
Ashfaq Ahmed (Urdu: اشفاق
احمد) (22 August 1925 – 7 September 2004) was a writer, playwright,
broadcaster, intellectual and spiritualist from Pakistan. He was regarded by
many as among the finest Urdu Afsana (short-story) writers alongside Saadat
Hasan Manto, Qurratulain Hyder, Prem Chand, Bedi, Mirza Adeeb, Ismat Chughtai and
Krishan Chander following the publication of his short-story Gaddarya
("The Shepherd") in 195...