Ismat Chughta'i, Wajida Tabassum, Manto

I agree completely. His stories were extremely powerful and some of them start hammering your mind for long time.

I am also sorry that most noteable critic would disagree with you. No doubt mostly his storied has a shocking cllimax but he has exceptional grip on the theme. There was hardly anything unnecessary in his stoires. Tooba tek singh is prime example :k: