![]() Talaash ("Quest") was the last book written by Mumtaz Mufti. According to forewords mentioned in his later autobiography, Ali Pur Ka Aeeli is an account of a lover who challenged the social taboos of his times, and Alakh Nagri is an account of an acolyte who greatly influenced by the mysticism of Qudrat Ullah Shahab. The two phases of his life are witnessed by his autobiographies, Ali Pur Ka Aeeli and Alakh Nagri. At the same time, he did manage to retain his individual accent and wrote on subjects which were frowned upon by the conservative elements in society. His transformation from Liberalism to Sufism was due to his inspiration from Qudrat Ullah Shahab (Another well known Pakistani Author). In the beginning he was considered among his contemporaries, a non-conformist writer having liberal views, who appeared influenced by Freud. He started writing Urdu short stories while working as a school teacher before partition. Mumtaz Mufti (Sitara-e-Imtiaz) is a Pakistani short story writer. ![]()
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