ali sardar jafri's magazine "guftugu" (1967) was entirely associated with the progressive writers' movement. its masthead carried the phrase "a conscious representative of literature and civilization." essentially, this magazine focused on the progressive writers' manifesto and objectives, but it also welcomed contributions from other writers. the editorial was written under the section titled "pesh guftar" (foreword). the magazine had a section called "guftugu fahrist" (conversation index), which included writings across various literary genres. several prominent personalities were associated with this magazine. the assistant editor was syed ahmed shamim, while roshan lal wadera served as the managing editor. the editorial board underwent changes over time. in the "progressive literature special edition," the editorial board included notable names such as qamar rais, syed muhammad aqil rizvi, waheed akhtar, and atiq ullah.