Showing posts with label Asia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asia. Show all posts

Monday, November 15, 2010

Aik Muhabbat Sau Afsaney (ایک محبت سو افسانے) by Ashfaq Ahmad (اشفاق احمد) – Urdu Dramas

  
Ashfaq Ahmed has written quite a few plays for Pakistan Television. The subjects of his dramas are close to life and the characters very believable. ‘Aik Muhabbat Sau Afsaney’ is once again a highly acclaimed drama by Ashfaq Ahmed that encompasses real life situations centered on real life characters.

Ashfaq Ahmed, (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. 

Monday, November 8, 2010

Dastango (داستان گو) – Ashfaq Ahmad (اشفاق احمد) by A. Hameed


Ashfaq Ahmed, (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.

Friday, October 29, 2010

Shahab Nama (‎‎شہاب نامہ) by Qudrutullah Shahab (قدرت اللہ شہاب)


Shahab Nama by Qudrat Ullah Shahab (or Qudratullah Shahab; 1917– July 24, 1986) (Urdu: قدرت اللہ شہاب) was an eminent Urdu writer and civil servant from Pakistan.

Qudrat Ullah Shahab was a well known bureaucrat of Pakistan. He was from Jammu Kashmir and initially got into civil service by passing the Indian civil service exam some years prior to the independence of Pakistan. He served on several high offices including being Ambassador of Pakistan to Netherlands. He got well known to people after his book Shahab Nama got published, which portrays his life experiences.

His early childhood was full of adventures, some of which are mentioned in his book Shahab Nama. The book has become a cult favorite in Pakistan.

His personality reflected mysticism, something which he describes as a gift from an out-of-world personality which he named as ‘Ninety’ in his book SHAHAB NAMA, this mysticism belongs to Owaisiah chain of Spiritualism.