Death anniversary of Saadat Hasan Manto being observed today

Lahore: The 68th death anniversary of Urdu story, film, radio script writer and journalist Saadat Hasan Manto is being observed on Wednesday.

Manto wrote two hundred and fifty short stories, a novel, five collections of radio plays, three collections of essays and two collections of personal sketches.

Some of his publications are Atishpare, Manto Ke Afsane, Dhuan, Afsane Aur Drame, Laazat-e-Sang, Thanda Gosht, Baghair Ijazat, Burque, Ratti, and Masha Tolah.

He died on this day in 1955 at Lahore.