Ashraf Shad

Ashraf Shad (Urdu: اشرف شاد) is a Pakistani / Australian writer, poet and journalist.^[1] Ashraf was born in Moradabad, India, and migrated first to Pakistan after the Partition of India, and then to Australia in 1989. He has also lived in the United States, Hungary, UAE, Bahrain, Brunei, and Kuwait.^[2]

Publications

Problems of Reporting the Developing World: A case study of New York Time’s reporting on China (1992).
Nisab, poetry collection (1996).
Bewatan,^[3] a novel that won an award for the best novel in Pakistan (1997).
Wazir-e-Azam,^[4] (The Prime Minister), political fiction (1999).
Bewatan, a Hindi translation published (2001) Raj Kamal Publications, Delhi
Shora-e-Australia (Urdu Poets of Australia), poetry compilation (2001).
Aa Merey Qareeb Aa (Come close to me), poetry collection, (2003).
Sadre Mohtaram,^[5] (The President) (2004).
Peeli Lakeer (The yellow line), short story collection (2011).
Ahmed Faraz Baqalam Khud, critical evaluation (2013) Dost Publications Islamabad
Syasstein Kya Kya, interviews (2013) Dost Publications
Akhbare Ishq, poetry collection (2013) Pakistani Adab Publications, Karachi
Judge Saheb, novel (2017) Dost Publications Islamabad
B A Rustam TV Anchor, novel (2018), Dost Publications
Iskandar Mirza - memoirs, translation (2019) Varsa Publications Karachi
Ashraf Shad - Fun Aur Shakhsiat by G N Qureshi, reviews (2013) Pakistani Adab Publications Karachi
The Critical evaluation of Ashraf Shad’s literary work, research thesis by Amna Chaudhry (2017) Pakistani Adab, Karachi

^ "Ashraf Shad's book 'Syasatein Kya Kya' launched". Business Recorder.com. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
^ Rajvanshi, Rakha. "Novels as art, poet at heart – Ashraf Shad". The Indian Telegraph. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
^ Be Vatan. Dost Pablikeshanz. ISBN 969-496-095-9.
^ Shād, Ashraf (1999). Vazīr-i Aʻẓam : nāvil. Islāmābād: Dost Pablīkeshanz. ISBN 969-496-095-9.
^ Shād, Ashraf (2004). Ṣadar-i muḥtaram (2004 Ishāʻat. ed.). Islāmābād: Dost Pablīkeshanz. ISBN 969-496-228-5.