LAHORE, Dec 5 (FD): The 64th death anniversary of most renowned writer, educationist, a diplomat and leading broadcaster Patras Bukhari is being observed on Monday.
He was Born in Peshawar, British India to a Kashmiri family and studied at Edwards Mission School in Peshawar and moved to Lahore where he studied English literature at the Government College.
Shah moved to United Kingdom where he received his Tripos from the Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He returned to Lahore where he taught English at Government College in 1927. He moved to eventually become Director General of All India Radio in Delhi and then Principal of Government College. He was appointed as the country’s envoy to the UN in New York City from 1951 and 1954, followed by the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Information until 1958.
His collection of essays, “Patras Kay Mazameen” published in 1927 is said to be an asset in Urdu humor writings. It is undoubtedly one of the finest works in Urdu humor and despite the fact that it was written in first half of twentieth century, it seems to be truly applicable even today.
Government of Pakistan acknowledged his immense contribution by honoring him with the one of the biggest civil award of the country Hilal-e-Imtiaz in 2003 after six decades of his demise.
