Ashfaq Ahmed Khan (Urdu: اشفاق احمد خان; 22 August 1925 – 7 September 2004) was a writer, playwright and broadcaster from Pakistan.His works in Urdu included novels, short stories and plays for television and radio of Pakistan. He received the President’s Pride of Performance and Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) awards for his everlasting services in the field of broadcasting and literary heritage of Pakistan.
Ahmed was born on 22 August 1925 in Muktsar, Punjab, British India, in an ethnic Pashtun family of the Mohmand tribe.His early education was in Muktsar.
Shortly before the partition of India in 1947, he migrated to Pakistan and settled in Lahore, Punjab.He completed a Master of Arts degree in Urdu literature from Government College Lahore. Bano Qudsia, his wife and companion in Urdu literary circles, was his classmate at the Government College.
Ahmed travelled widely and could speak Punjabi, Urdu, English, Italian and French.
