Mustansar Hussain Tarar
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1 March 1939 in 2016 Jokalian MandiBahauddin, Pakistan |
| Pen name | مستنصر حسین تارڑ |
| Occupation | Novelist, newspaper columnist, travelogue writer, TV Host |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Ethnicity | Punjabi |
| Citizenship | Pakistani |
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Mustansar Hussain Tarar (Urdu: مستنصر حسين تارڑ; Mustanṣar Ḥusẹ̄n Tāraṙ) (born 1 March 1939) is a Pakistani author, travel enthusiast, writer, novelist, columnist, TV host.
Mustansar Hussain Tarar was born at Lahore in 1939. When he was still young, his father, Rehmat Tarar, operated a small agricultural seed store by the name of "Kisan & company" that later flourished to become a major business in that field.
Tarar was educated at Rang Mahal Mission High School and Muslim Model High School, both in Lahore, Pakistan. He did further studies at the Government College, Lahore and in London. While abroad he spent much of his time in watching movies, hanging out with friends as a teenager and reading books. In 1958, he attended the World Youth Festival in Moscow and wrote a book named Fakhta (Dove) which was based on that experience.
He has written more than 50 books including novels and a collection of short stories in his career. His first book was Nikley Teri Talaash Main (1970), dedicated to his youngest brother, Mobashir Hussain Tarar, a travelogue of Europe published in 1971. This followed a period during which he travelled in seventeen European countries, and it led to a new trend in Urdu literature. As 'Safar Nama', (travelogue) he has so far over forty titles to his credit.
He also became a television actor and was, for many years, a host of Pakistan Television Corporation's (PTV) live morning show Subah Bakhair (1988) (Good Morning). His unconventional and down-to-earth style of hosting earned him great popularity among people from all circles of life. He is one of the most recognised personality among children as he spent a big part of transmission time addressing children exclusively. He called himself the chacha jee (paternal uncle) of all Pakistani children and soon became known by this title.
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