Mustansar Hussain Tarar

Mustansar Hussain Tarar
Born (1939-03-01) 1 March 1939 in 2016
Lahore, Pakistan
Pen name چاچا جی مستنصر حسین تارڑ
Occupation Novelist, newspaper columnist, travelogue writer, TV Host
Nationality Pakistani
Ethnicity Punjabi
Citizenship Pakistani
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Website
www.mustansarhussaintarar.com

Mustansar Hussain Tarar (Urdu: مستنصر حسين تارڑ‎; Mustanṣar Ḥusẹ̄n Tāraṙ) (born 1 March 1939) is a Pakistani author, travel enthusiast, writer, novelist, columnist, TV host.[1]

Early life

Mustansar Hussain Tarar was born at Lahore in 1939. When he was still young, his father, Rehmat Tarar, operated a small agricultural seed store by the name of "Kisan & company" that later flourished to become a major business in that field.[2]

Tarar was educated at Rang Mahal Mission High School and Muslim Model High School, both in Lahore, Pakistan.[3] He did further studies at the Government College, Lahore and in London.[3] While abroad he spent much of his time in watching movies, hanging out with friends as a teenager and reading books. In 1958, he attended the World Youth Festival in Moscow and wrote a book named Fakhta (Dove) which was based on that experience.[3][4]

Career

He has written more than 50 books including novels and a collection of short stories in his career.[5] His first book was Nikley Teri Talaash Main (1970), dedicated to his youngest brother, Mobashir Hussain Tarar, a travelogue of Europe published in 1971.[5] This followed a period during which he travelled in seventeen European countries, and it led to a new trend in Urdu literature. As 'Safar Nama', (travelogue) he has so far over forty titles to his credit.[5]

He also became a television actor and was, for many years, a host of Pakistan Television Corporation's (PTV) live morning show Subah Bakhair (1988) (Good Morning).[1] His unconventional and down-to-earth style of hosting earned him great popularity among people from all circles of life. He is one of the most recognised personality among children as he spent a big part of transmission time addressing children exclusively. He called himself the chacha jee (paternal uncle) of all Pakistani children and soon became known by this title.

Tarar has been an active mountaineer for many years and has been to the base camp of the famous mountain K2 and the Chitti Buoi Glacier.[3]

Columns as a journalist and books

During his long career, he has been a newspaper columnist and a contributor in Pakistani newspapers including Dawn newspaper, Daily Aaj newspaper and used to write a weekly column for Akhbar-e-Jahan.[6]

His books include:

Drama

He is also the author of many famous drama series for Pakistan Television Corporation or PTV.

Travelogue writer

As a mountaineer and a travelogue writer himself, Tarar has long promoted the cause of tourism projects in the northern areas of Pakistan.[2]

Awards and recognition

References

  1. 1 2 http://nation.com.pk/blogs/28-Dec-2015/the-rise-and-rise-of-mustansar-hussain-tarar, Mustansar Hussain Tarar on The Nation newspaper, Published 28 December 2015, Retrieved 20 July 2016
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 http://urduadab4u.blogspot.com/search?q=Mustansar+Hussain+Tarar+, Profile of Mustansar Hussain Tarar on urduadab4u.com website, Published 31 August 2010, Retrieved 21 July 2016
  3. 1 2 3 4 http://www.urduwire.com/people/Mustansar-Hussain-Tarar_214.aspx, Profile of Mustansar Hussain Tarar on urduwire.com website, Retrieved 20 July 2016
  4. ↑ http://www.dawn.com/news/768253/flashback-diary-of-a-vagabond, Mustansar Hussain Tarar on Dawn newspaper, Published 2 December 2012, Retrieved 20 July 2016
  5. 1 2 3 4 http://www.dawn.com/news/978837/a-decent-man-can-t-be-a-good-writer-mustansar-tarar, Article in Dawn newspaper, Published 19 February 2009, Retrieved 20 July 2016
  6. ↑ http://vidpk.com/p/463/Mustansar-Hussain-Tarar/, Mustansar Hussain Tarar as a newspaper columnist on vidpk.com website, Retrieved 20 July 2016
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