Khalid Hasan (15 April 1934 – 5 February 2009) was a Pakistani journalist and writer. Author and editor of several books, in addition to being a regular columnist for a number of English-language Pakistani newspapers, he is best known for his translations of the short stories of

Saadat Hasan Manto Saadat Hasan Manto (; Punjabi, ur, , ; 11 May 1912 – 18 January 1955) was a Pakistani writer, playwright and author born in Ludhiana, who was active in British India and later, after the 1947 partition of India, in Pakistan. Writing m ...

and the lyrics of Faiz Ahmed Faiz.

Life and career

Khalid Hasan was born in

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, Kashmir. His father, Noor Hussain, was from Jammu, and worked in the Jammu and Kashmir ministry of health.Renowned journalist Khalid Hasan passes away
''Dawn'' (newspaper), 6 February 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2019 Khalid Hasan as well as the rest of the family migrated from Jammu to Pakistan during the 1947 communal violence. His two elder brothers (Brigadier General Bashir Ahmed and Saeed Ahmed) served in the Pakistan Army and a younger brother (Masood Hasan) ran an advertising business in Lahore. His sister Surayya was married to K. H. Khurshid who served

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as his private secretary, then later became president of

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. His second sister, Zohra, resides in

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, Pakistan. Khalid Hasan was sponsored by the

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in the late 1960s for the Congressional Fellowship. So he moved to Washington D. C. and there he met Juanita and married her. Hasan began his long career in journalism and writing with The ''

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'',

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as senior reporter and columnist in 1967. He was asked by

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar (or Zulfiqar) Ali Bhutto ( ur, , sd, ذوالفقار علي ڀٽو; 5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979), also known as Quaid-e-Awam ("the People's Leader"), was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fourt ...

on taking office in December 1971 to join him as his first

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. He went on to spend five years in the country's

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, with postings in Paris, Ottawa and London. He resigned in protest when the Bhutto government was overthrown by Gen. Zia-ul-Haq and worked in London with the

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and the

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before leaving to join

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News Agency in

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, Austria, where he stayed for 10 years.Khalid Hasan remembered
Journalism Pakistan website, Published 16 March 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2019 Khalid Hasan returned to Pakistan briefly in 1991 where he worked as a freelance journalist for the next two years. He moved to Washington, D.C. in 1993 and worked out of there as US correspondent for ''

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'' (newspaper), Lahore. From 1997 to 2000 he was in Pakistan as head of the

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. He returned to Washington in 2000 as special correspondent of

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, which he left to join '' Daily Times'' newspaper and ''

The Friday Times ''The Friday Times'' (TFT) is a Pakistani English-language independent newsweekly, based in Lahore, Pakistan. History and profile ''The Friday Times'' was first published in May 1989. TFT's founder-editor Najam Sethi and publisher Jugnu Moh ...

'' newspaper, Lahore in 2002. He continued to work as the correspondent and columnist of these two publications in Washington, D.C. He died on 5 February 2009 in the United States. Hasan was a prolific writer and translator and had published over 40 books, in Pakistan and abroad.

Death and survivors

Khalid Hasan died on 5 February 2009, in Washington, D.C. of

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at age 74.Obituary: Journalist Khalid Hasan in The Muslim Observer (US newspaper)
Retrieved 23 July 2019 It was reported, at that time, that he would be buried in

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, where his wife Juanita comes from. He and Juanita had two children, a son Jeffrey and a daughter, Jahan, as well as four grandchildren. The family was present in the hospital, when he died.

Tributes

Ghulam Nabi Fai, Executive Director, Kashmiri American Council, called him a courageous and principled journalist. On his death anniversary in 2011,

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held a seminar and a classical music concert where he was ranked by some people alongside great Pakistani journalists such as Mazhar Ali Khan and I. A. Rehman. A notable Pakistani Urdu-language writer Iftikhar Arif called him one of the best translators of Urdu literature into English.

Awards

Khalid Hasan received

Sitara-i-Imtiaz The Sitara-e-Imtiaz () also spelled as Sitara-i-Imtiaz, is the third-highest (in the order of "Imtiaz") honour and civilian award in the State of Pakistan. It recognizes individuals who have made an "especially meritorious contribution to the ...

Award ( Star of Excellence Award ) from the

President of Pakistan The president of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=s̤adr-i Pākiṣṭān), officially the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is the ceremonial head of state of Pakistan and the commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Armed Forces.Sitara-i-Imtiaz The Sitara-e-Imtiaz () also spelled as Sitara-i-Imtiaz, is the third-highest (in the order of "Imtiaz") honour and civilian award in the State of Pakistan. It recognizes individuals who have made an "especially meritorious contribution to the ...

