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Ashfaq Ahmed Ashfaq Ahmed, PP, SI (Urdu: مد ح ا اق ف اش) (August 22, 1925 – September 7, 2004) was a distinguished writer, playwright, broadcaster, intellectual and spiritualist from Pakistan. His prime qualities of heart and hand earned appreciations across the borders. He was regarded by many as the best Urdu Afsana (short-story) writer after Saadat Hasan Manto, Ismat Chughtai and Krishan Chander following the publication of his famous short- story "Gaddarya" - The Shepherd in 1955. Life and career Ahmed was born on 22 August 1925 in Garhmukteshwar village, Ghaziabad, British India. He obtained his early education in his native district. Shortly before independence in 1947, he migrated to Pakistan and made the Punjab metropolis, Lahore as his abode. He completed his Masters in Urdu literature from Government College Lahore. Bano Qudsia, his wife and companion in Urdu literary circles who is also one of the best novelists of Urdu, was his classmate at Government College. After Partition, when Ashfaq 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 Urdu newscaster. He also used to teach Urdu at Rome university. During his stay in Europe, he got diplomas in the Italian and French languages from the University of Rome and University of Grenoble, France. He also got special training diploma in radio broadcasting from New York University. He started writing stories in his childhood, which were published in Phool [Flower] magazine. 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. In 1962, Ashfaq Ahmed started his popular radio program, Talqeen Shah [The Preacher] which made him immensely popular among the people in towns and villages. It was a weekly feature that ran for three decades, the longest weekly radio show in the subcontinent. He was appointed director of the Markazi Urdu Board in 1966, which was later renamed as Urdu Science Board, a post he held for 29 years. He remained with the board until 1979. He also served as adviser in the Education Ministry during Zia-ul-Haq's regime. In the 60s, he produced a feature film, Dhoop aur Saie [Shadows and Sunshine], which was not very successful at the box office. Style Ashfaq Ahmed's subtle sense of humour is reflected in his long-running radio programs and characters like "Talqeen Shah", while several TV drama series based on his memorable plays of three decades ago are still enjoyed by the audience. Their appeal lies in the universal truths of life portrayed in human hopes, emotions, aspirations and relationships that touch the soul of people of all age groups. His popular TV plays include Aik Muhabbat Sau Afsanay [Bunch of Love Stories], Uchhay Burj Lahore Dey [Barbicans of Lahore], Tota Kahani [Story of the Parrot] , Lekin [But], Hairat Kadah [Incredibility] and Mun Chalay Ka Sauda [Bargain of the Stubborn]. All through his life, Ashfaq Ahmad endeavored to reform the society through his writings. He had authored over twenty five books including a travelogue, Safar dar Safar [Long Way Journey], with an atypical style. In fact, he gave a new mold to diction and locale situations, many of his fans would fondly remember. He used Punjabi literary words very well in Urdu and introduced a new kind of prose, which was unique to him. For his excellent literary

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Ashfaq AhmedAshfaq Ahmed, PP, SI (Urdu: اشفاق احمد) (August 22, 1925 – September 7, 2004) was a distinguished writer, playwright, broadcaster, intellectual and spiritualist from Pakistan. His prime qualities of heart and hand earned appreciations across the borders. He was regarded by many as the best Urdu Afsana (short-story) writer after Saadat Hasan Manto, Ismat Chughtai and Krishan Chander following the publication of his famous short-story "Gaddarya" - The Shepherd in 1955.

Life and career

Ahmed was born on 22 August 1925 in Garhmukteshwar village, Ghaziabad, British India. He obtained his early education in his native district. Shortly before independence in 1947, he migrated to Pakistan and made the Punjab metropolis, Lahore as his abode. He completed his Masters in Urdu literature from Government College Lahore. Bano Qudsia, his wife and companion in Urdu literary circles who is also one of the best novelists of Urdu, was his classmate at Government College.

After Partition, when Ashfaq 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 Urdu newscaster. He also used to teach Urdu at Rome university. During his stay in Europe, he got diplomas in the Italian and French languages from the University of Rome and University of Grenoble, France. He also got special training diploma in radio broadcasting from New York University.

He started writing stories in his childhood, which were published in Phool [Flower] magazine. 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.

