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Fatima Jinnah English IPA: fətɪ̈mɑ d͡ʒinnəɦ, (Urdu: فاطمہ جناح) was a dental surgeon, biographer, stateswoman, and one of the leading Founding mothers of modern-state of Pakistan, and was also the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.
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After Partition, when Ahmed arrived at the Walton refugee camp with millions of other migrants, he used to make announcements on a megaphone around the clock. Later, he got a job in Radio Azad Kashmir, which was established on a truck that used to drive around in various parts of Kashmir. He then got lectureship at Dayal Singh College, Lahore for two years. Whereafter, he went to Rome to join Radio Rome as an

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Shaukat Siddiqui was a Pakistani writer of fiction who wrote in Urdu. He is best known for his novels Khuda Ki Basti (خدا کی بستی) (translated as:God's Own Land) and Jangloos.

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Khadija Mastoor

Khadija Mastoor is an Urdu writer from Pakistan famous for her novel Aangan.

Born in British India and later migrated to Pakistan with her sister Hajra Masroor, who is also a skillful writer herself, Khadija wrote 7 books on social and moral values. Her Books are:

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7. Zameen (1983)

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Umera Ahmed

Umera Ahmed is one of the most widely-read and popular Urdu fiction novelist and screenplay writer of this era.
She completed her Masters in English Literature from Murray College, Sialkot. Later she became an English language lecturer for the students of O and A levels at Army Public College, Sialkot. However she left the job a few years back in order to devote her full attention to writing.
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He migrated to Pakistan after partition and served at various government institutions including Radio Pakistan, the Ministry of Culture and the National Book Centre of Pakistan. He also served at UN for some time. This enabled him to visit many places, all of which inspired the travelogues he would then pen.
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Ashfaq Ahmed

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Khadija Mastoor

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Born in British India and later migrated to Pakistan with her sister Hajra Masroor, who is also a skillful writer herself, Khadija wrote 7 books on social and moral values. Her Books are:

1. Khail (1944)
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3. Chand Roz Aur (1951)
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Patras Bukhari

Syed Ahmed Shah[1] (Urdu: سید احمد شاہ ) (commonly known as Patras Bokhari - پطرس بخاری) HI, (1 October 1898, Peshawar – 5 December 1958, New York) was an Urdu humourist, educator, essayist, broadcaster and diplomat from Pakistan. He is best known for his humorous writings in Urdu literature.

Patras received his early education from Peshawar and in 1916 he moved from Islamia College Peshawar to join Government College, Lahore. After completing his Masters in English he was appointed as lecturer at the same institution.
Patras Bokhari left Government College, Lahore in 1925 to study at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, to complete a Tripos in English. Many years later, the Bokhari English Prize was established there in his honour.[2][3]
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Faiz Ahmad Faiz

Faiz Ahmad Faiz [فيض ١حمد فيض] was born on February 13, 1911, in Sialkot, British India, which is now part of Pakistan. He had a privileged childhood as the son of wealthy landowners Sultan Fatima and Sultan Muhammad Khan, who passed away in 1913, shortly after his birth. His father was a prominent lawyer and a member of an elite literary circle which included Allama Iqbal, the national poet of Pakistan.

In 1916, Faiz entered Moulvi Ibrahim Sialkoti, a famous regional school, and was later admitted to the Skotch Mission High School where he studied Urdu, Persian, and Arabic. He received a Bachelor's degree in Arabic, followed by a master's degree in English, from the Government College in Lahore in 1932, and later received a second master's

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Jaun Elia was a notable Pakistani Urdu poet. He was widely praised for his unique style of writing. He was the brother of renowned journalist and psychoanalyst Rais Amrohvi and journalist and world-renowned philosopher Syed Muhammad Taqi. He was husband of famous columnist Zahida Hina. He was a man of letters, well versed in Arabic, English, Persian, Sanskrit and Hebrew.

Jaun Elia was born on December 14, 1931 in an illustrious family of Amroha, Uttar Pradesh. He was the youngest of his siblings. His father, Allama Shafiq Hasan Elia, was deeply involved in art and literature and also an astrologer and a poet. This literary environment modeled him along the same lines, and he wrote his first Urdu couplet when he was just 8.

