Background
Siddiqui was born on 20 March 1923 in a literary family of Lucknow, India.
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Shaukat Siddiqui
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He is best known for his novels Khuda Ki Basti (God"s Own Land) and Jangloos. He gained his early education in his home town and earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1944 and an Master of Arts (Political Science) in 1944. 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. Shaukat Siddiqi worked at the news-desks of the Times of Karachi, Pakistan Standard, and the Morning News.
Politics
He finally rose to be the editor of the Daily Anajam, the Weekly First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Fatah and the Daily Musawat of Karachi, before bidding goodbye to journalism in 1984.
Membership
He was an active member of the Pakistan Writers" Guild and a partisan of progressive writers association.
