Ashfaq Ahmed اشفاق احمد |
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Born |
Firozpur, Punjab, British India |
22 August 1925
Died | 7 September 2004 Lahore, Pakistan |
(aged 79)
Occupation | Writer, playwright, intellectual |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Genre | Fiction, non-fiction |
Subject | Literature, philosophy, psychology, socialism |
Notable awards | Pride of Performance |
Spouse | Bano Qudsia |
Ashfaq Ahmed (Urdu: اشفاق احمد; 22 August 1925 – 7 September 2004) was a writer, playwright and broadcaster from Pakistan. He authored several books in Urdu. His works included novels, short stories and plays for television and radio. He was awarded President's Pride of Performance and Sitara-i-Imtiaz for meritorious services in the field of literature and broadcasting.
Ahmed was born on 22 August 1925 in Firozpur, Punjab, British India, into an ethnic Pashtun family of the Momand tribe. He obtained his early education in his native district of Muktsar. Shortly before independence in 1947, he migrated to Pakistan and settled in Lahore, Punjab. He completed his Masters in Urdu literature from Government College Lahore. Bano Qudsia, his wife and companion in Urdu literary circles, was his classmate at the Government College.