Wattya / Tota Kahani / Qumkaar / Garma Garm / Haft Zabani Lughaat / Doosron Se Nibah / Aik Hi Boli / Subhaney Fasaney / Band Gali / Mehman Saraey / Baba Sahiba / Safar Dar Safar / Ucche Burj Lahore De / Tilisam Hosh Afza / Aur Dramey / Nange Paun / Hasrat Tameer / Jang Bajang / Aik Muhabbat So Dramey / Hairat Kadah / Shaahla Kot / Khel Tamasha / Guldaan / Dheenga Mushti / Shora Shori / Dhandora / Arz e Musannif / Fankar / Mukhtalif Mashron Mein Aurat Ki Hasiyat / Later years, death and legacy Later in life, Ahmed’s devotion to Sufism grew. His close association with Qudrat Ullah Shahab and Mumtaz Mufti, Baba Mohammad Yahya Khan was also attributed to this tendency. He used to get together with his fans in PTV program Baithak (The Guest Room) and Zaviya (The Angle) where he gave swift but satisfying responses to each and every question posed by the youth audience. On 7 September 2004, Ahmed died of pancreatic cancer. He was buried in Model Town, Lahore, Pakistan. In November 2004, Allama Iqbal Open University staff organized an event in Islamabad to pay tributes to Ahmed. At this event, Chairman, National Language Authority, Fateh Muhammad Malik stated that with the death of Ashfaq Ahmed, a vacuum had been created in the literary world of Pakistan. Chairman, Pakistan Academy of Letters, Iftikhar Arif also paid tribute to him as a dynamic literary figure and said that one of his priorities had always remained welfare of the people. Awards and recognition Pride of Performance Award (1979) Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award by the President of Pakistan See also List of Pakistani writers List of Urdu language writers References External links 1925 births 2004 deaths Pakistani radio writers Pakistan Television Corporation people Pakistani scholars Urdu-language writers Pakistani novelists Pakistani dramatists and playwrights Urdu-language novelists Pakistani male short story writers Urdu-language short story writers Government College University, Lahore alumni Pakistani literary critics Pakistani radio personalities Recipients of the Pride of Performance Recipients of Sitara-i-Imtiaz Nigar Award winners Deaths from cancer in Pakistan Deaths from gallbladder cancer Pashtun people Writers from Lahore Radio personalities from Lahore 20th-century novelists 20th-century Pakistani short story writers 20th-century Pakistani male writers Members of the Pakistan Philosophical Congress Pakistani Muslims 20th-century Pakistani philosophers