Literary criticism in Punjabi has also emerged through the efforts of West Punjabi scholars and poets, Shafqat Tanvir Mirza (b. 1932), Ahmad Salim, and Najm Hosain Syed (b. 1936).
Pir Syed Tariq Yaqoob Rizvi | Syed Sadiqali Shihab Thangal | Syed Mohammad Ahsan | Syed Abul Hossain | Najm Hosain Syed | Syed Sibtey Razi | Syed Noor | Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi | Syed Murtaza Amin Shah | Syed Haris Ahmed | Syed Ali Qutab Shah Rizvi | Sir Syed Memorial School | Pir Syed Muhammad Binyamin Rizvi | Pir Syed Mohammad Yaqoob Shah | Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail | Syed Zahoor Qasim | Syed Zafar Mahmood | Syed Weedhal Shah | Syed Wajid Ali | Syed Shah Afzal Biabani | Syed Safwanullah | Syed Qazi Muzainul Haq | Syed Mustafa Kamal | Syed Mujtaba Ali | Syed Muhammad Jewan Shah Naqvi | Syed Masood Kausar | Syed Jaafar Albar | Syed Hasan Imam | Syed Hamid Albar | Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai |