Shaukat Thanvi

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Shaukat Thanvi


Born
in Thana Bhaun, Bandraban, Uttar Pradesh, British India.
February 02, 1904

Died
May 04, 1963

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Shaukat Thanvi was a Pakistani journalist, essayist, columnist, novelist, short story writer, broadcaster, playwright, humorist and a poet.

Shaukat Thanvi was born in Thana Bhaun, which has given him his last name: Thanvi. On the suggestion of Syed Imtiyaz Ali Taj, Shaukat Thanvi joined Lahore's Pancholi Art Pictures as a story and songwriter in 1943. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, Pancholi Art Pictures closed down and Shaukat Thanvi joined Radio Pakistan in Lahore. In 1957, Shaukat Thanvi joined Daily Jang newspaper and started writing a humor column in it called Vaghaira Vaghaira which later became very popular among the Pakistani public.

Shaukat Thanvi was a prolific writer and penned some sixty books which include collections
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Mazameen Shoukat Thanvi / م...

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Begum Sahiba / بیگم صاحبہ

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Lucknow Se Lahore / لکھنؤ س...

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Shaitan Ki Diary / شیطان کی...

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[Swadeshi Rail] سودیشی ریل

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بہروپیا

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Pagli / پگلی

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بقراط [Buqrat]

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Shaukat Thanvi Ke Shahkar K...

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Dunya-e-Tabassum

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