(JLSC) was formed by Iqbal Haider, Arshad Vasti, Shaista Rizvi, Naheed Kazmi, Nighat Haider, Hasan Zaheer, Dr. Aqeel Athar, Alim Ghaznvi, Abdul Qavi Zia and others in February 1983 in Calgary, Canada. JLSC convened its first literary conference in Calgary in February 1986 under the title of Josh – The Poet of the Century, with a keynote article by the eminent scholar Professor Mumtaz Hussain. Then Josh Society and Irteqa Foundation of Karachi together commemorated Josh Centennial a 3-day, mega literary event in Karachi, followed up by other one day programs in Delhi, Allahabad, Lucknow, Lahore, Hyderabad and Dubai. Josh Literary Society has published and reprinted 14 books on Josh. JLSC has also convened and celebrated many other Centennials or seminars like Firaq Gorakhpuri, Majaz Lucknawi, Mustafa Zaidi, Juan Elia, Saadat Hasan Manto, Rashid, Faiz Ahmed Faiz and Ismat Chughtai. The Josh Memorial Committee was formed in 1986 by Tabassum Akhlaq and she is the current chairperson. The committee organises seminars on Josh Malihabadi's personality, history and literary work. These seminars are usually held on his birthday and death anniversary (on 5 December and 22 February respectively). In August 2012, the Government of Pakistan announced Hilal-i-Imtiaz for Josh Malihabadi. This award was presented to his granddaughter and founding chairperson of Josh Memorial Committee, Tabassum Akhlaq by the President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari in a ceremony held in the Presidency on Pakistan Day 23 March 2013. The lifelong mission of Josh can be summed up in his own words: A noted scholar and literary critic of Pakistan Pervez Hoodbhoy is quoted as saying about his poetry, "Poetry flowed from Josh's pen like water from a bubbling spring." Works These include: Aawaz-e-Haq (1921) Shola-o-Shabnam Junoon-o-Hikmat Fikr-o-Nishaat (1937) and (1969) Sunbal-o-Salaasal Harf-o-Hikaayat Sarod-o-Kharosh Rooh-e-Adab Aayat-o-Naghmaat (1941) Arsh-o-Farsh (1944) and (1973) Saif-o-Subu Sumoom-o-Saba Tulu-e-fikr Qatra-o-Qulzum Nujoom-o-Jawahar Mauja-e-Fikr Auraaq-e-Sahar Ilhaam-o-Maqalaat-e-zarreen Nawaredaat-e-Josh Irfaniyat-e-Josh Yaadon Ki Baraat (autobiography) On the advice of film director W. Z. Ahmed, Malihabadi also wrote songs for Shalimar Pictures. One of the films is Aag Ka Darya (1966) with music by Ghulam Nabi and Abdul Latif. Honours and awards Padma Bhushan Award, India's third highest civilian honour in 1954. The Title of "The Poet of the Century" was given by the "QAFLA-PERA'O" Lahore, announced by the QAFLA_SALAR Syed Fakhruddin Balley, Jawaid Ahmad Qureshi, Wazir Agha, Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi and Ashfaq Ahmad, in 1992. Kamal-e-Sukhan Award was announced for Hazrat Josh Mallihabadi