Shaukat Siddiqui

Early life and career Siddiqi was born on 20 March 1923 in a literary family of Lucknow, British India. He gained his early education in his hometown and earned a B.A. in 1944, and did his M.A. in (Political Science) from Lucknow University at the age of 23. After the partition of India, he migrated to Pakistan in 1950 and stayed in Lahore, but soon permanently settled in Karachi. His early days in Pakistan were full of financial trouble and political opposition, which he soon overcame. He accompanied Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on several foreign tours. Raaton Ka Shehar (1956) Adamjee Literary Award in 1960

Death and legacy He died on 18 December 2006 of cardiac arrest in Karachi at the age of 83, leaving behind a wife, two sons and three daughters.

Shaukat Siddiqui was known to use the technique of socialist realism in his writings and did not leave his characters in the quagmire of apathy and inaction. But, instead, tried to suggest to them to assert themselves and change their own destiny. He portrayed the life of a section of Karachi's poor very successfully in his writings. Siddiqui's commitment to the truth and his faith in the destiny of mankind guided him in his literary journey.