Nothing is more shocking than losing a dear one and Amjad Islam Amjad was one such literary figure whose reported death is devastating for those who knew him.
I had the honour to know late Amjad Islam Amjad through my father who adored his ghazal ” Ma thera sang kasa chaloo Sajna tho samandar ha ma sahilo ki hawa” sung by Madam Noor Jehan. I lost my father on Monday 20th February at 9am in 2006 with his hand in my hand when he breathed his last in Islamabad. This year his death anniversary again falls on the fateful day of his painful separation that left me shattered trying to comfort myself with his memories.
I neve knew I will have to write obituary of Amjad Islam Amjad in the fateful month of February whom I met in Lahore as member of the Film on Maulana Jalal Uddin Rumi, whose script he penned. Rest in Peace You will be missed as an iconic literary figure of Pakistan.