09-08-2004, 06:05 AM
Renowned writer Ashfaq Ahmed dies
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LAHORE, Sept 7 Renowned writer, intellectual and broadcaster Ashfaq Ahmed died in Lahore today, aged 80, his family said. One of the country's top literary figures and the winner of several national awards, Ahmed, who had been suffering from gall bladder cancer, died on way to the hospital. He leaves behind three sons and wife Bano Qudsia, also a popular Urdu language novelist
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LAHORE, Sept 7 Renowned writer, intellectual and broadcaster Ashfaq Ahmed died in Lahore today, aged 80, his family said. One of the country's top literary figures and the winner of several national awards, Ahmed, who had been suffering from gall bladder cancer, died on way to the hospital. He leaves behind three sons and wife Bano Qudsia, also a popular Urdu language novelist
