Nemrah Ahmed
Nimra Ahmed Khan is a writer. Nemrah ahmed (also known as nimra ahmed or nemrah niazi) is a young pakistani novelist۔ She is the CEO of "Zanjabeel". Her first novel was published in Khwateen Digest.
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Ashfaq Ahmed
Ashfaq Ahmed (Urdu: اشفاق احمد) 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.
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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 -
Iffat Sehar Tahir
Iffat seher Tahir the most famous and most liked writer in novels world , She raises the social issues of the society . Her writing ability binds the readers in the story and the readers desperately wait for her novels . Her dialogues and some special scans are liked in the readers that they enjoy very much of them
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عفت سحر طاہر بہت مقبو ل لکھاری جو آج کل کی ناول کی دنیا کی پہچان ہیں ۔ان کے ناول خواتیںن میں بہت پسند کیے جاتے ہیں ۔اچھا انداز بیاں اور کرداروں کے ساتھ انصاف کہانی میں جان دال دیتا ھے اور یہ خاصیت سرف ان چند لیکھاروں میں موجود ھے جن میں عفت سحر طا ہر سر فہرست ہیں ۔ مختلف ڈایجسٹ میں لکھی جانے والی کہانیاں خاصی مقبول ہیں اسی لیے ان کہانوں کو ھم نے آپ کے لیے الگ کر کے لسٹ بنا لی ھے اس امید کت ساتھ کے آپ کو آسانی ہو -
Neelam Riyasat
Neelam Riyasat is a famous female novel writer. She writes regularly in monthly digests
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Imran Khan
Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi is a Pakistani Political Leader, Sports Celebrity & Philanthropist. He is the founder of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital (SKMCH) & Namal Knowledge City. Khan was one of Pakistan's most successful Cricket Captains. Leading his team to victory at the 1992 World Cup. He holds the world record for taking most wickets, best bowling strike rate & best bowling average in Test cricket by a captain. Besides his philanthropic work, he is the Chairman of (PTI) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (Movement for Justice), & Chancellor of the University of Bradford. In 2010, Khan was inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame.
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Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi was born on 25th November 1952 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. He -
M.A. Rahat
Marghoob Ali Rahat, popularly known as MA Rahat is a novelist from Pakistan who wrote in total around 1500 suspense, crime stories and novels in Urdu.
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Shaukat Siddiqui
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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Siddiqui was born on 20 March 1923 in a literary family of Lucknow, India. He gained his early education in his home town and earned a B.A. in 1944 and a M.A. (Political Science) in 1944. After the partition of India, he migrated to Pakistan in 1950 and stayed in Lahore but soon permanently settled in Karachi.
He was an active member of Pakistan Writers' Guild and a partisan of progressive writers association. He worked at the news-desks of the Times of Karachi, Pakistan Standard and the Morning News. He finally rose to be the editor of the Daily Anajam, the Weekly Al-F -
Daniyal Mueenuddin
Daniyal Mueenuddin was brought up in Lahore, Pakistan and Elroy, Wisconsin. A graduate of Dartmouth College and Yale Law School, his stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, Zoetrope, and The Best American Short Stories 2008, selected by Salman Rushdie. For a number of years he practiced law in New York. He now lives on a farm in Pakistan's southern Punjab.
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Tanzeela Riaz
Tanzeela Riaz is an Urdu fiction writer from Pakistan who writes on Social, Ethical, Moral and Political problems of the country.
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Muhammad Iqbal
Sir Allama Mohammad Iqbal also known as Allama Iqbal was born in 1877 in Sialkot, Punjab, in British Ruled India, now Pakistan, and was educated in the local school and college in Sialkot, before going on the university in Lahore. There he studied Arabic and philosophy as an undergraduate, then in 1899 did an M.A. in philosophy (being ranked first in the Punjab, and awarded a Gold Medal). He was appointed to a Readership in Arabic at the Oriental College in Lahore, and over the next few years became well known as a poet, as well as writing his first book (in Urdu), The Knowledge of Economics (1903).
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In 1905 he travelled to Europe to continue his philosophical studies, first at Cambridge, then at Munich, where he obtained his doctorate with a -
Fatima Jinnah
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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Educated and obtaining the dental degree from the University of Calcutta, accompanied Muhammad Ali Jinnah, taking active participation in the politics, and was an influential political figure in the movement for independence from the British Indian Empire. After the declaration of the Pakistan Resolution in 1940, Fatima Jinnah was one of the influential and founding members of the Pakistan Movement, calling for independence of independent Muslims states into one national identity. Duri -
Aitzaz Ahsan
Aitzaz Ahsan comes from a background steeped in politics; being the third generation from his family to serve as an elected member of a legislative assembly.
