1. Bano Qudsia, known as Bano Aapa, was a Pakistani novelist, playwright and spiritualist.
14 Facts About Bano Qudsia
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Bano Qudsia wrote literature in Urdu, producing novels, dramas plays and short stories.
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Bano Qudsia was born on 28 November 1928 in Firozpur, British India, as Qudsia Chattha in a Muslim Jat family.
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Bano Qudsia's father was a Bachelor of Agriculture; her mother was a graduate and inspector of schools in British India and her brother Pervaiz Chattha was a painter.
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Bano Qudsia migrated to Lahore with her family after the partition of India.
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Bano Qudsia graduated from the Kinnaird College in Lahore and then joined the Government College University to earn her master's degree in Urdu literature which she completed in 1951.
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Bano Qudsia married writer Ashfaq Ahmed whom she had met at the Government College Lahore.
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Bano Qudsia's critically acclaimed play Aadhi Baat was about a retired headmaster.
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Bano Qudsia completed the biography and the second part of it was published as Rah-i-Rawaan.
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Bano Qudsia had the highest regard for her husband and placed Ashfaq Ahmed on a very high pedestal.
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Bano Qudsia wrote a book about Qudrat Ullah Shahab titled "Mard-e-Abresham".
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Bano Qudsia died on 4 February 2017 at the Ittefaq Hospital in Lahore at the age of 88.
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In 1983, Bano Qudsia was awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz by the Government of Pakistan.
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In 2012, the Pakistan Academy of Letters awarded Bano Qudsia the Kamal-e-Fun Award, which is a lifetime achievement award.