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Ibn e Insha

Ibn e Insha (Urdu: ابن انشاء‎) born in British India as Sher Muhammad Khan (Urdu: شیر محمد خان‎) is a renowned Pakistani Urdu poet, humorist, travelogue writer and columnist. Along with his poetry, he is regarded one of the best humorists of Urdu literature. His poetry has a distinctive diction laced with language reminiscent of Amir Khusro in its use of words and construction.
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Tehmina Durrani

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He seized power in 1999 by effecting a military coup d'état and has suspended the constitution of Pakistan twice since then. After announcing his intention to combat extremists, Western countries (including the United States and the United Kingdom) have switched from sanctions to active support through military and monetary aid. He took power on October 12, 1999, ousting Nawaz Sharif, the elected Prime Minister, dismissed the national and provincia

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Mustansar Hussain Tarar

Mustansar Hussain Tarar (Urdu: مستنصر حسين تارڑ) is a Pakistani author, actor, the first Morning Show presenter and a pioneer trekker - in his own words: a vagabond.

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Ali Akbar Natiq began working as a mason, specializing in domes and minarets, to contribute to the family income while he read widely in Urdu and Arabic. Acclaimed as one of the brightest stars in Pakistan's literary firmament, Natiq has published two volumes of poetry and one collection of short stories.

अली अकबर नातिक़ का जन्म 1976 में ओकारा, पाकिस्तान में हुआ था। मैट्रिक करने के बाद उन्होंने अपने परिवार के गुज़ारे के लिए एक राजमिस्त्री के रूप में काम करना शुरू किया और गुंबदों और मीनारों के माहिर मिस्त्री बन गए। उन्होंने उर्दू और अरबी साहित्य खूब पढ़ा और प्राइवेट से बीए की डिग्री हासिल की। उन्होंने उर्दू पत्रिकाओं में अपनी शुरुआती कहानियों और कविताओं के प्रकाशन के साथ ही साहित्य की दुनिया में अपना खास मुकाम बना लिया। उन्हें उर्दू में लिखने

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Deputy Nazir Ahmad

Nazir Ahmad Dehlvi, populary known as "Diptee" (Deputy) Nazir Ahmad (1831–1912), was an Urdu writer and social reformer from British India.
He is considered one of the first novel writers of Urdu language.

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Mukhtar Masood

Mukhtar Masood (Urdu: مختار مسعود) is a Pakistani Urdu writer and bureaucrat.
A graduate from Sir Syed's Muslim University Aligarh, he migrated to Pakistan after independence and was among the three candidates who succeeded in the civil service competitive exam held in January 1949. He then gradually rose to become a commissioner and a federal secretary. Later on he served as chairman of the Pakistan Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC), Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan (ADBP) and secretary-general of the Regional Cooperation for Development (RCD).

So far he has written 3 books in Urdu:
1. Awaz e Dost (Urdu: آوازِ دوست)
2. Safar e Naseeb (Urdu: سفرِ نصیب)
3. Loh e Ayyam (Urdu: لوحِ ایام)

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Wasif Ali Wasif

Wasif Ali Wasif is a writer, poet and Sufi intellectual from Pakistan. He is famous for his unique literary style. He used to write short pieces of prose on topics like love, life, fortune, fear, hope, expectation, promise, prayer, happiness, sorrow and so on. He did poetry in Urdu and Punjabi languages. Probably no contemporary Urdu writer is more cited in quotations than he is. Later years he used to answer questions in specially arranged gatherings at Lahore attended by the notable community. Some of these sessions were recorded in audio and were later published as Guftagoo (talk) series. His mehfils never had a set subject nor did he lecture on chosen topics. His way was to ask people if they had questions and then he responded to these

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Sibte Hassan

Sibte Hasan was born on 31 July 1912 in Ambari Azamgarh Uttar Pradesh, India.He graduated from Aligarh Muslim University. For higher studies he went to Columbia University, USA. In 1942, Sibte Hasan joined the Communist Party of India. After partition of India, he migrated to Pakistan. He also served as editors of noted journals including; Naya Adab and Lail-o-Nehar. He died of a heart attack on 20 April 1986 in New Delhi while returning from a conference in India. He was buried in Karachi

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