Award ( Star of Excellence Award ) in 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2016

Published work

Eleven collections of reportage, political, literary and social writings # ''A Mug's Game'', Pub. Ghulam Ali & Sons, Lahore (1968) # ''The Crocodiles are here to Swim,'' Pub. The Pakistan Times Press, Lahore (1970) # ''Scorecard'', Pub. Wajidalis, Lahore (1984) # ''Give us Back our Onions'', Vanguard, Lahore (1986) # ''The Umpire Strikes Back'', Vanguard, Lahore (1988) # ''Private View'', Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore (1991) # ''Question Time,'' Vanguard, Lahore (1993) # ''The Fourth Estate'', Vanguard, Lahore (1995) # ''The Return of the Onion'', Book Traders, Lahore (1996) # ''Remembrances – personal reminiscences'', Vanguard, Lahore, (2001) # ''Rearview Mirror: four memoirs,'' Alhamra, Islamabad (2002) Edited Work # ''Politics of the People'' (3 vols.), the collected speeches and writings of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Pakistan Publications, Rawalpindi (1973) # ''Muhammad Ali Jinnah, A Centenary Tribute'', Embassy of Pakistan, London (1976) # ''The Unicorn and the Dancing Girl'', the poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Allied Publishes, New Delhi, (1988) # ''Memories of Jinnah, reminiscences of K.H. Khurshid'', Oxford University Press, Karachi, (1989) # ''Kashmir Holocaust'', Kashmir Liberation Cell, Muzaffarabad (1992) # ''Pakistan Rules the World: winning the world cricket cup'', Cricket Writers Forum, Islamabad (1993) # ''Azadi: Kashmir Freedom Struggle, 1924–98'', Vanguard, Lahore (1999) # '' Zia Sarhadi’s Unfinished Memoir'' (under publication) # ''

Qurratulain Hyder Qurratulain Hyder (20 January 1927 – 21 August 2007) was an Indian Urdu novelist and short story writer, an academic, and a journalist. One of the most outstanding and influential literary names in Urdu literature, she is best known for ...

'' ke Khat ek Dost ke Naam'' (Urdu), Aaj Books, Karachi # ''Jammu, A city that was'' Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore (2003) # ''Memory Lane to Jammu'', Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore (2004) Translations (from Urdu and Punjabi into English) # ''Nothing but the Truth, short stories from Pakistan'', Vikas, New Delhi, (1982) # ''The Prisoner by Fakhar Zaman'', Allied Publishers, New Delhi (1984) # T''he Lost Seven and Dead Man's Tale'' by Fakhar Zaman, Ajanta Publications, New Delhi (1989) # ''Kingdom' End'', selected stories of Saadat Hasan Manto, Verso, London, (1987) # ''The Tragedy of Afghanistan'' by Raja Anwar, Verso, London, (1988) # ''Partition, The 1947 stories of Saadat Hasan Manto'', Viking, New Delhi, (1991) # ''Hotel Moenjodaro'', the stories of Ghulam Abbas, Penguin, New Delhi, (1996) # ''Mottled Dawn'' –

's Partition writings, Penguin, New Delhi, (1997) # ''The Terrorist Prince'', the life and death of

Murtaza Bhutto Ghulam Murtaza Bhutto (; 18 September 1954 – 20 September 1996) was a Pakistani politician and leader of al-Zulfiqar, a Pakistani left-wing militant organization. The son of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, he earned ...

by Raja Anwar, Verso, London, (1997) # ''Stars from Another Sky'' – Manto's Bombay Cinema of the 1940s, Penguin, New Delhi, (1998 ) # ''Manto's World'' (Two Vols), Sang-e-Meel, Lahore, (2000) # ''The Women's Quarter and other Stories'' by Ghulam Abbas, Alhamra, Islamabad, (2000) # ''A Wet Afternoon – Selected fiction and non-fiction of Saadat Hasan Manto,'' Alhamra, Islamabad, (2001) # ''Letters to Uncle Sam'' by Saadat Hasan Manto, Alhamra, Islamabad, # ''Memories of

Fatima Jinnah Fatima Jinnah ( ur, ; 31 July 1893 – 9 July 1967), widely known as Māder-e Millat ("Mother of the Nation"), was a Pakistani stateswoman, politician, dental surgeon and one of the leading founders of Pakistan. She was the younger sister of ...

'' by Sorayya Khurshid, published by

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(2003) # ''O City of Lights'', the poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Oxford University Press, Karachi 2006 # ''Selected Stories of Saadat Hasan Manto'', Penguin Modern Classics, New Delhi (2007) # ''Stop Press'' by Inam Aziz, Oxford University Press, Karachi (2007) # ''Bitter Fruit, The best of Saadat Hasan Manto'', Penguin, New Delhi (2008)

References

External links

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