1.      Dr. Mubarak Ali, Tareekh ki Khushboo (Lahore: Tareekh Publications, 2019), 23.

2.      Dr. M. Asif, Islami aur Maghribi Tehzeeb ki Kashmakash Fikr Iqbal ke Tanazur mein (Lahore: Idara Saqafat-e-Islamiya, 2009), 29.

3.     Farukh Durrrani, "Shehr ka Samaji aur Saqafati Irteqa", In: Multan-Daimabad (Tareekh, Adab, Saqafat aur Tasawwuf), Murataba: Khalil Ahmed (Lahore: Fiction House, 2014), 837.

4.      https://adbimiras.com/saqafat-aur-uske-tashkeeli-anaseer-nisar-ali-bhatti/

5.      Shakir Hussain Shakir, Multan, Taareekh, Tehzeeb, Tamaddun (Multan: Kitab Nagar, June 2020), 71.

6.      Asghar Nadeem, Toti Tanab Udhar (Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2019).

7.      Nasir Abbas Nayyar, "Diary of a city (Asghar Nadeem Syed)", in: The News Lahore, 12 January 2020.

8.      Syeda Shahnaaz Naqvi, Neel Gagan Taley (Lahore: Aks Publications, 2020), 71.

9.      Ibid, 127.

10.     Sajjad Jahania, Aurat Kutha, Teen Novelette (Multan: Kitab Nagar, October 2014), 143.

11.     Ibid, 139.

12.    Noreen Fatima, Loon Da Jiwan Ghar ka Tarjuma/Hawashi o Farhang (Maqala M.S. Urdu) (Bahawalpur: Government Sadiq College Women University, 2019. 2021), 177.

13.     Anwaar Ahmad, Yadgar-e-Zamana Hain Jo Log (Faisalabad: Misal Publishers, 2015), 15.

14.     Ibid, 234.

15.     Islah Ansari, Khwab-o-Agehi (Multan: Karwan-e-Adab, 1982), 148.

16.     Ibid, 106.

17.     Muhammad Iftikhar Shafi, Doctor Asloob Ansari Shakhsiyat aur Fun (Islamabad: Academy Adabiyat Pakistan, 2010), 22.

18.     Arsh Siddiqui, Kulliyat-e-Arsh Siddiqui, Murataba: Muhammad Hanif (Islamabad: Moqtadra Qaumi Zaban, 2012), 200.

19.     Qamar Raza Shahzad, Khaak Zaar (Lahore: Kitab Dost, 2021), 111.

20.     Ibid, 129.

21.     Ibid, 133.

22.     Ibid, 269.