Ashfaq Ahmad was born on 22nd August 1925 in Ferozepur district, India. He obtained his early education in his own town. Before independence in 1947, he migrated to Pakistan where he completed his Masters in Urdu literature from Government College Lahore. He started writing stories in his very childhood, which were published in Phool magazine. He went to many part of the world for the education and earning purpose, After returning to Pakistan from Europe, he took out his own monthly literary magazine, DASTAANGO. His popular TV plays include Aik Muhabbat Sau Afsanay , Uchhay Burj Lahore Dey, Tota Kahani , Lekin , Hairat Kadah, Mun Chalay Ka Sauda and Alif noon and many more. He always had some kind of social and moral message in his stories and plays. Ashfaq Ahmed passed away on 7th September, 2004 due to gallbladder cancer.