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to have obtained a PhD in
English Literature in England, but it is not true because Taseer completed his PhD at Cambridge in 1936, whereas Saiyid Abdul Latif, was awarded a doctorate in English literature more than a decade before Taseer. Latif competed his PhD from the University of London in 1924.
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In 1937 Taseer fell in love with a
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English literature, with Iqbal's letter of recommendation. He reached London in 1933 and began his M. Litt. at Pembroke College, Cambridge. His research supervisor
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