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Noor Jehan: The Queen of Melody, The Nightingale of the East
Saadat Hasan Manto: One of the most controversial playwrights and writers
He left this epitaph, which was never inscribed onto his tombstone:
“Here lies Saadat Hasan Manto and with him lie buried all the secrets and mysteries of the art of story writing. Under mounds of earth he lies, still wondering who among the two is the greater story writer– God or he.”
Faiz Ahmed Faiz- The Marxist freedom-writer, the crown of melancholy
Benazir Bhutto: The world’s youngest female Prime Minister ever elected. She was assasinated in 2007 for her liberal and secularist ideology
Imran Khan- International Cricket enigma and current Prime Minister of Pakistan (2018-2022)