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He is a member of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and has served as the Minister of Law, Justice, Interior and Education in the Federal Government between 1988 and 1993.
Elected to the senate of Pakistan in 1994, he was the leader of the House and the leader of the Opposition between the years 1996 and 1999.
After his early education at Aitchison College Lahore and the Government College Lahore, he studied law at Cambridge and was called to the bar at Grays'Inn in 1967. He is a senior advocate in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
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Mumtaz Mufti
Mumtaz Mufti (Sitara-e-Imtiaz) is a Pakistani short story writer. He started writing Urdu short stories while working as a school teacher before partition. In the beginning he was considered among his contemporaries, a non-conformist writer having liberal views, who appeared influenced by Freud. His transformation from Liberalism to Sufism was due to his inspiration from Qudrat Ullah Shahab (Another well known Pakistani Author). At the same time, he did manage to retain his individual accent and wrote on subjects which were frowned upon by the conservative elements in society.
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The two phases of his life are witnessed by his autobiographies, Ali Pur Ka Aeeli and Alakh Nagri. According to forewords mentioned in his later autobiography, Ali Pur -
Israr Ahmed
Dr. Israr Ahmed, (1932-2010) was a Pakistan-based Muslim religious figure who has been described as well-known among Muslims in Pakistan, India, the Middle East, and North America. Born in East Punjab, (now part of Haryana) in India, the second son of a government servant, he is the founder of the Tanzeem-e-islami, an off-shoot of the Jamaat-e-Islami.
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He has spent the "last forty years" actively engaged in "reviving the Qur'an-centered Islamic perennial philosophy and world-view" with "the ultimate objective of establishing a true Islamic State, or the System of Khilafah." Ahmed is skeptical of the efficacy of "parliamentary politics of give-and-take" in establishing an "Islamic politico-socio-economic system" as implementing this system is -
Neya B
Neya is an author of different literary styles, romance, thriller, fantasy. Her pleasure is to introduce her readers to differents worlds.
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She likes to write from 3rd POV, to 1st POV and even double POV if it matches the book's energy.
She loves to represent muslims MCs, and/or North Africans, and she's very excited for you to discover what she has to offer.
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A. Helwa
A. Helwa believes that every single person on Earth is deeply loved by the Divine. She is a writer who has inspired hundreds of thousands of readers through her passionate, poetic, and love-based approach to spirituality. Her popular blog @quranquotesdaily, was established while obtaining her Masters in Divinity, as a means of helping others overcome personal and spiritual struggles on their journey of experiencing divine love.
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With over 15 years of experience writing and speaking on Islam and spiritual development, A. Helwa draws from her personal experiences and traditional sources to help her readers access 'Divine love in everyday life.'
When Helwa is not reading at coffee shops, she can be found climbing mountains, camping in deserts, h -
Nouman Ali Khan
Nouman Ali Khan is a Muslim speaker and the CEO and founder of Bayyinah Institute, an Arabic studies, educational institution in the United States.
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His early education in Arabic started in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and continued in Pakistan. His serious Arabic training began in 1999 in the United States. He has been teaching Modern Standard and Classical Arabic at various venues for several years with over 10,000 students nationwide.
Nouman Ali Khan teaches about the religion of Islam through his video speeches. He also frequently speaks at Islamic Circle of North America Conventions about Islam, family, and other life topics.
Ustadh Nouman does not participate in any fundraiser event in any capacity.
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Christopher Sandford
Christopher Sandford has published acclaimed biographies of Kurt Cobain, Steve McQueen, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, Keith Richards, Paul McCartney, and Roman Polanski. He has worked as a film and music writer and reviewer for over 20 years and frequently contributes to newspapers and magazines on both sides of the Atlantic. Rolling Stone has called him "the preeminent author in his field today."
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His latest project, MASTERS OF MYSTERY (forthcoming November 2011, Palgrave Macmillan) explores Arthur Conan Doyle's and Harry Houdini's incredible friendship and fascination with Spiritualism. -
Hashim Nadeem
Hashim Nadeem Khan is a Well known & Skillful writer who became hugely popular in a short span of time. He belongs to Balochistan and a great drama writer and a novel writer. He has complete grip over expressing human feeling of love, desire, patience and so on. His work is widely admired by critics as well as the readers.
