Ashfaq Ahmed, (Performance), (Sitara Imtiaz) (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.
He and his wife Bano Qudsiya both produced a great contribution to Urdu Adab and they would always be remembered by Urdu lovers as their books will remain them alive in the hearts of the readers.
Phulkaari is a tremendous collection of short stories written by the pen of Ishfaq Ahmad. In this book some of the very awesome stories like Dao, Rishwat, Apni Zaat, Salam'tay Ki Maan are included. Dao, a short story written by Ishfaq Ahmad was included in the syllabus of Urdu Text Book of Punjab for a period. A must read.
These short story have been written in 50s and we the new generation have not read these at that time so this collection is very important for us.
Click here to download Phulkari. Plesae note that the book is in PDF format so you will have to have PDF reader installed in your computer in order to read the book after downloading it.
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