Urdu columnist
Born: 1 March 1939
Profession: Journalist
Affiliation(s): Nai Baat
Citizenship: Pakistani
Mustansar Hussain Tarar was born at Lahore in 1939. As a young boy he witnessed the independence of Pakistan in 1947 and the events that took place at Lahore(one of the major cities of Pakistan). (The events of independence as like the migration of Muslims from India to Pakistan and vice versa) His father, Rehmat Khan Tarar, operated a small seed store by the name of "Kisan & co" that developed to become a major business in that sphere.
Tarar was educated at Rang Mehal Mission High School and Muslim Model High School, both in Lahore. He did further studies at the Government College, Lahore and in London. While abroad he spent much of his time in watching movies, doing theater and reading books. In 1957, he attended the World Youth Festival in Moscow and wrote a book named Fakhta (Dove) which was based on that experience.
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