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his novels are Bachpan ka December, Khuda aur mohabbat, Abdullah & Muqaddas are well known and most popular novels in urdu readers.
He also produced 27 Telefilms & 11 Drama Serial as 1st private producer among four of them have won different awards, in which he was also writer and director. Basically associated with civil service but due to his unique style of narration; now widely recognised as a successful Novelist. He ha -
Bano Qudsia
Bano Qudsia (Punjabi, Urdu: بانو قدسیه) was a writer, intellectual, playwright and spiritualist from Pakistan who wrote Urdu novels and short stories regarded among the best Urdu novelists and short story writers of modern times. She was best known for her novel Raja Gidh. She wrote for television and stage in both the Urdu and Punjabi languages. Bano Qudsia was recognized as a trendsetter in the realm of television plays. Some of them gained immense popularity across the border because of their vitality, warmth and courage. Strife is one word she wanted banished from the dictionary. She attributed the hostilities raging across the world to the Intolerance and selfishness of the human race. She was married to novelist Ashfaq Ahmed. She also
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Khadija Mastoor
Khadija Mastoor is an Urdu writer from Pakistan famous for her novel Aangan.
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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)
2. Bochaar (1946)
3. Chand Roz Aur (1951)
4. Thakay Haray (1962)
5. Aangan (1962) - winner of Adamjee Literary Award
6. Thanda Meetha Paani (1981) - winner of Hijra Award
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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.
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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.
She began her writing career in 1998 at a quite young age. Her initial stories were published in monthly urdu digests and later came out in the form of books. She has written about 16 books , comprising of complete novels and compilations of short stories. However it was her novel "Peer-e-Kaamil (S.A.W.W)" which became her identity. -
Umera Ahmed
Umera Ahmed is one of the most widely-read and popular Urdu fiction novelist and screenplay writer of this era.
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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.
She began her writing career in 1998 at a quite young age. Her initial stories were published in monthly urdu digests and later came out in the form of books. She has written about 16 books , comprising of complete novels and compilations of short stories. However it was her novel "Peer-e-Kaamil (S.A.W.W)" which became her identity. -
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.
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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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Abul A'la Maududi
Sayyid Abul A’la Maududi [Abū 'l-Aʿlā Mawdūdī) (Urdu: ابو الاعلىٰ مودودی – alternative spellings of last name Maudoodi, Mawdudi, and Modudi) was a journalist, theologian, Muslim revivalist leader and political philosopher, and a controversial 20th century Islamist thinker in British India, and later Pakistan. He was also a political figure in Pakistan and was the first recipient of King Faisal International Award for his services 1979. He was also the founder of Jamaat-e-Islami, the Islamic revivalist party.
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Naseem Hijazi
Sharīf Husain (Urdu: شریف حسین), who used the pseudonym Nasīm Hijāzī (Urdu: نسیم حجازی, commonly transliterated as Naseem Hijazi, or Nasim Hijazi) was an Urdu writer famous for writing Islamic Historical fiction. Born in British India he settled in Lahore, Pakistan after independence. His novels based on Islamic history are considered one of a kind in Urdu literature.
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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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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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Tehmina Durrani
Tehmina Durrani (Urdu: تہمینہ درانی; born 18 February 1953) is the daughter of a former Governor of State Bank of Pakistan and Managing Director of Pakistan International Airlines, S.U. Durrani and a granddaughter of Nawab Sir Liaqat Hayat Khan, prime minister of Patiala state for eleven years. He was the elder brother of former Punjab Premier Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan. Her first book, My Feudal Lord, caused ripples in Pakistan's male-dominated society by describing her abusive and traumatic marriage to Ghulam Mustafa Khar, then Chief Minister and later Governor of Punjab and her experience of a feudal society. She is currently involved in the emancipation of women in Pakistan.
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Pervez Musharraf
Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: پرويز مشرف), NI, HI, was the twelfth President of Pakistan. Previously, he was Chief Executive of Pakistan as well as former Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army. On 18 August 2008, in a nationally-televised speech, he announced his resignation as President of Pakistan.
