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326:, himself an Urdu satirist and humorist, wrote about Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi: "...if ever we could give a name to the literary humour of our time, then the only name that comes to mind is that of Yusufi!" Another scholar, Dr Zaheer Fatehpuri, wrote, "We are living in the 'Yousufi era' of Urdu literary humour..." The Yousufi era started in 1961 when Yousufi's first book 939: 314:
Considering the standard of previous works of Yousafi, Sham e Shair Yaran turned out to be a great disappointment for many Yousafi lovers. Mr Yusufi himself mentioned that he was not satisfied yet with the book but due to his frail health, everyone insisted on having it published on as is basis.
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was published. So far 11 editions of this book have appeared. It has a foreword titled 'Pehla pathhar' written by the author himself plus 12 satirical and humorous articles. In 2008, he was living in Karachi and often appeared on TV programmes as well as seminars. His fifth book
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Other famous Urdu books of his are Chiragh Talay (چراغ تلے), Khakam Badahan (خاکم بدہن), Zarguzasht (زرگزشت), Sham e Shair Yaran (شام شعر یاراں).
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who said at the event, "Neither Yousufi sahib nor any of his books will ever get old". Another distinguished writer from Pakistan,
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Municipality, and later Speaker of the Jaipur Legislative Assembly. Yusufi completed his early education in Rajputana and earned
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https://www.rekhta.org/ebooks/aqwal-e-yusufi-aur-deegar-mazameen-mushtaq-ahmad-yousufi-ebooks/
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was translated in English as 'Mirages of the Mind' by Matt Reeck and Aftab Ahmad.
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http://novelsandfictionstories.blogspot.com/2009/07/mushtaq-ahmad-yusufi.html
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in 1950, became deputy general manager. Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi joined
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Ltd. In 1977, he became chairman of the Pakistan Banking Council.
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clan. His father, Abdul Karim Khan Yusufi, was chairman of the
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in 2014 at a ceremony presided over by a well-known writer
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aged 94. On 21 June 2018, he was laid to rest after his
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Award in 2002, the highest literary honour given by the
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On 20 June 2018, after a protracted illness he died in
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Memorial Medal for distinguished services in banking.
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Ltd in 1965 as managing director. In 1974, he became
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Pakistaniat.com. 20 June 2009 752:"Mushtaq Yousufi laid to rest" 1: 1209:Recipients of Sitara-i-Imtiaz 919:Scientific Society of Aligarh 889:Aligarh Muslim University Act 632:. Retrieved 16 February 2020. 407:Award for 'Best Book' in 1990 1244:Indian emigrants to Pakistan 1204:Recipients of Hilal-i-Imtiaz 642:Abid, Zehra (15 June 2014). 1078:Moinuddin Ahmad Art Gallery 405:Pakistan Academy of Letters 335:(2014) was launched at the 175: 1270: 969:Faculty of Social Sciences 899:Mohammad Ali Mohammad Khan 490:ڈیسک, ویب (20 June 2018). 1249:People from Tonk district 947:Faculty & departments 935: 924:Aligarh Institute Gazette 863:Aligarh Muslim University 264:, his family migrated to 254:Aligarh Muslim University 58: 337:Arts Council of Pakistan 1219:Urdu-language humorists 978:Colleges & schools 494:. 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APP. 21 June 2018. 177:Muštāq Ẹḥmad Yoūsufi 161:Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi 83:Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi 53:Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi 18:Mushtaq Ahmed Yousfi 1254:Writers from Jaipur 1229:Pakistani satirists 1194:Pakistani humorists 964:Faculty of Theology 756:The Express Tribune 704:The Express Tribune 685:. 16 November 2014. 648:The Express Tribune 170:مُشتاق احمد يُوسُفی 73:مُشتاق احمد يُوسُفی 1061:Arts & culture 1047:Siddons Union Club 624:Syed Faizan Raza, 258:partition of India 1164: 1163: 1073:Musa Dakri Museum 1042:Horse Riding Club 929:Tehzeeb-ul-Akhlaq 909:Pakistan Movement 822:, Yousufi's world 706:. 17 October 2014 519:Business Recorder 260:and formation of 158: 157: 16:(Redirected from 1261: 941: 904:Aligarh Movement 856: 849: 842: 833: 823: 817: 811: 810: 808: 806: 791: 785: 784: 782: 780: 766: 760: 759: 748: 742: 741: 734: 728: 722: 716: 715: 713: 711: 696: 687: 686: 679: 673: 672: 665: 659: 658: 656: 654: 639: 633: 630:The Friday Times 622: 616: 615: 613: 611: 596: 587: 586: 584: 582: 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Index

Mushtaq Ahmed Yousfi
NI
SI

Tonk
British India
Karachi
Sitara-i-Imtiaz
Hilal-i-Imtiaz
Urdu
Pakistani
Urdu
humourist
Sitara-i-Imtiaz
Hilal-i-Imtiaz
Government of Pakistan
Jaipur
Pashtun
Yusufzai
Rajput
Rathore
Jaipur
BA
Agra University
MA
LL.B
Aligarh Muslim University
partition of India
Pakistan
Karachi

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