Wednesday 29 June 2011

Competition of Books on Seerat, Naat and on Islamic Topics and Seerat Articles for the Year 1432 AH 2011AD

Federal Ministry of  Religious Affairs, Government of Pakistan , Islamabad hereby notify the following competitions of books on Seerat-un-Nab i(SAW), Na'at, Islamic Topics,  and Articles for the year 1432 A.H / 2011.

(A)    SEERAT BOOK COMPETITION     
Books on Seerat in National,International and Regiona Languages of Pakistan :
(i)    Three prizes worth Rs.60,000/- Rs.40,000/-and Rs.30,000/-for books in Urdu.
(ii)   One prize worth Rs.30,000/- in case of each Regional language of Pakistan.
(iii)   Books on Seerat written for children in National language only:Three prizes worth Rs.30,000/-, Rs.20,000/- and Rs.15,000/-
(iv)   One prize worth US$ 2000/- in case of books on Seerat in any Foreign Language.(The Pakistani authors however,will receive the amount of prize in Pakistani Currency equal to USA $)

(B)         NA'AT BOOK COMPETITION
(i)   Books containing Na'ats of one's own in National language. Three prizes worth Rs. 40,000/-,Rs. 30,000/- and Rs.25,000/-
(ii)    Books containing Na'ats of one's own in Regional languages of Pakistan.One prize worth Rs.25,000/-in case of each language.

(C)    BOOK COMPETITION FOR WOMEN ONLY
Books written by female scholars on Seerat un Nabi,Naat-e-Rasool (S.A.W.S) or on any General Islamic Topic in Urdu and English language (Three prizes worth Rs.60,000/-, Rs40,000/-and Rs. 30,000/- respectively.

(D)    COMPETITION OF JOURNALS / MAGAZINES ON SPECIAL SEERAT OR NA'AT NUMBER
Three prizes  worth Rs. 25,000/-, Rs. 20,000/- and Rs. 15,000/- respectively.

(E)    MAQALAT-E-SEERAT COMPETITION FOR MEN AND WOMEN.
Articles on the following topic both for men and women separately carrying two prizes i.e. First and Second each worth Rs.15,000/- and Rs.10000/-in case of each Province and Azad Kashmir/ Gilgat Biltastan / Fata / Federal Capital Territory (combined prizes)

TOPIC:
TALEEM-O-TARBIAT MEIN HUMA'HANGI-TALEEMAT-E-NABWI (S.A.W) KI ROSHNI MEIN

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
1. (A)  The non-returnable books to be in conformity with the provisions of Press and Publication Ordinance should have been written and published during the last one year i.e. from 12th Rabi ul Awwal, 1430 AH to 11th Rabi ul Awwal, 1431 A.H (corresponding to 10th March 2009 to 26th February 2010).  The books published during  the last three  years  1st April  2007  to the 26th February 2010 are also eligible for competition provided that these have not at any stage been received previously for entry in any competition held under the Ministry of Religious Affairs.

The author of the book or article should be alive.
2.    The books should be comprehensive, based on research, having literary merit and supported by original sources.
3.    The book on Na'at should be in conformity with the Injunctions of Holy Quran and Sunnah.
4.    The book should be an original work and not an anthology,rendition, translation or an interpretation in any  form of a book published previously in any language or a copy of a published material.
5.    The books/journals and articles containing errors in Quranic Verses and Ahadith or having portraits/images of living things or material conveying sectarian bias or showing lack of concern for the spirit of Islamic teachings or in the form of manuscript shall not be entertained.
6.    Legible Seerat articles/papers,to be of one's own efforts, should comprise 10-15 foolscap pages (4 A Size )only. Articles / papers beyond this limit shall not be entertained.
7.    In all cases the amount of award / prize is liable to be increased or decreased according to the availability of funds, or in keeping with the standard of book /  articles.The award or otherwise shall be final and no appeal whatsoever shall be allowed.
8.    Both Male and Female writers are eligible to take part in the competitions.
9.    The employees of the Ministry of Religious Affairs ,its attached and subordinate offices are not allowed to take part in the competition.    
All those desirous to participate in the competition are requested to send (i)08 copies of their books / journals etc.and (ii) 04 copies of articles along with their complete bio-data with telephone Numbers to Abdul Ahad Haqqani, Deputy Director (R&S) latest by 25th July 2010.

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