Saraiki literature is the literature of the Saraiki language of Pakistani Punjab. Most of the writings from the 1960s to the 1980s were political in nature and are coloured by the ethnopolitical aims of the writers. Even though the number of publications has increased in the last and present decade, the Saraiki intellectuals themselves admit that there is not much readership, except perhaps for the works of some renowned contemporary poets, especially of the revolutionary poet Shakir Shujaabadi. Although writings in all the regional dialects are suffering from lack of readership for similar reasons, in the case of Saraiki there are two additional reasons. Firstly, most of the writers bring in colloquial phraseology in their writings and secondly, many writers, in their zeal to prove the antiquity of Saraiki and to promote its Indo-Aryan feature, tend to use more Sanskrit words instead of the more common Arabic-Persian words in order to distinguish it from Punjabi and Urdu, thus blocking the understanding of their general readers.
There many folk tales associated with Ghazi Khan and his minister Gaaman Sachar, a legendary character in Saraiki folk tales.
Ashraf Javed Malik is a folk tale writer, especially of the folk songs recorded by Radio Pakistan Multan. He is a songwriter for PTV Home Multa Station from 2013 to present.
Poetry
Some of the prominent Sindhi and Hindko poets have also done poetry in Saraiki. Sultan Bahu's poetry is one of the examples of the junction of Saraiki dialect and Majhi.
Dr. Tahir Khakwani, complete video translation in Saraiki.
Saraiki Dictionaries
Names of some dictionaries writers in Saraiki are:
Andrew Jukes
Akbar Makhmoor
O Brian,
Anees Jeelani,
Mian Sirajuddin Sawnwal,
Mureed Hussain Jatoi,
Qais Fareedi,
Dilshad Kalanchvi,
Shaukat Mughal
Saadullah Khetran.
Habib Mohana
Novelists
Ismail Ahmedani is probably the most celebrated novelist and fiction writer in modern Saraiki literature. Ahmedani has done much to promote the Saraiki literature for modern fiction writing. He was awarded Khwaja Ghulam Farid award by the government of Pakistan on Chholian. Ismail Ahmedani died at Karachi on 6 June 2007 and buried in his home village of Rasoolpur.
2- *Ashraf Javed Malik had wrote a New saraiki Novel in 2013.The Novel is a great voice of the saraiki area about its culture n the traditional sketch of its natives.The Novel expanded from 5 thousands years ago to update area land ascape culture and traditions of the saraiki tribe throughout its start to its greatness of this age.the story start from kiship to muzzafar khan n from muzzafar khan shaheed to the start of freedom from British ruling power in 1947.we see every coulour of the life of saraiki peoples...Novel is published from saraiki Multan under the supervision of Zahoor Dhareja, Legend of Saraiki prose Shoukat Mughal and Basit Bhati... Ashraf Javed Malik proved that his saraiki style n diction of saraiki language is pure as like as the saraiki culture n land....
Fiction authors
Ismail Ahmedani, novelist and fiction writer, author of Amar Kahani, Peet de Pandh and Chhulian
Linguists
Mehr Abdul Haq, author of Multani Zaban Ka Urdu Se Taaluq
Aslam Rasoolpuri is founder of modern literary criticism in Saraiki. He is influential and trend maker critic by any means. He is author of five books about literary criticism. These books, written in Saraiki, are: Voyage of Meaning in Siraiki Literature, Evaluations, Encapsulations, Calibrations and Marxist Standpoint and Our Literature.
, Head of the SAraiki Department in The Islamic University of Bahawalpur. He is the first Ph.D in Saraiki literature from the Saraiki Department. Author/editor of eight books on Saraiki literature. writer of valuable critical work on Khwaja Ghulam Farid. His major works are Divan-i-Farid, Khwaja Farid, Allah Mailay Wal Sang Yaara, Maqalaat, Armughan-i-Khwaja Farid, Saraiki Zaban Adab Aur Mua'shra , Savail I & II. Having many valuable research articles on his credit. Edited the oldest quarterly journal "Saraiki" since 1999. Headed the oldest Saraiki literary organization "Saraiki Adbi Majlis, Bahawalpur" Since 1999. The First Gold Medalist in M.A. Saraiki and the first regular teacher of the Saraiki & Literature in any University of Pakistan. He is still teaching in the University.
