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Amna Mufti ( Punjabi, ) is a screenwriter, columnist and author from Pakistan. She has written more than five novels and more than twenty television series. Her accolades include a
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and a PEN Award.


Early life

She spend her childhood in a remote village near the
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. Since her childhood, she wanted to become a scientist being inspired by
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and had no inclination towards writing. She used to write poems in her school and college days and composed her first verse at the age of six. She sent her
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to
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who rejected it and motivate her to write novels instead of poems.


Personal life

Mufti is a professor at
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. In 2023, she shifted to
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on receiving the golden Visa.


Career


As an author

She wrote her first short story ''Phir Wohi Dasht'' which was published in Adab Dost in 1998. In 2020, her novel about the water crisis ''Pani Mar Raha Hai'' was published.


As a screenwriter

She made her debut as a screenwriter in 2012 when she approached
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and wrote ''Ek Hatheli Pe Hina Ek Hatheli Pe Lahoo''. She then gave the idea of another series based on dowry problems in Pakistan which was accepted readily and she wrote the '' Jahez'' resultantly which aired on
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in the same year. For the series, she received her first
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nomination as a Best Television Writer at the
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. In 2013, the adaptation of her short story ''Ullu Baraye Farokht Nahi'' was aired on
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for which she wrote the screenplay as well. The series was directed by
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and Mufti received critical acclaim for her script and Best Television Writer Award at the
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. The script of the series was later made available as a book. In 2017, she adapted the
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's 1950 novel '' Pinjar'' for television which broadcast on TV One as '' Ghughi''. Amar Khan and Adnan Siddiqui played the leads in it and Mufti was nominated for Best Television Writer at the
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. In 2018, she wrote '' Aakhri Station'' deals with issues such as such as women's rights, mental and health hazards, acid attacks, forced prostitution, and domestic violence. The series was directed by
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and produced by Kashf Foundation. Based on several social evils such as child abuse sex trafficking, she wrote '' Dil Na Umeed To Nahi'' which was directed by Kashif Nisar and produced by Kashf Foundation. Mufti received her fourth nomination as a Best Television Writer for the series at the
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.


Influence

Mufti is influenced by
Qurratulain Hyder Qurratulain Hyder (20 January 1927 – 21 August 2007) was an Indian Urdu novelist and short story writer, academic, and journalist. One of the most outstanding and influential literary names in Urdu literature, she is best known for her m ...
and Altaf Fatima in writing.


Publications

*''Jurrat-e-Rindana'' (جرآت رندانہ) *''Ullu Baraye Farokht Nahi'' (الو براۓ فروخت نہیں) *''Aakhri Zaman'' (آخری زمانہ) *''Pani Mar Raha Hai'' (پانی مر رہا ہے)


Screenwriting


Television

* ''Ek Hatheli Pe Hina Ek Hatheli Pe Lahoo'' (2012) * '' Jahez'' (2012) * '' Sabz Pari Laal Kabootar'' (2012) * ''Maya'' (2012–14) * ''
Ullu Baraye Farokht Nahi ''Ullu Baraaye Farokht Nahi'' () is a Pakistani drama television series based on the afsana of the same name by Amna Mufti, which was first published in 2009 in a monthly Urdu journal ''Shuaa''. Directed by Kashif Nisar, the series stars an ...
'' (2013) * '' Dil Muhallay Ki Haveli'' (2014) * ''
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'' (2014) * '' Izteraab'' (2014) * ''Haq Meher'' (2014–15) * '' Neelam Kinaray'' (2015) * '' Jugnoo'' (2015) * '' Mol'' (2015) * ''
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'' (2015) * '' Preet Na Kariyo Koi'' (2015–16) * ''Jab Tak Ishq Nahi Hota'' (2016) * '' Ghughi'' (2018) * '' Aakhri Station'' (2018) * '' Zun Mureed'' (2018) * '' Dil Na Umeed To Nahi'' (2021) * '' Khushbo Mein Basay Khat'' (2023)


Film

* ''Khaemae Mein Matt Jhankain''


Awards


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Other accolades

* 2006—PEN Award for Best Debut


References

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