Naiyer Masud was among the foremost contemporary Urdu short story writers in our country. His stories have been published in three volumes – Seemiya, Itr-e-Kafoor and Taus Chaman ki Maina. Recipient of the Presidential Certificate of Honour in 1997 for “outstanding contribution to Persian,” Naiyer Masud also received the Katha Award for Creative Fiction twice, in 1993 and 1997.