He was born on August 22nd, 1925, in Garhmukteshwar village, Ghaziabad, British India. Shortly before independence in 1947, he came to Lahore and did his MA in Urdu from the Government College. Ashfaq Ahmed started writing short stories much earlier in his age. He could also speak Italian since he had for some time stayed in Rome and had joined Radio Rome as Urdu newscaster. He also learned French. He edited an Urdu magazine “Dastango and Lail-o-Nihar”.
He also authored some 25 books, including a travelogue. His works included novels‚ short stories and play for television and radio as well. He was awarded President's Pride of Performance and Sitara-i-Imtiaz for meritorious services in the field of literature and broadcasting. Ashfaq Ahmed had been Director General of the Markazi Urdu Board for some 30 years and held many other prestigious appointments.
Ashfaq Ahmed died on September 7th, 2004, at the age of 79.
Ashfaq Ahmed was not just an average writer as you can learn as well as enjoy his books where you can find his life experiences. One of his greatest hits and my most favorite is Zavia. Zavia was a television show in which he would share his life experiences and people would ask him questions and share their problems to learn more about the world. Now, you can also get books which hold complete discussions made in that programs; a book is also known as Zavia. We collected Different Urdu Quotes for you here,
