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Ashfaq Ahmad is the author of the book Zavia Pdf. Professor Ashfaq Ahmed was a famous Pakistani writer, broadcaster, educationist, story writer, and drama writer in the history of Urdu. He wrote many books like Talism Hosh Afza, Ek Muhabbat Sau Afsanay, Subhanay Afsanay, Man Chalay Ka Sauda, etc. The readers appreciated these writings very well.

Ashfaq Ahmad wrote some TV dramas for Pakistan state television channels. These dramas were also trendy throughout the country. On the other end, Ashfaq Ahmad has a vast experience in radio broadcasting. He has some degree in radio broadcasting from Italy and Germany. Ashfaq Ahmad got fame through his favorite radio show and its character Talqeen Shah. This figure produced for the correction of society.

Ashfaq Ahmad started a TV show named Zaavia. Ashfaq Ahmad was a religious mind Sufi and answered the questions of the youth on different topics in the TV show. That show was top-rated in the people during the 90s. The book Zavia pdf is consist of the talk of that shows. I hope you will like the book Zavia

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Published February 24, 2022

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Ashfaq Ahmed

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Ashfaq Ahmed (Urdu: اشفاق احمد‎) was a writer, playwright and broadcaster from Pakistan. He authored several books in Urdu. His works included novels, short stories and plays for television and radio. He was awarded President's Pride of Performance and Sitara-i-Imtiaz for meritorious services in the field of literature and broadcasting.

After Partition, when Ahmed arrived at the Walton refugee camp with millions of other migrants, he used to make announcements on a megaphone around the clock. Later, he got a job in Radio Azad Kashmir, which was established on a truck that used to drive around in various parts of Kashmir. He then got lectureship at Dayal Singh College, Lahore for two years. Whereafter, he went to Rome to join Radio Rome as an Urdu newscaster. He also used to teach Urdu at Rome university. During his stay in Europe, he received diplomas in the Italian and French languages from the University of Rome and University of Grenoble, France. He also earned a special training diploma in radio broadcasting from New York University.

He started writing stories in his childhood, which were published in Phool [Flower] magazine. After returning to Pakistan from Europe, he took out his own monthly literary magazine, Dastaango [Story Teller], and joined Radio Pakistan as a script writer. He was made editor of the popular Urdu weekly, Lail-o-Nahar [Day and Night], in place of famous poet Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum by the Government of Pakistan.

In 1962, Ahmed started his popular radio program, Talqeen Shah [The Preacher] which made him immensely popular among the people in towns and villages.[13] He was appointed director of the Markazi Urdu Board in 1966, which was later renamed as Urdu Science Board, a post he held for 29 years. He remained with the board until 1979.

Ahmed, in his later years of life, was greatly inclined towards Sufism. His close association with Qudrat Ullah Shahab and Mumtaz Mufti was also attributed to this tendency. He used to appear in a get together with his fans in PTV program Baittakh (The Guest Room) and Zaviya (The Dimension) where he gave swift but satisfying responses to each and every question posed by the youth audience.
On 7 September 2004, Ashfaq Ahmed died of pancreatic cancer. He was laid to rest in a Model Town, Lahore.

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