Hamdard Naunehal

Hamdard Naunehal is a Pakistani kids bilingual monthly magazine. first published by Hakim Said of Hamdard [Laboratories (Waqf) Pakistan|Hamdard Laboratories], under the editorship of Masood [Ahmed Barkati], in 1953.
This magazine is very popular among children due to its emphasis on proper Urdu through the section "نونہال لغت", titbits, moral & mystery stories, cartoons and informative snippets.

Content Team

The current editor for the magazine is Saleem Farrukhi while the patron in chief is Sadia Rashid. Project head is Mohammad Arsalan, designer is Akram Warsi and drawing artist is Ghazala Imam till December, 2023.
The current team took over after death of previous editor Masood Ahmed Barkati. The magazine keeps his memory alive by publishing articles from his times.

Bilingual Format

This format of digest has not changed for long except the inclusion of a section entitled ھنڈکلیا which aims at teaching basic level cooking, Until in October 2020 when Naunehal was revamped into a bilingual magazine with 96 Urdu and 64 English pages.