Mustansar Hussain Tarar

About Mustansar Hussain Tarar

Mustansar Hussain Tarar (born 1939) is Pakistan’s best-selling Urdu language writer. His novels, short stories and travelogues have inspired generations of Pakistani readers and have a devout following. His novels Bahao and Raakh have been rated as two of the most influential Urdu novels written in the last century. His work is part of the Urdu curriculum in universities at home and abroad, and the topic of several academic works.