2011 at the age of 83. His funeral was attended by many fellow writers including Ata ul Haq Qasmi and the veteran journalist Mujibur Rehman Shami. Awards and recognition Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1997. References 1928 births 2011 deaths Pakistani romantic fiction writers Pakistani television writers Pakistani dramatists and playwrights Pakistani radio writers Pakistani spy fiction writers Pakistani broadcasters Writers from Lahore 20th-century novelists Writers from Amritsar Punjabi people Recipients of the Pride of Performance Pakistani children's writers