Ishfaq Ahmed

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The GCU has created a chair in Urdu Literature to recognize the services of Ishfaq Ahmed and old Ravian a renowned author of many valuable books and a popular writer of several radio and TV programmes. He was great torch bearer of Pakistan culture and Islamic values and propounded mysticism in the sub-continent. He used Punjabi literary words in Urdu and introduced a new kind of prose which was unique to him.  The Distinguished icon of Pakistan literary world, Ishfaq Ahmed died on September 07, 2004 at the age of 79.