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Pakistani writer (1925–2004)
Ashfaq Ahmedاشفاق احمد
Born (1925-08-22 ) 22 August 1925Muktsar , Punjab , British IndiaDied 7 September 2004(2004-09-07) (aged 79 )Lahore , Punjab, Pakistan Occupation Writer, playwright, intellectual Nationality Pakistani Genre Fiction, non-fiction Subject Literature, philosophy, psychology , socialism Notable works Talqeen Shah, Aik Muhabbat So Afsaney, Gadariya, Tota Kahani, Mann Chale Ka Sauda, Zavia, Farhang Istalahaat Notable awards Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pride of Performance (1979)Spouse Bano Qudsia Children Aneeq Ahmed Khan, Anees Ahmed Khan, Aseer Ahmed Khan
Ashfaq Ahmed (Urdu : اشفاق احمد خان [1] [2] Urdu included novels, short stories and plays for television and radio of Pakistan. He received the President's Pride of Performance and Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) awards for his everlasting services in the field of broadcasting and literary heritage of Pakistan.[3]
Early life
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Ashfaq Ahmed was born on 22 August 1925 in Muktsar , Punjab , British India , in an ethnic Pashtun family of the Mohmand tribe.[1] [4] [5] [6] Muktsar .[4] [5] [7]
Shortly before the partition of India in 1947, he migrated to Pakistan and settled in Lahore , Punjab .[8] Master of Arts degree in Urdu literature from Government College Lahore . Bano Qudsia , his wife and companion in Urdu literary circles, was his classmate at the Government College.[9]
Ahmed travelled widely and could speak Punjabi, Urdu, English, Italian and French.[1]
Career
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Literature
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As a boy he wrote stories, which were published in Phool (Flower), a magazine for children. After returning to Pakistan from Europe, he took out his own monthly literary magazine, Dastaango (Story Teller), and joined Radio Pakistan as a script writer. He was made editor of the popular Urdu weekly, Lail-o-Nahar (Day and Night), in place of famous poet Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum by the Government of Pakistan .[1] [2]
Ahmed wrote over thirty books. His short story (afsana), Gaddarya (The Shepherd) earned him early fame in 1955.[2]
From his own resources, he created the Central Board for the Development of Urdu in Lahore .[3]
Radio
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In 1962, Ashfaq Ahmed started his radio program, Talqeen Shah (The Preacher) which made him popular among the people in towns and villages.[1] [8] Education Ministry during Zia-ul-Haq's regime.
Cinema
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In 1968, he wrote and directed the Urdu movie Dhoop Aur Sayay (Sun and Shades), which was also the only Urdu production of Hakim Ali Zardari . It was a failure at the box-office, but Ahmed argued that it was because its content was ahead of its time and anticipated the Parallel cinema movement in India.[10]
[ edit ] Ashfaq Ahmed's Grave in Model Town, Lahore
Later in life, Ahmed’s devotion to Sufism grew.[11] Qudrat Ullah Shahab and Mumtaz Mufti , Baba Mohammad Yahya Khan [12] PTV program Baithak (The Guest Room) and Zaviya (The Angle) where he gave swift but satisfying responses to each and every question posed by the youth audience.[2]
On 7 September 2004, Ahmed died of pancreatic cancer . He was buried in Model Town , Lahore, Pakistan.[1]
