KARACHI: The 65th death anniversary of prominent Pakistani writer and author Saadat Hasan Manto is being observed on Saturday.
Saadat Hasan Manto died on January 18, 1955, at the age of 44. He was born in Ludhiana, British India on 11th May 1912.
His writing was mostly in Urdu language and wrote around 22 collections of short stories, a novel, five series of radio plays, three collections of essays, two collections of personal sketches.
Manto was known to write about the hard truths of humanity. He is best known for his stories about the partition of India instantly the following independence in 1947.
Some of Manto’s publications include Atishpare, Manto Ke Afsane, Dhuan, Badshahat ka Khatimah, Namrud ki Khudai, Manto Ke Behtreen Kahanian and many others.
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