* Assistant Professor, University of Education, Division of Arts & Social Sciences, Lower Mall Campus, Lahore

1- Nighat Rihana Khan, Dr.- Urdu Mukhtasar Afsana: Fanni-o-Tekniki Mutala (Lahore: Book Wize, 1988)149.

2- Risala Aaj Kal, Balwant Singh Number, Issue Jan.1995, Mashmoola Mazmoon: Balwant Singh k kuch Afsane, Shamsur Rehman Farooqi, 262

3- Tajamul Hussain Anjum- Balwant Singh k Muntkhab Afsane, Pehla Path'thar (Lahore: Nazir Sons Publishers, 1996)43.

4- As Above, 10

5- Sarfraz Ahmad (Muratib)- Balwant Singh k Afsane (Lahore: Maktba-e-Urdu Adab, 1996)49.

6- As Above, 48, 49.

7- As Above, 66.

8- Shamsur Rehman Farooqi- Urdu Afsane ki Himayat mein (Karachi: Shehr Zaad, 2004)117.

9- Tajamul Hussain Anjum- Balwant Singh k Muntkhab Afsane, 258.

10- As Above, 264.

11- As Above, 294.

12- Gopi Chand Narang- Jadidiyat k Baad (Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2006)360.

13- As Above, 307.

14- Balwant Singh-  Pehla Path'thar (Lahore: Maktba Jadeed, 2015)5.

15- As Above, 12.

16- As Above, 80.

17- Jameel Akhtar (Muratib)- Abgina (Nya Afsanvi Majmooa) (Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2017)16.

18- Saleem Agha Qazalbash, Dr.- Jadeed Urdu Afsane k Rujhanaat (Karachi: Anjuman-e- Taraqqi-e-Urdu, 2000)276.

19- Anwaar Ahmad, Dr.- Aik Sadi ka Qissa (Multan: Kitab Nagar, 2017)480.

20- As Above, 480.

21- Khawaja Muhammad Zakariya Dr.- (Mudeer-e-Umumi) Tarikh-e-Adabiyat-e Musalmanan-e- Pakistan-o-Hind, Urdu Adab, Agaz ta Bisvin Sadi (Lahore: Punjab University, 2016)812.

22- Balwant Singh- Garanthi, Mashmoola Balwant Singh k Shahkar Afsane (Qoeta: Gosha-e-Adab, 2000)34.

23- Gopi Chand Narang- Jadidiyat k Baad,351.

24- Jameel Akhtar (Muratib)- Majmua Balwant Singh, Afsane "Nenaa" (Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications, 2015)47.

25- Gopi Chand Narang- Jadidiyat k Baad,360, 361.

26- Balwant Singh- Chak Piran ka Jassa (Lahore: Maktba-e-Urdu, 1993)8.

27- As Above, 76.

28- As Above, 245.

29- Gopi Chand Narang- Jadidiyat k Baad,345.

30- Jameel Akhtar (Muratib)- Abgina, 16.17.

31- Masood Raza Khaki, Dr.- Urdu Afsane ka Irtiqa (Lahore: Maktba-e-Khayal 1987)350, 351.