Novelist, playwright Bano Qudsia remembered

ISLAMABAD: Renowned Pakistani novelist, playwright, short story writer and spiritualist Bano Qudsia was remembered on her seventh death anniversary on Sunday.

Born on November 28, 1928, in Firozepur, Bano Qudsia was married to one of Pakistan’s finest writers Ashfaq Ahmed.

Bano Qudsia’s famous novel “Raja Gidh” was considered a modern Urdu classic.

Among her more prominent writings are “Aatish-i-zer-i-paa”, “Aik Din, Asay Pasay”, “Chahar Chaman”, “Chhotaa Sheher Baray Log”, “Footpath ki Ghaas”, “Haasil Ghaat” and “Hawa Kay Naam”. The most well-known plays she wrote include “Aadhi Baat”, “Tamasil”, “Hawa ke Naam”, “Seharay and Khaleej”.

She was honoured with Sitara-i-Imtiaz by the Government of Pakistan in 1983.

Bano Qudsia died on February 4, 2017, in Lahore, at the age of 88.

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