User:Asghar Ali Javed/Asghar Ali Javed

Biographer, Short Story Writer and Critic Mr. Asghar Ali Javed, born in Sheikhupura on 24.11.1953 is a famous Pakistani writer. He has authored both fiction and non-fiction. He is also known as a columnist and has penned hundreds of articles on current affairs. His short stories in Urdu are very popular among exploited and oppressed lower class. Some of the short stories of Mr. Asghar Ali Javed have been translated into English, Sindhi, Punjabi and Gurumukhi languages. His powerful performance has brought his fame and widespread recognition not only in Pakistan but also in neighboring country India. His favorite and delectable short story “Bas’ant Kour Khuda Hafiz” (Good by Bassant Kour) was selected in India for popular Gurumukhi Compendium ‘Dard Munddan Dian Aaheen’ (sighs of sympathizers). Short stories of Javed vindicate the view that he is a humanist. He just can not avoid exposing the hypocrisy in various characters of society. Mr. Javed has also written a comprehensive and authentic biography of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in the Punjabi (writer’s mother tongue). W o r k s : Fiction. Dukhoun ke Sehra main Tan’ha Ladki. (An alone girl in the desert of Sorrows). Be Manzil Musaftain (Journeys without destination). Non Fiction. Aurat, Maghrib ore Islam (Woman, West and Islam) Haqaiq ore Bhi tou Hain. (Some More Facts are There) Jinhen hum Jan’tay Hain (Those are known to us-Biographical notes on internationally known personalities). Al-Hadith (For Students) Hiyati Hazoor Di (Punjabi) Biography of the Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.)