Anwar Sajjad, more commonly known as Enver Sajjad (27 May 1935 – 6 June 2019) was a Pakistani playwright and fiction writer. Because he was a novelist, playwright, actor, director, producer, voice-over artist, columnist, painter, dancer and physician, he has been described as a

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Early life and career

He was born in 1935 in

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. Sajjad completed his higher studies in medicine from

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before heading out to the

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for a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.Renowned playwright Enver Sajjad passes away in Lahore
The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 6 June 2019, Retrieved 7 June 2019 He was a medical doctor by profession. He began to write in the 1950s, when he was still a teenager. Anwar Sajjad was also a

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who starred in a number of PTV productions and was also nominated for a PTV award for his performance in drama serial ''Saba aur Samandar''. He was also an active member of the Lahore circle of literary figures and artists and had also chaired the Pakistan Arts Council, Lahore in the past. Anwar Sajjad had also worked for, before his death, the

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. He quit this job due to his illness and other personal reasons. In the early days of television, after its introduction in Pakistan in 1964, it was the Pakistani television pioneer

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who persuaded writers like

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and Anwar Sajjad to write for television.Aslam Azhar – a hard but happy life
Dawn (newspaper), Published 15 January 2011, Retrieved 7 June 2019

Work

His notable works of published fiction include: * Chauraha * Janam Roop * Khushiyon Ka Baagh * Neeli Notebook He wrote a number of plays for

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Award in 1989 by the

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Death

Anwar Sajjad died on 6 June 2019 at Lahore, Pakistan at age 84. Among the survivors are his wife and a daughter.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sajjad, Enver 1935 births 2019 deaths Pakistani dramatists and playwrights Pakistani television writers Pakistani tropical physicians Recipients of the Pride of Performance King Edward Medical University alumni Alumni of the University of Liverpool Writers from Lahore People from Punjab Province (British India)