In November 2004, Allama Iqbal Open University staff organized an event in Islamabad to pay tributes to Ahmed. At this event, Chairman, National Language Authority , Fateh Muhammad Malik stated that with the death of Ashfaq Ahmed, a vacuum had been created in the literary world of Pakistan. Chairman, Pakistan Academy of Letters , Iftikhar Arif also paid tribute to him as a dynamic literary figure and said that one of his priorities had always remained welfare of the people.[3]
Works
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Radio plays
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Talqeen Shah (1962)
Baithak (The Guest Room)
Television shows
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Uchhay Burj Lahore De / اُچے برج لاہور دے [2]
Tali Thallay / ٹالی تھلے
Tota Kahani (1970s) [1] توتا کہانی
Aik Mohabbat Sau Afsanay (1975–76)[13] ایک محبت سو افسانے
Aur Dramay / اور ڈرامے
Zavia [1] زاویہ
Books
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Zaviya / زاویہ #1
Zaviya 2 / زاویہ #2
Zaviya 3 / زاویہ #3
Aik Mohabbat Sau Afsanay / ایک محبت سو افسافے
Mann Chalay Ka Sauda / من چلے کا سودا
Gadaria: Ujley Phool / گڈریا: اُجلے پھول
Safar e Maina / سفرِ مینا
Tahli Thalley / ٹاہلی تھلے
Mehman Bahaar / مہمان بہار
Vidaa e Jang / وداعِ جنگ
Changez Khan ke Sunehri Shaheen / چنگیز خاں کے سنہری شاہین
Khattya Wattya / کھٹیا وٹیا
Tota Kahani / توتا کہانی
Qumkaar / قمکار
Garma Garm / گرما گرم
Haft Zabani Lughaat / ہفت زبانی لغات
Doosron Se Nibah / دوسروں سے نباہ
Aik Hi Boli / ایک ہی بولی
Subhaney Fasaney / صبحانے فسانے
Band Gali / بند گلی
Mehman Saraey / مہمان سرائے
Baba Sahiba / بابا صاحبا
Safar Dar Safar / سفر در سفر
Ucche Burj Lahore De / اُچے بُرج لاہور دے
Tilisam Hosh Afza / طلسم ہوش افزا
Aur Dramey / اور ڈرامے
Nange Paun / ننگے پاؤں
Hasrat Tameer / حسرت تعمیر
Jang Bajang / جنگ بجنگ
Aik Muhabbat So Dramey / ایک محبت سو ڈرامے
Hairat Kadah / حیرت کدہ
Shaahla Kot / شاہلا کوٹ
Khel Tamasha / کھیل تماشا
Guldaan / گلدان
Dheenga Mushti / دھینگا مُشتی
Shora Shori / شورا شوری
Dhandora / ڈھنڈورا
Arz e Musannif / عرضِ مصنف
Fankar / فنکار
Mukhtalif Mashron Mein Aurat Ki Hasiyat / مختلف معاشروں میں عورت کی حیثیت
Awards and recognition
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See also
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References
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^ a b c ISLAMABAD: Tributes paid to Ashfaq Ahmed Dawn (newspaper), Published 1 November 2004. Retrieved 25 February 2019
^ a b Iqbal, M 1999, Colours of Loneliness , Oxford University Press, p.391
^ a b Iqbal, Muzaffar (1999). Colours of loneliness ISBN 9780195778502 . Retrieved 13 March 2016 .
^ "The enigma behind the man" . The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 26 February 2019 .
^ "Ashfaq Ahmed" . Pakistanconnections.com website. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2019 .
^ a b "ASHFAQ AHMED – An Unforgettable Personality" . Hamariweb.com. 29 November 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2019 .
^ "In life, in literature: the Siamese twins" . Pakistan: Dawn. 10 April 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2019 .
^ "Ashfaq Ahmed" . Pakistan Film Magazine . Archived from the original on 9 July 2023.
^ "Ashfaq Ahmed promoted sufism" . The Nation . Pakistan. Archived from the original on 5 September 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2016 .
^ "Modern day Mystic" . 6 January 2014.
^ Nadeem F. Paracha (1 March 2015). "The sage, the populist and the dictator" . Pakistan: Dawn. Retrieved 26 February 2019 .
^ Ashfaq Ahmed, winner of Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award and Pride of Performance Award on urdunovelsorg.com website Retrieved 26 February 2019
^ Ashfaq Ahmed remembered (includes his awards info) The News International (newspaper), Published 8 September 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2019
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