Ahmad Faraz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ahmad Faraz

Pakistani writer

Date of Birth: 12-Jan-1931

Place of Birth: Kohat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Date of Death: 25-Aug-2008

Profession: poet

Nationality: Pakistan

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Syed Ahmed Shah (Urdu: ???? ?????), better known by his pen name Ahmed Faraz, (Urdu: ??? ???? ????; 12 January 1931 – 25 August 2008) was a Pakistani Urdu poet.
He was widely known as one of the best modern Urdu poets of the last century.
Faraz was his pen name, (in Urdu takhalus ????).
He died in Islamabad on 25 August 2008.
He was awarded Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Hilal-e-Imtiaz and posthumously the Hilal-e-Pakistan by the Government of Pakistan.