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Shafiq-ur-Rahman (Urdu: شفیق الرحمن) (9 November 1920 – 19 March 2000) was a Pakistani humorist and short-story writer of Urdu language. [1] [2] He was one of the most illustrious writers of the Urdu-speaking world. Like Mark Twain and Stephen Leacock, [3] he has given enduring pleasure to his readers.
Dilawar Figar died on 25 January 1998 in Karachi at age 68. [1] [3] During a literary gathering on 31 January 1993 at Karachi Arts Council, he himself once described his imaginary death and how he left for the heavens and was refused entry into paradise by the guard angels because he had arrived before his scheduled time.
Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi (Urdu: مُشتاق احمد يُوسُفی – Muštāq Ẹḥmad Yoūsufi, 4 September 1923 – 20 June 2018) [2] was a Pakistani Urdu satirist and humourist. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Yousufi also served as the head of several national and international governmental and financial institutions. [ 4 ]
This is the list of those literary Humorist who did the works in Urdu language in the forma of both Prose and Poetry. Most of the writer comes from Pakistan and India. Most of the writer comes from Pakistan and India.
Urdu Ki Aakhri Kitab (Urdu: اردو کی آخری کتاب) is a 1971 Urdu comic and satirical book by Ibn-e-Insha. It is a parody of Muhammad Hussain Azad 's textbook " Urdu Ki Pehli Kitab ". The Dawn newspaper included Urdu Ki Aakhri Kitab in its list of the best 100 Urdu books of all times.
Anwar Masood (Urdu: انورمسعود, Punjabi: انورمسعود Punjabi: ਅਨਵਰ ਮਸਊਦ; born 8 November 1935) is a Pakistani poet and educationist known for his comic poetry. [1] However, his works include other genres as well.
"Toba Tek Singh" (Urdu: ٹوبہ ٹیک سنگھ ALA-LC: Ṭobah Țek Siṉgh IPA: [ʈoːbəh ʈeːk sɪŋɡʱ]) is a short story written by Saadat Hasan Manto and published in 1955. It follows inmates in a Lahore asylum, some of whom are to be transferred to India following the 1947 Partition. According to a personal essay hosted at Columbia ...
Hussain published several books and over 15 volumes of humor journalism, with many of them translated into Hindi, English and other languages. [3] Apne Yaad Mein, an autobiographical satire, Urdu ke sheher urdu ke log, [4] Behar hal, [5] Safar lakht lakht [6] and Mera Column [7] are some of his notable works.