High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Muhammad Yasir Pirzada (born 24 February 1974), is a Pakistani writer and columnist. He is the son of famous Urdu writer Ata ul Haq Qasmi. His weekly column "Zara Hat Kay" in Daily Jang, Pakistan's most widely circulated Urdu daily; and his fortnightly column with the name "Off the beaten track" in The News, a leading English daily, addresses issues of an ordinary citizen in humorous style.