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Saadat Hasan Manto was a Pakistani playwright and author considered among the greatest writers of short stories in South Asian history. Presented here is a selection from his writings.

Saadat Hasan Manto was a Pakistani writer, playwright, and author considered among the greatest writers of short stories in South Asian history. Presented here is a collection of nine letters he wrote to Uncle Sam.

Saadat Hasan Manto was a Pakistani writer, playwright, and author considered among the greatest writers of short stories in South Asian history. Siyah Hashiye is a collection of short stories related to the partion of Pakistan and India.

"Kuttay" as narrated by Mustaq Ahmed Yusufi, Ptaras Bukhari, and Saadat Hasan Manto.

A classical collection of recitations by the master narrator Zia Mohyeddin. Volume 15 includes essays and poetry by Agha Haider Mirza, Mohammad Hussain Azad, Shehzad Ahmed, Saadat Hassan Manto, Intezaar Hussain, Zameer Jaffari , Mazahiya Angrezi , and Ibn-e-Insha.

"Naya Qanoon" is a classic Urdu short story set in the background of British rule in the sub-continent. It was inspired by the promulgation of the Act of India, 1935. The story revolves around a tonga driver, Mangoo, who despises the British colonizers and cannot wait for the new act which he mistakenly believes will end colonial rule. He receives a big shock when on the first day under the new act he refuses to be humiliated by a British customer and hits back. He is shocked when he is arrested for assualting a Gora Sahib.