In 1962, Ashfaq Ahmed started his popular radio program, Talqeen Shah [The Preacher] which made him immensely popular among the people in towns and villages. It was a weekly feature that ran for three decades, the longest weekly radio show in the subcontinent. He was appointed director of the Markazi Urdu Board in 1966, which was later renamed as Urdu Science Board, a post he held for 29 years. He remained with the board until 1979. He also served as adviser in the Education Ministry during Zia-ul-Haq's regime. In the 60s, he produced a feature film, Dhoop aur Saie [Shadows and Sunshine], which was not very successful at the box office.

Style

Ashfaq Ahmed's subtle sense of humour is reflected in his long-running radio programs and characters like "Talqeen Shah", while several TV drama series based on his memorable plays of three decades ago are still enjoyed by the audience. Their appeal lies in the universal truths of life portrayed in human hopes, emotions, aspirations and relationships that touch the soul of people of all age groups. His popular TV plays include Aik Muhabbat Sau Afsanay [Bunch of Love Stories], Uchhay Burj Lahore Dey [Barbicans of Lahore], Tota Kahani [Story of the Parrot] , Lekin [But], Hairat Kadah [Incredibility] and Mun Chalay Ka Sauda [Bargain of the Stubborn]. All through his life, Ashfaq Ahmad endeavored to reform the society through his writings. He had authored over twenty five books including a travelogue, Safar dar Safar [Long Way Journey], with an atypical style. In fact, he gave a new mold to diction and locale situations, many of his fans would fondly remember. He used Punjabi literary words very well in Urdu and introduced a new kind of prose, which was unique to him. For his excellent literary work, he was awarded President's Pride of Performance and Sitara-i-Imtiaz for meritorious services in the field of literature and broadcasting.

Besides his personality as a great author of impressive and laudable books, Ashfaq Ahmed, in his later period of life, was greatly inclined towards sufism, which was visibly reflected in most of his works. His close association with Qudrat Ullah Shahab and Mumtaz Mufti was also attributed for this tendency. Of-late, he used to appear in a get together with his fans in television's program 'Baittakh' [The Guest Room] and 'Zaviya' [The Dimension] wherein he gave swift but satisfying responses to each and every query, placed before him, explicitly by the youth of each gender, in a mystic style.

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Death

Ashfaq Ahmed died on 7 September 2004 at the age of 79, of pancreatic cancer.

Works

* Aik hi boli - ایک ہی بولی* Aik Mohabbat 100 Dramey - ایک محبت سو ڈرامے* Aik Muhabbat So Afsaney - ایک محبت سو افسانے* Arz-e-musannif - عرض مصنف* Aur Dramey - اور ڈرامے* Band Gali - بند گلی* Baba Sahiba - بابا صاحبا* Dhandoraa - Talqeen Shah | ڈھنڈورہ - تلقین شاہ* Gadaria - Ujlay Phool | گڈریا - اجلے پھول* Gulldan - گلدان* Hairat Kaadah - حیرت کدہ* Hasart-e-Tameer - حسرت تعمیر* Jung Ba Jung - جنگ بہ جنگ* Khail Tamasha - کھیل تماشہ* Khatiya Watiyaa - Poetry | کھٹیا وٹیا - شاعری* Man Chaley Ka Soda - من چلے کا سودا* Mehmaansaraey - مہمانسرائے* Nangey Paoon - ننگے پاؤں* Safar Dar Safar - سفر درسفر* Safar e Maina - سفر مینا* Shahla Kot - شاہلا کوٹ* Shehre Aarzoo - آارزو شہر * Shora Shori - Talqeen Shah | شورا شوری - تلقین شاہ* Subhaey Ifsaney - صبحانے افسانے* Talism Hosh Afza - طلسم ہوش افزا* Tota Kahani - توتا کہانی* Uchay Buraj Lahore Dey - اچے برج لہور دے* Waday e Jang - ودائے جنگ* Zaviya - زاویہ* Zaviya - 2 - زاویہ * Zaviya - 3 - زاویہ* Zaviya - 4 - زاویہ* Zaviya - 5 - زاویہ

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* Zaviya - 6 - زاویہ- Academy of Letters on his life and works in 1998 (ISBN-969-472-112-1.)______________________________اشفاق احمدوکیپیڈیا سے

ء1925 اگست، 22پیدائش:

