Mohammad Khalid Akhtar (), (born 1920 in
Bahawalpur
Bahawalpur (Urdu: ; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the 13th largest city of Pakistan and List of cities in Punjab, Pakistan by population, 8th most populous city of Punjab. Bahawalpur is the capital of Bahawalpur Division.
Founded in ...
, died 2 February 2002),
was an
Urdu
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-language writer. His satirical novel ''Chakiwara Mein Visal'' from 1964 won the
Adamjee Literary Award.
Bibliography
* ''Chakiwara main Visal'' (1964).
* ''Khoya Hoa Ufaq'' (A collection of stories, sketches, satirical essays, the winner of the Adamjee Award in 1967).
* ''Bees So Giyara'' (A novel published in 1950 and republished in 1999).
* ''Yatra'' (A travelogue published in 1990).
* ''Do Safar'' (A travelogue – 1984
* ''Chacha Abdul Baqi – Stories (Satire) – 1985''
* ''Makatib E Khizar''
* ''Ibn-i-Jubair ka safar'' (A travelogue published in 1994)
* ''Laltain Aur Dosari Kahaniyan'' (Stories and a novella published in 1984)
A complete collection of his short stories, travelogues, and articles is being published by Oxford University Press.
Further reading
Muhammad Khalid Akhtar's Collection of Stories By Rashid AshrafKhalid Sahab Has Run Away! Again by Musharraf Ali Farooqi , DAWN, 28 August 2011
In August 2010, a PhD thesis was submitted to Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, by Waheed Ur Rehman with the title ''Muhammad Khalid Akhtar Shakhsiat Wa Fun''.
References
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1920 births
2002 deaths
People from Rahim Yar Khan District
Urdu-language novelists
Urdu-language travel writers
Urdu-language humorists
Writers from Karachi
20th-century Pakistani translators
Recipients of the Adamjee Literary Award
Pakistani travel writers