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{{short description|Indian-Pakistani literary critic and broadcaster}}
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'''Zamir Ali Badayuni''' (sometimes spelled ''Badayooni'' or ''Badaiyuni''; 20 June 1941 – 20 October 2003) was a Pakistani critic and broadcaster on the [[Karachi]] literary scene. He worked at the [[Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation]] with [[Saleem Ahmed]] and Qamar Jameel.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}} Badayuni wrote two books: the first, ''Jadeediyet aur mabaad jadeediyet'', focused on modern philosophy and literary criticism and won the Baba-e-Urdu Award from the [[Pakistan Academy of Letters]]; and the second, ''Ma bad jadeediyet ka doosra rukh'', focused on [[postmodernism]] and won theh Abdul Haq Award from Adbiat Pakistan.<ref name="dawn obit" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/567963|title=Postmodernism and â€" ahem â€" plagiarism|last=Parekh|first=Rauf|date=2010-10-04|work=DAWN.COM|access-date=2018-11-28|language=en-US}}</ref>
Badayuni was born 20 June 1941 in [[Badayun]], [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]], India, the son of Yaqoob Ali, and received his early education in [[Bombay]] before migrating to Pakistan.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}} He died in [[Karachi]] on 20 October 2003.<ref name="dawn obit">{{cite web|title=Zamir Ali passes away|url=http://www.dawn.com/2003/10/22/local20.htm|date=22 October 2003|work=DAWN|access-date=30 May 2010}}</ref>
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