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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 -
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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Having made a name for himself by taking the mantle in Pakistan's mountaineering community, Mustansar Hussain is widely recognized as one of the most well known personalities in Pakistan. Though the origin of his fame is usually considered to be his established and decorated career as a writer, Tarar can also be recognized as the foremost endorser for tourism projects in Northern Areas of Pakistan, having exorbitantly increased the array of tourist exposure to the areas by becoming both a mountaineer and an adventure author who uses these locations as backdrops for his storyline -
Kamla K. Kapur
Kamla K. Kapur (aka Kamal Kapur) was born and raised in India, and is a citizen of the United States. She got her Bachelor's in English Honors from India, and her Masters' Degree in literature from Kent State University, Ohio,USA. She also took classes in creative writing from the University of Iowa, and the University of California in San Diego. During her time in the USA, many of her poems were published in prestigious American journals and quarterlies.
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Raja Anwar
Raja Anwar is a Pakistani journalist, writer, and former PPP political activist. He belongs to the Bhakral Rajput clan. He was born in Kallar Syedan Tehsil.
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Anwar was appointed as an adviser on Students and Labour in Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's government (1974–1977). He escaped to Afghanistan after Bhutto was toppled by a right-wing military coup led by Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq.
In Kabul, Anwar joined Bhutto's elder son, Murtaza Bhutto, and formed Al-Zulfiqar, a leftist insurgency committed to toppling the Zia dictatorship. Raja Anwar had a falling with Murtaza over the latter's controversial terror tactics in 1980 and wanted to return to Pakistan and help Murtaza's sister, Benazir Bhutto's political struggle against Zia. Anwar was imprisoned in a Kabu -
Muhammad Umar Memon
Muhammad Umar Memon is a critic, short story writer, renowned Urdu translator and editor of The Annual of Urdu Studies from Pakistan. He is Professor Emeritus of Urdu Literature and Islamic Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Dr. Memon was born in Aligarh, India in 1939. In 1954, his family moved to Karachi, Pakistan where he earned his bachelors and masters degrees. After his graduation, he taught at Sachal Sarmast College and Sind University. In 1964 he won a Fulbright scholarship to the United States. This move enabled him to earn a masters degree from Harvard University and eventually a doctorate in Islamic Studies from UCLA. Dr. Memon joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1970 and retired from there after 38 years o -
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.
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Zakir Naik
Dr. Zakir Abdul Karim Naik is a renowned orator on Islam & comparative religion. He is the founder & president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), a non-profit organisation that owns the Peace TV Network & the Islamic International School (IIS). Dr Zakir clarifies misconceptions about Islam, using the Qur’an, authentic Hadith & other Religious Scriptures, with reason, logic & scientific facts. He has Authored many Books on Islam & Comparative Religion.
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Zakir Abdul Karim Naik was born on October 18th 1965 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He attended St. Peter's High School & Kishinchand Chellaram College in Mumbai, before studying medicine at Topiwala National Medical College & Nair Hospital. Afterwards at the University of Mumbai he obt -
Mukhtar Masood
Mukhtar Masood (Urdu: مختار مسعود) is a Pakistani Urdu writer and bureaucrat.
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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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Asim Javed
Asim Javed is a reflective writer whose work explores the emotional complexities of modern life. With a background in finance and years of observing human behavior across diverse spaces, from everyday conversations to corporate boardrooms, he brings a quietly powerful voice to themes like healing, regret, identity, and belonging. His debut book, Before I Disappear, is a gentle invitation to pause, reflect, and rediscover the parts of ourselves we often silence.
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Sissela Bok
Sissela Bok (born Sissela Myrdal on 2 December 1934) is a Swedish-born American philosopher and ethicist, the daughter of two Nobel Prize winners: Gunnar Myrdal who won the Economics prize with Friedrich Hayek in 1974, and Alva Myrdal who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982.
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She received her B.A. and M.A. in psychology from George Washington University in 1957 and 1958, and her Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University in 1970. Formerly a Professor of Philosophy at Brandeis University, Sissela Bok is currently a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Harvard School of Public Health.
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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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Ali Abbas Jalalpuri
Prof. Syed Ali Abbas Jalalpuri was a writer from Pakistan regarded by the intellectuals as the Will Durant of Pakistan. He wrote more than fourteen books on Philosophy, History, and Religion in Urdu and Punjabi languages.
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His books seemed to herald an age of reason in Pakistan and his opinions on the subjects of history, civilization, religion, philosophy, metaphysics, folklore are held in great esteem.
In his greatest work, Riwayat-e-Falsafa (Traditions of Philosophy), he tried to educate a common Urdu reader on the subject of Philosophy. This book served its purpose in popularizing the subject within the country.
