MA Rahat

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Marghoob Ali Rahat
Born1941
Karachi, British India
Died24 April 2017
Lahore, Pakistan
OccupationWriter
Notable workSadiyon ka beta

Marghoob Ali Rahat popularly known as MA Rahat was a Pakistani writer. [1] [2] [3] He died at the age of 76. [4] He used different pen names and wrote thousands of novels and hundreds of books on various topics for the digests.

M.A. Rahat started writing in 1963 with the famous Imran Series and Jasoosi Duniya Detective World 'Fareedi Hameed Series' created by Ibn-e-Safi . According to the research, MA Rahat wrote the most novels on the Imran Series. M.A. Rahat was the best Imran Series writer.

Works

More than seven hundred novels on Imran Series and Jasoosi Duniya with different names such as Najma Safi, Naghma Safi, Najam Safi, N Safi etc.

Sadiyon ka beta

Following are his notable works: [4]

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References

  1. "DailyTimes – Celebrated writer MA Rahat passes away". Daily Times. Pakistan.
  2. "Famous novelist MA Rahat passes away".
  3. "Acclaimed Urdu novelist MA Rahat passes away". geo.tv.
  4. 1 2 Reporter, The Newspaper's Staff (25 April 2017). "Fiction writer MA Rahat passes away".