The writers, poets and progressive intellectuals from all over the country welcomed PAL's decision and congratulated Abdullah Jan Jamaldeni. Fakhar Zaman further said that it is also an honour for PAL that it awarded a progressive intellectual and writer of a calibre and status of Abdullah Jan Jamaldeni.
"The progressive writer did a great work for the promotion of culture and language in Balochistan and bringing the Pakistani languages close to each other", he said. Abdullah Jan Jamaldeni was born on May 08, 1922 in Noshaki Distt Chaghi among his books "Lut Khana", "Margwameena", Lenon Ki Kitaab" and "Balochistan main Sardari Qabaili Nizaam Ka Siyasi Pas Manzar", are the major ones. The panel, which took decision regarding the award included Dr Mohammad Ali Siddiqui, Dr Fahmida Hussain, Mohammad Ayub Baloch, Masood Ashar, Saleem Raaz and Afzal Ahsan Randhawa.
The Kamal-e-Fun award is worth of rupees five lac and is given annually to Pakistani writers and intellectual in recognition of their life long literary achievements. The literary personalities who have been conferred this award include Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Intezar Hussain, Mushtaq Ahmed Yousafi, Ahmed Faraz, Shaukat Siddiqui, Munir Niazi, Ada Jaffery, Sabho Giyan Chandani, Dr Nabi Bakhsh Khan Baloch and Ajamal Khattak.