His Works:
1. Riwayat-e-Falsafa (Story of Philosophy)
2. Wahdatul Wujud tey Punjabi Sha'eri (Pantheism and Punjabi Poetry)
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Mirza Athar Baig
Mirza Athar Baig is a Pakistani novelist, playwright and short story writer. He is associated with the Philosophy Department at the Government College University in Lahore. His fiction works include the novel Ghulam Bagh (The Garden of Slaves) which is considered one of the central works of literature in the Urdu language. The novel has acquired cult following among the youth and prestige among Urdu language critics. Three editions of Ghulam Bagh have been published in Pakistan within two years.
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In addition to Ghulam Bagh, a collection of his short stories, titled Beh Afsana (The Non-story) was published in 2008. His second novel, Sifar se aik tak (From zero to one) was published in 2009.
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Ahmad Faraz
Ahmad Faraz was an Urdu language Pakistani poet from Pakistan. He is considered one of the greatest modern Urdu poets of the last century. Faraz is his pseudonym or 'takhalus'. His real name was Syed Ahmad Shah.
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Faraz is critically acclaimed for simplicity to his style of writing and he is often compared to Faiz Ahmed Faiz - one of the greatest poets of Pakistan. Outspoken about politics, he went into self-imposed exile during the General Zia-ul-Haq era after he was arrested for reciting certain poems at a Mushaira criticizing the military rule. He stayed for 6 years in Britain, Canada and Europe before returning to Pakistan, where he was initially appointed Chairman of Pakistan Academy of Letters and later chairperson of National Book Found -
Abdul Haleem Sharar
Abdul Halim Sharar was a prolific Indian Urdu language author, playwright, essayist and historian from Lucknow. He left behind, in all, hundred and two books. He often wrote about the Islamic past and extolled virtues like courage, bravery, magnanimity and religious fervour.
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Malikul Azia Varjina (1889),
Firdaus-e-Bareen (1899),
Zawal-e-Baghdad (1912),
Husn ka Daku (1913–1914),
Darbar-e-Harampur (1914)
and Fateh Maftuh (1916) are some of his famous novels.
His book Guzishta Lucknow is still considered as one of the best narrative describing the genesis of the city and its culture of Lucknow. -
Seemeen Khan Yousufzai
Seemeen Khan Yousufzai is a trailblazing writer from Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan, who has made a significant impact in the literary world as the first female poet, essayist, short story writer, and novelist from the region to write in the English language. With a career spanning over a decade, Seemeen has established herself as a powerful voice in Pakistani literature, exploring themes of identity, culture, and social justice through her works.
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Born and raised in the United Arab Emirates, Seemeen was exposed to the rich cultural heritage and literary traditions of a number of regions of the world in the multicultural state from a young age. She drew inspiration from life, nature, religion, and romanticism, spirituality, and metaphysicality, -
Mushtaq Ahmad Yousufi
Mushtaq Ahmad Yousufi D.Litt (HC), SI, HI is an Urdu satirical and humor writer from Pakistan. Banker by profession, Yousufi has also served as the head of several national and international financial institutions.
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He has received Sitara-e-Imtiaz and Hilal-e-Imtiaz, the highest civil honors by the Government of Pakistan. He was also given the highest literary award by Pakistan Academy of Letters in 1999 the Kamal-e-Fun Award.
His books have received many awards and critical acclaim.
Yousufi was born in British India in a learned family. His father Abdul Karim Khan Yousufi was chairman of the Jaipur Municipality, and later Speaker of the Jaipur Legislative Assembly. Yousufi completed his early education in Rajputana and earned B.A. from Agra U -
Ibn-e-Safi
Ibn-e-Safi (also spelled as Ibne Safi) (Urdu: ابنِ صفی) was the pen name of Asrar Ahmad (Urdu: اسرار احمد), a best-selling and prolific fiction writer, novelist and poet of Urdu from Pakistan. The word Ibn-e-Safi is an Arabian expression which literally means Son of Safi, where the word Safi means chaste or righteous. He wrote from the 1940s in India, and later Pakistan after the partition of British India in 1947.
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His main works were the 126-book series Jasoosi Dunya (The Spy World) and the 120-book Imran Series, with a small canon of satirical works and poetry. His novels were characterized by a blend of mystery, adventure, suspense, violence, romance and comedy, achieving massive popularity across a broad readership in South Asia.
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