name hoping eventually to return to poetry. As he says: "Didn’t know when smoke may start rising from the poem kiln again". Works Short stories "Band Muthi Main Jugnoo" () ("Glow-worms in a closed-Fist"), "Maas aur Mitti" () "Khala Andar Khala" () ("Void within Void"). "Waqt Samunder" "Wagda Panni (Punjabi Shah Mukhi & Gur Mukhi)" "Darakhat Aadmi" "Door Ki Awaaz" "Tamaasha" "Kwawab Saraay" "Ik Kankar Thairey Paani Mein" Novels Raahain (Urdu Novel) Taanwan Taanwa Taara (Noval Punjabi Shah Mukhi & Gur Mukhi ) Writing for television Raahain was a serial drama by PTV Lahore centre in 1999. It was based on the Punjabi novel "Tanwa Tanwa Tara" by Yaad. The drama focuses on different societal issue of people both living in urban and rural areas such as the value of education, culture and justice. Literary activities In 1972, Yaad founded Halqa Arbab e Zauq, Islamabad, the first prominent literary organization in the capital city. In Islamabad, he also founded some other literary organizations such as Likhnay Walon Ki Anjuman, Rabta, Bazame Kitab and Fiction Forum, which enriched the newly built city literarily and culturally. Translations Children and Gunpowder The Eyes of Jacob The Noose Replica Awards and recognition Baba Farid Adabi Award for Best Novel Writer (2006) Life Time Achievement Award at 12th International Punjabi Conference (2005) Pride of Performance Award for Novel and Short Story writing, by the Pakistan Government (2005) Life Time Achievement Award by Writers Forum, Islamabad (2004) Punjabi Adabi Culture Sangat Award (2004) Awarded by Punjabi Likhari Forum, United Kingdom for his Literary Work (2004) Exceptional Performance Award by Sadai Adab International (DFW Metroplex UK 2004) See also Bano Qudsia Wasif Ali Wasif Qudrat Ullah Shahab Mumtaz Mufti Ibn-e-Insha References External links 1937 births 2011 deaths People from Sheikhupura District Punjabi people Punjabi-language writers Pakistani television writers Pakistani novelists Pakistani dramatists and playwrights Urdu-language novelists Pakistani male short story writers Urdu-language short story writers Pakistani storytellers Recipients of the Pride of Performance 20th-century novelists 20th-century Pakistani short story writers 20th-century Pakistani male writers Male television writers