INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Legendary Urdu writer Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi passes awayKARACHI: Renowned Urdu humour writer Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi
has died here on Wednesday
He was 94.Yusufi was admitted at a private hospital a few days back after contracting pneumonia
He was shifted to ventilator after his health deteriorated.Yusufi also served as the head of several national and government and private
financial institutions.He received Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award in 1999 and Hilal-i-Imtiaz Award in 2002, the highest literary honour by the
government of Pakistan.Yusufi was born in a learned family of Jaipur, Rajasthan on 4 September 1923
He completed his early education in Rajputana and earned B.A
from Agra University while M.A
Philosophy and LL.B from Aligarh Muslim University
After partition of the sub continent, his family migrated to Karachi, Pakistan
Yusufi served the Urdu literature throughout his life.He joined banking sector and was awarded Quaid-i-Azam Memorial Medal for distinguished
services in banking.The prominent humuor books include Chiragh Talay (1961), Khakam-ba-dahan (1969), Zarguzasht (1976), Aab-i-gum (1990),
Sham-e-Shair-e-Yaaraan (2014).
