Renowned novelist Ishtiaq Ahmed passes away at 74
Ahmed died from a heart attack at the Karachi airport
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Renowned fiction novelist Ishtiaq Ahmed died of a heart attack on Tuesday while he was waiting to board a flight to Lahore at the Karachi airport.
Ahmed, who was 74 years old at the time of his death, was an author of children's literature, known mostly among the youth for his suspenseful Urdu novels featuring inspector Jamshed and Kamran Mirza and the famous characters of Mehmood, Farooq, Farzana and Shoki, Express News reported.
History and fiction: ‘Pakistani writers are introspective’
He penned around 800 novels, most of which centred around the theme of spies and detectives.
The novelist wrote his first book in 1973 and was at height of his fame during the 1970s and all through the 90s.
Ahmed leaves behind his wife, five sons and three daughters.
Ahmed, who was 74 years old at the time of his death, was an author of children's literature, known mostly among the youth for his suspenseful Urdu novels featuring inspector Jamshed and Kamran Mirza and the famous characters of Mehmood, Farooq, Farzana and Shoki, Express News reported.
History and fiction: ‘Pakistani writers are introspective’
He penned around 800 novels, most of which centred around the theme of spies and detectives.
The novelist wrote his first book in 1973 and was at height of his fame during the 1970s and all through the 90s.
Ahmed leaves behind his wife, five sons and three daughters.