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Wasif Ali Wasif

Malik Muhammad Wasif (15 January 1929 – 18 January 1993), best known through his pen-name Wasif Ali Wasif, was a Pakistani teacher, writer, poet and Sufi figure. The author of some 40 books, he is known for his aphorisms and short prose pieces and essays, often taken from his columns in Urdu newspapers, many of these books being collections of his speeches and public lectures, while he has also written poetry. He was close to some of Pakistan's best-known intellectuals of his era such as Qudratullah Shahab, Ashfaq Ahmed and Hanif Ramay.

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Name
Wasif Ali Wasif
Birth Name
Malik Muhammad Wasif
Born
15 January 1929
Birthplace
Khushab, Punjab, British India
Died
18 January 1993
Place of death
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Occupation
Teacher Poet Essayist
Known for
Books Columns
Nationality
Pakistan · British Raj
Education
Islamia College

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Malik Muhammad Wasif (15 January 1929 – 18 January 1993), best known through his pen-name Wasif Ali Wasif, was a Pakistani teacher, writer, poet and Sufi figure. The author of some 40 books, he is known for his aphorisms and short prose pieces and essays, often taken from his columns in Urdu newspapers, many of these books being collections of his speeches and public lectures, while he has also written poetry. He was close to some of Pakistan's best-known intellectuals of his era such as Qudratullah Shahab, Ashfaq Ahmed and Hanif Ramay.

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Wasif Ali Wasif (1929–1993) was a philosopher, poet and writer, a national of the British Raj and Pakistan. The philosopher was born in Khushab District. Wasif Ali Wasif was educated at Islamia College.

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