Such ordeals made him a prolific writer of non-fictional accounts and Islamic books. His incarceration had given him more courage. November 1996 marked Benazir Bhutto’s fall and made him realize that every cloud has a silver lining. For three years he remained behind bars where his wife and children would visit him at times. But as an outspoken man that he was, Benazir Bhutto got him into police custody again during her democratic rule in 1994 for political defiance. In December 1988, General Zia’s sudden demise in an air crash restored civil order in Pakistan which resulted in the release of him as well as other political prisoners from jails. But he still did not give up and continued to grapple against the miserable plight that existed in Pakistani prisons as well as for human rights, dignity, integrity, revival of constitution and honor - with substantial victory. For this reason, they sentenced him to a stringent lifetime imprisonment. They alleged him as an officer who waged war against Pakistan, but he was patriotic by heart for this nation. Moreover, he was tried-in-camera as the “principal accused” at Attock Fort by a special military court. General Zia ul Haq, the then military dictator, arrested him during his military regime because of his profound resistance and rebellion against the Martial Law system prevalent in Pakistan. He also took part in the unfortunate East Pakistan civil war that led to the Indo-Pak war in 1971. Furthermore, he got staff experience and command as a middle ranking field officer at a very young age.

Major Aftab Ahmad was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in Baloch Regiment’s 25th Battalion. He is a graduate of Islamia College, Lahore. Here’s a list of top Pakistani writers:Įx Major Aftab Ahmad is a writer who hails from Kharian city, District Gujrat. Every book of theirs is thought provoking.

Even their fictional accounts tend to teach us a lesson or two about our contemporary values and the core of culture. Their literary opus is mostly centered on fiction, nonfiction, romance, comedy, war and other important societal issues. And, they so well deserve it! It isn’t only because these top Pakistani writers compose stories on terrorism or even war on terrorism for that matter.

Pakistani writers have attracted a lot of international as well as local recognition, lately.

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