Pakistan's literary icon Amjad Islam Amjad laid to rest in Lahore

Pakistan

10 February,2023 09:59 pm

LAHORE (Dunya News) – Renowned poet and drama writer Amjad Islam was laid to rest in Lahore's Miani Sahib graveyard on Saturday.

The funeral prayers were led by Dr Sarfraz Ahmed Awan and attended by several prominent individuals including Anwar Maqsood, Mustansar Hussain Tarar, Wasi Shah and senior journalist Mujeebur Rehman Shami.

The literary icon of Pakistan died of a heart attack at the age of 78 in Lahore, according to his family.

Amjad Islam Amjad is also the recipient of Sitara-e-Imtiaz and is the author of more than 40 books in a career spanning 50 years. He has received many awards for his literary work and screenplay for TV, including Pride of Performance. Some of his well-known dramas are "Waris", "Dehleez", "Samandar", "Raat", "Waqt" and "Apnay Log".

Amjad was born on August 4, 1944 in Lahore. He did his Maters in Urdu from University of Punjab in 1967. In 1968, he was appointed as an Urdu professor in the MAO College Lahore. He continued to be a professor there until 1975. Same year in August, he became the deputy director in Punjab’s Arts Council.

He also translated the poetries of the African poets in Urdu called "Kale Logon ki Roshan Nazmein".

Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has expressed a deep sense of grief and sorrow over the sad demise of Amjad Islam Amjad. He expressed sympathies with bereaved family. The PM also gave tribute to the playwrite on his demise.