Mustansar Hussain Tarar was born at Ghakkhatr in 1939. As a young boy he witnessed the partition of India and the events that took place at Lahore.His first book was Nikley Teri Talaash Main, dedicated to his youngest brother, a travelogue of Europe published in 1971. This followed a period during which he travelled in seventeen European countries, and it led to new trend in Urdu literature.He also became a television actor and from 1988 was for many years a host of PTV's live morning transmission Subuh Bakhair (Good Morning). His unconventional and down-to-earth style of comparing earned him great popularity among people from all circles of life. He is one of the most recognized personality among children as he spent a big part of transmission time addressing exclusively children. He called himself the cha cha jee (paternal uncle) of all Pakistani children and soon became known by this title.
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