death_date death_place pseudonym birth_place subject nationality name birth_date spouse genre article_title birth_name occupation
15 october 2011 islamabad , pakistan yaad thatha nustar , farooqabad , punjab , pakistan literature pakistani muhammad mansha yaad 05 september 1937 farhat nasim akhtar fiction muhammad mansha yaad
 muhammad mansha yaad writer , playwright
muhammad mansha yaad

muhammad mansha yaad -lrb- ؛ -rrb- was a distinguished writer and playwright from punjab , pakistan .
he received the pride of performance award in 2004 from the government of pakistan .
he has won many other awards from organizations in various countries .
his first short story appeared in 1955 and his first collection of stories was published in 1975 .
he contributed urdu and punjabi stories to many literary magazines .
he has published ten collections of short stories , including one in punjabi , along with a novel in punjabi , `` tanwan tanwan tara '' , and many television series and plays .
