Mumtaz Mufti (Sitar-e-Imtiaz) (Urdu: ممتاز مفتی) (September 11, 1905 – October 27, 1995), was a distinguished writer from Pakistan.
He started writing Urdu short stories while working as a school teacher before partition. In the beginning of his literary career, he was considered a non-conformist writer having liberal views, who appeared influenced by Freud. His transformation from Liberalism to Sufism was due to his inspiration from Qudrat Ullah Shahab. All the same, he did manage to retain his individual accent and wrote on subjects which were frowned upon by the conservative elements in society.
Mumtaz Mufti has enriched Urdu literature with his valuable contribution, whether it is his outstanding Autobiography Ali Pur Ka Aili and Alakh Nagri or his travelogues and other books. His Urdu Short Stories have given him a great acclaim and huge readership across the glob. Some of his beautiful Urdu short stories are mentioned below:
Mumtaz Mufti has enriched Urdu literature with his valuable contribution, whether it is his outstanding Autobiography Ali Pur Ka Aili and Alakh Nagri or his travelogues and other books. His Urdu Short Stories have given him a great acclaim and huge readership across the glob. Some of his beautiful Urdu short stories are mentioned below:
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