew from Pakistan to India, America, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, wherever Punjabi loving people lived, and started singing songs in Punjabi mother tongue and is singing them there. 'Pakheru' has made a distinct identity across the world in terms of child etiquette and 'Pakheru' has now become a young man of 29-30 years. One specialty of Ashraf Suhail ji is that he never asked for money from anyone. At one time the situation became so bad that 'Pakheru' of December 1999 was published but there was no money to post it. Due to which the magazine could not be published. When 'Pakheru' came out in January 2000, there was an editorial in it, 'Pakheru's last flight'. When this magazine reached the readers, many friends told Suhail ji that the magazine was very good. keep going as hard as you can
Punjabi Sath Lambra gave power to Bakshi
At the same time, a letter was received from Punjabi Sath Lambra (Jalandhar) regarding awarding Suhailji. That award gave so much strength to Suhail ji that after falling, he stood up again. This is how 'Pakheru' started again. In 2011, Suhail ji had a brain operation. At that time the doctor had said that he would not work for 3 months after the operation, so Suhail had already printed the magazine for 3 months. Similarly, when he underwent brain surgery again in 2019, Suhail ji had already published the magazine for 3 months. This shows that Suhail ji is deeply connected with child-respect and is serving the mother tongue wholeheartedly. While Ashraf Suhail himself composed Bal Adab, which graced the leading newspapers of emerging Punjab, and translated many books into Gurmukhi script, he also published about 70 children's novels by Bal Adab writers living around the world. Did it. 'Pakheru' and garlanded them and served them. This time the 'Pakheru' novel number is of January 2024 and this 'Pakheru' issue of 19 children's novels of 1200 pages is ready to be published in two volumes which will soon be in the hands of the readers. This sacred work is no less than sacrificing one's rightful earnings.
Heartfelt love for Punjabi mother tongue
Not only this, Ashraf Suhail loves Punjabi mother tongue with all his heart. Punjabi is not taught in Pakistani schools, this is a very sad thing for them. Due to this, there is a huge decline in the respect of the child. Realizing this shortcoming, he inspired his dear friend and world famous singer Shaukat Ali, great writer Farkhanda Lodhi and other professors and writers from Punjabi background to write in Punjabi language. Shaukat Ali Saheb's children's songs were first published in Pakheru, then translated into Gurmukhi script and published in Punjab's newspaper 'Ajit' and later the book of those children's songs was also published in Gurmukhi script. In this way, Suhail ji is doing smooth work of bridging between the two Punjabs by translating the script from Shahmukhi to Gurmukhi and from Gurmukhi to Shahmukhi. When there is a push against the mother tongue, they take their friends along and stand against that push. Every year on 21st February, rallies are organized in big cities to provide proper rights to the mother tongue Punjabi. We pray that God blesses Ashraf more.