Ashfaq Ahmed
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- Not to be confused with the Pakistani physicist Ishfaq Ahmad or the Indian football player Ishfaq Ahmed.
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| Ashfaq Ahmed اشفاق احمد |
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| Born | 22 August 1925 Firozpur, British Punjab |
| Died | 7 September 2004 (aged 79) Lahore, Pakistan |
| Occupation | Writer, playwright, intellectual |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Genres | Fiction, Sufism |
| Subjects | Literature, philosophy, psychology, socialism |
| Literary movement | Sufi literature |
| Notable work(s) | Zaviy, Aik Muhabbat Sau Afsanay, Gadaria, Talqeen Shah, Mun Chalay Ka Sauda, Hairat Kadah, Safar dar Safar, Tota Kahani, Baba Sahiba |
| Spouse(s) | Bano Qudsia |
Ashfaq Ahmed (Urdu: اشفاق احمد) (22 August 1925 – 7 September 2004) was a writer, playwright, broadcaster, intellectual and spiritualist from Pakistan.
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Ashfaq Ahmed: Shakhsiat-o-Fuun (ISBN: 969-472-112-1) is a 1998 book written by A. Hameed and Mohammad Hameed Shahid as part of a project of the Pakistan Academy of Letters titled "Pakistani Adab Kae Mehmar".
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