ء2004 ستمبر، 7انتقال: اشفاق احمد

اردو افسانہ نگار۔ ڈرامہ نگار ۔ نثر نگار ۔لاہور میں پیدا ہوئے اور گورنمنٹ کالج لاہور سے ایم اے کیا، اٹلی کی روم یونیورسٹی اور گرے نوبلے یونیورسٹی فرانس سےاطالوی اور فرانسیسی زبان میں ڈپلومے کیے، اور نیویارک یونیورسٹی سے براڈکاسٹنگ کی خصوصی تربیت حاصل کی۔ انہوں نے دیال سنگھ کالج لاہور میں دو آاکر انہوں نے ادبی مجلہ داستان گو جاری کیا سال تک اردو کے لیکچرر کے طور پر کام کیا اور بعد میں روم یونیورسٹی میں اردو کے استاد مقرر ہوگۓ۔وطن واپس آافسٹ طباعت میں چھپنے والے ابتدائی رسالوں میں شمار کیا جاتا ہے۔ انہوں نے دو سال ہفت روزہ لیل و نہار کی ادارت بھی کی۔ جو اردو کے

وہ انیس سو سڑسٹھ میں مرکزی اردو بورڈ کے ڈائریکٹر مقرر ہوئے جو بعد میں اردو سائنس بورڈ میں تبدیل ہوگیا۔ وہ انیس سو نواسی تک اس ادارے سے وابستہ رہے۔وہ صدر جنرل ضیاءالحق کےدور میں وفاقی وزارت تعلیم کے مشیر بھی مقرر کیے گۓ۔اشفاق احمد ان نامور ادیبوں میں شامل ہیں جو قیام پاکستان کے فورا بعد ادبی افق پر نمایاں ہوئے اور انیس سو ترپن میں ان کا افسانہ گڈریا ان کی شہرت کا باعث بنا۔ انہوں نے اردو میں پنجابی الفاظ کا تخلیقی طور پر استعمال کیا اور ایک خوبصورت شگفتہ نثر ایجاد کی جو ان ہی کا وصف سمجھی جاتی ہے۔ اردو ادب میں کہانی لکھنے کے فن پر اشفاق احمد کو جتنا عبور تھا وہ کم لوگوںآایا۔ کے حصہ میں

ایک محبت سو افسانے اور اجلے پھول ان کے ابتدائی افسانوں کے مجموعے ہیں۔ بعد میں سفردر سفر )سفرنامہ( ، کھیل کہانی )ناول( ، ایک محبت سو ڈرامے )ڈرامے( اور توتا کہانی )ڈرامے( ان کی نمایاں تصانیف ہیں۔ انیس سو پینسٹھ سے انہوں نے ریڈیو پاکستان لاہور پر ایک ہفتہ وار فیچر پروگرام تلقین شاہ کے نام سے کرنا شروع کیا جو اپنی مخصوص طرز مزاح اور دومعنی گفتگو کے باعث مقبول عام ہوا اور تیس سال سے زیادہ چلتا رہا۔

ساٹھ کی دہائی میں اشفاق احمد نے دھوپ اور سائے نام سے ایک نئی طرح کی فیچر فلم بنائی جس کے گیت مشہور شاعر منیر نیازی نے لکھے اور طفیل نیازیآائے تھے۔ اس فلم کا مشہور گانا تھا اس پاس نہ کئی گاؤں نہ دریا اور نے اس کی موسیقی ترتیب دی تھی اور اداکار قوی خان اس میں پہلی مرتبہ ہیرو کے طور پر آافس پر ناکامیاب ہوگئی۔ بدریا چھائی ہے۔ تاہم فلم باکس

ستر کی دہائی کے شروع میں اشفاق احمد نے معاشرتی اور رومانی موضوعات پر ایک محبت سو افسانے کے نام سے ایک ڈرامہ سیریز لکھی اور اسی کی دہائی میں ان کی سیریز توتا کہانی اور من چلے کا سودا نشر ہوئی۔ توتا کہانی اور من چلے کا سودا میں وہ تصوف کی طرف مائل ہوگۓ اور ان پر خاصی تنقید کی گئی۔ اشفاق احمد اپنے ڈراموں میں پلاٹ سے زیادہ مکالمے پر زور دیتے تھے اور ان کے کردار طویل گفتگو کرتے تھے۔

کچھ عرصہ سے وہ پاکستان ٹیلی وژن پر زاویے کے نام سے ایک پروگرام کرتے رہے جس میں وہ اپنے مخصوص انداز میں قصے اور کہانیاں سناتے تھے۔ جگر کی رسولی کی وجہ سے ان کا انتقال ہوا۔