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Syed Ahmed Shah Bokhari (Urdu: سید احمد شاہ بخاری), commonly known as Patras Bokhari (October 25, – December 5, ), was a Pakistani humorist, writer, broadcaster and diplomat who served as a Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations.
He returned to Lahore where he taught English at Government College in He became a prominent part of the Muslim intelligentsia in South Asia. Bokhari received his early education in the city of his birth and then studied at Islamia College , before moving in , to attend Government College in Lahore. After completing his Master of Arts degree in English, he was appointed as a lecturer at the same institution.
In , he took his MA in English after just one year's study and stood first, after which he was appointed lecturer. This was his creative period.
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His bilingual excellence is owed to his intensive translation of great books and plays from English into Urdu. He was tall and blue-eyed, had a razor-sharp mind, an equally sharp tongue, and a keenness to go forward in life. Patras' brother Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari was a noted broadcaster in Pakistan. Many years later, the Bokhari English Prize was established there in his honor.
Before the independence of Pakistan in , he was the director general of All India Radio. Being a professor of English Literature , he also served as the principal of Government College, Lahore from to He drafted the prime minister's speeches and public pronouncements. These have been published in a volume entitled Heart of Asia. It was his close association with Liaquat Ali Khan, which culminated in his posting as Pakistan's permanent representative at the United Nations He used four languages at home: the local dialect, Persian, Urdu and Pashto.
Ahmed Shah Bokhari first started using a pen name Peter , in respect of his teacher Peter Watkins , when he wrote in English.