یوسف عزیز مگسی کا افسانہ ’’تکمیلِ انسانیت‘‘؛ بازیافتِ متن کا حال اور تنقیدی قرات

Abstract

In1934, a newspaper "Balochistan-i-jadeed" published Yousaf Aziz Magsi's story "Takmeel-i-Insaniyat" which is generally believed to be the the first-ever Urdu short story in Balochistan, Interestingly, this short story was not available in a complete form for a long period of time. A couple of years back the short story was made available when a copy of the same newspaper was found. Given the political stature of Magsi in Balochistan, University of Balochistan published this story in a separate pamphlet in 2017. This article debunks the claim of Takmeel-iInsaniyat to be the first-ever Urdu short story in Balochistan in the context of literary aspects of a short story. Also, this article rejects the claim of another short story to be the first in Balochistan. This article is meant to open up new debates to identify the first-ever Urdu short story in Balochistan.