
C. M. Naim, scholar of Urdu language and literature, dies at 89
With deep sorrow the children of C.M. Naim report his passing from a heart attack on 9 July 2025. “Naim Sahib” as he was known to so many, commenced his career as a professor of Urdu with the University of Chicago in 1961. He retired in 2001 and assumed …