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Mustansar Hussain Tarar Biography

Name: Mustansar Hussain Tarar

Nationality: Pakistani

Born City: Ghakhar Mandi, Lahore

Date of Birth: 1 March 1939 (age 82)

Profession : Novelist, actor, newspaper columnist, travelogue writer, TV Host

Religion: Islam

Mustansar Hussain Tarar

Who is Mustansar Hussain Tarar ?

Mustansar Hussain Tarar was born in Ghakhar Mandi on 1 March 1939.
He is a Pakistani author, travel enthusiast, mountaineer, writer, novelist, columnist, TV host and former actor.
He was raised in Lahore with his family that hailed from Mandi Bahauddin.
Tarar was educated at Rang Mahal Mission High School and Muslim Model High School, both in Lahore, Pakistan.
He pursued higher studies at Government College, Lahore and in London. While abroad he spent much of his time watching movies, hanging out with friends and reading books.
In 1958, he attended the World Youth Festival in Moscow and wrote a book named Fakhta (Dove) based on his experience.
He has written more than 50 books including novels and a collection of short stories in his career.
His first book was a travelogue of Europe published in 1971 by the title of Nikley Teri Talaash Main (1970), dedicated to his youngest brother, Mobashir Hussain Tarar.
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).
During his long career, he has been a newspaper columnist and a contributor in Pakistani newspapers including Dawn and Daily Aaj, and used to write a weekly column for Akhbar-e-Jahan.