Ahmad Bashir Writer

Ahmad Bashir (Urdu: احمد بشیر) (March 24, 1923 – October 25, 2011) was a writer, journalist, intellectual and film director from Pakistan. He was the father of leading television artiste Bushra Ansari and poet Neelam Bashir. Begum Parveen Atif, also an Urdu short story writer, is his sister, and his wife Mehmooda was his partner from the 1947. He was a close friend of Urdu writers Mumtaz Mufti and Ibn-e-Insha.

Personal facts

Birth dateMarch 24, 1923
Birth place
Punjab region , Gujranwala , Presidencies and provinces of British India
Date of deathOctober 25, 2011
Place of death
Lahore
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