Ishtiaq Ahmad (fiction writer)

For other people named Ishtiaq Ahmad, see Ishtiaq Ahmad (disambiguation).

Ishtiaq Ahmad
Born1944
Panipat, India
Died17 November 2015(2015-11-17) (aged 73–74)
Karachi, Pakistan
OccupationNovelist, Editor of [[[1]]], Regular Columnist at Weekly Zarb-e-Momin
NationalityPakistani
Period1970–2015
GenreSpy fiction, suspense thriller novels[2]
SubjectPatriotism, Islam related topics in his writings
Notable worksInspector Jamshaid series
Website
www.inspectorjamshedseries.com

Ishtiaq Ahmad (اﺸﺘﻴﺎﻖ اﺤﻤﺩ in Urdu), (1944 – 17 November 2015) was a Pakistani fiction writer famous for his spy and detective novels in the Urdu language, particularly the Inspector Jamshaid series. He was born in Karnal now in India. Then his family migrated to city Jhang in Pakistan.[3] He started his career by writing short stories for children and then wrote his first novel in 1973. He is the author of the highest number of novels (his 773rd novel is published by Atlantis Publications in April 2011) by any author in any language throughout the world.[4] He was influenced by the Urdu fiction writer Ibn-e-Safi.[2]

  1. ^ Bachon Ka Islam
  2. ^ a b Farrukh Kamrani (21 November 2015). "The lost world of Ishtiaq Ahmed". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 30 April 2018.
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  4. ^ "Ishtiaq Ahmad".