Pak. Highest Civilian Award “Nishan-i-Imtiaz” to Saadat Hasan Manto

Pak. Highest Civilian Award “Nishan-i-Imtiaz” to Saadat Hasan Manto

The Writer Saadat Hasan Manto honoured with the Pakistan’s highest award “Nisan-i-Imtiaz”. He died at the age of  42 in 1955. Saadat Hasan Manto is known for his short stories, especially those that explored the impact of the partition of the subcontinent into India & Pak. in 1947. He ended a career as a scriptwriter in Mumbai to move to Pakistan with his family in early 1948. Along with Manto, renowned singer Mehdi Hassan too was posthumously honoured with “Nishan-i-Imtiaz”. Hassan Popularly known as the “Shahenshah-e-Ghazil” who died at the age of 84 years in June 2012.