Irfan Husain

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Irfan Husain (Urdu: عرفان حسین) has been writing in the Pakistani press for over 30 years. When he started writing he was a civil servant so he had to write under different names which ranged from Akbar Hussein, Ferida Sher, Abdul Ghani, Shakir Husain, and Mazdak. After taking early retirement he began writing under his own name. He has been widely published in almost every major newspaper in Pakistan and currently he writes weekly columns for the Dawn, the Daily Times, and the Khaleej Times.

After taking an early retirement from Government service, Irfan Husain accepted the position of President at the Textile Institute of Pakistan, which is a premier textile university in Karachi. After a five year stint here he retired and splits his time between London and Karachi.

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