The 55th death anniversary of famous Urdu writer Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj was observed on Saturday.

He was born in Lahore on 13th October, 1900.

He hosted the daily feature Pakistan Hamara Hai on Radio Pakistan and conducted popular radio programmes for several years.

Imtiaz Taj also wrote short stories, novels, radio plays and stories for films.

Imtiaz Ali Taj was murdered while asleep in his bed by unknown assassins on this day in 1970.