The Old Woman’s Horse — SHORT STORY 𝒃𝒚 Hafeez Khan
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Born on 3rd October 1956, grew up in Bahawalpur but mostly lives in Multan, Lahore, and Islamabad. He is a multifaceted writer of Urdu and Saraiki languages. He has been writing fiction since 1971, and so far, he has published more than 30 books. He is author of 7 novels in Urdu and 2 in Saraiki other than a book on the history of Multan. He wrote a few books in the area of research and criticism. Muhammad Hafeez Khan has also penned hundreds of Radio and TV plays and drama serials, contributing Radio plays for children. His journalistic work as patron editor of an English monthly and columnist in renowned Urdu dailies is also remarkable. He has been awarded𝘛𝘢𝘮𝘨𝘩𝘢-𝘦-𝘐𝘮𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘻 (Medal of Excellence), 5 National literary awards by Pakistan Academy of Letters, Pakistan Television Award and an award by Punjab Institute of Language, Art and Culture. Despite being a judge and a bureaucrat by profession, Muhammad Hafeez Khan is one of the most prominent literary figures. He has attended a large number of literary conferences and had been member of BOG of Pakistan Academy of Letters and jury of𝘒𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘭-𝘦-𝘍𝘶𝘯 award (Lifetime Achievement Award), the most prestigious literary award.
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Hamza Hassan Sheikh is a short-story writer, novelist, and poet, who is published in anthologies and yearbooks in China, Taiwan, UK, USA, India and Australia. He is a PhD scholar in Film Studies at the University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Malaysia. He is an author of 15 books, 8 in English and 7 in Urdu. His books have been published in Pakistan, India and USA. Hamza Hassan Sheikh is first ever English novelist and short-story writer from his province KPK. He had received many national and international awards from Pakistan, Albania, Lebanon and Kazakhstan. He has visited Iran, India, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, UAE, Malaysia and Romania in his literary pursuit. Hamza Hassan Sheikh has also translated work of many international writers into Urdu and Pakistani Literature from Urdu, Punjabi, Saraiki, Hindko and Pushto into English. He has published a book — “𝑺𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕” — of translation of 50 poems of Amrita Pritam from Punjabi. He is also a participating speaker on different TV channels of Pakistan.
I am unable to remember who used to tell this story about ‘The Old Woman’s Horse’. Certainly, you might also have heard this story. No, you haven’t?