Khalid Akhtar
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Muhammad Khalid Akhtar
| image = Muhammad Khalid Akhtar-By Rashid Ashraf.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Khalid Akhtar picture
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| birth_date = 1920
| birth_place = Bahawalpur, Punjab, British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2002|02|02|1920|}}
| death_place = Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
| occupation = writer
| period = 1943 to 2000
| genre = Humour
| notableworks = Chakiwara Main Visal
}}
Mohammad Khalid Akhtar ({{langx|ur|محمد خالد اختر}}), (born 1920 in Bahawalpur, died 2 February 2002),{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/18219/khalid-akhtar-eminent-writer-is-dead |title=Khalid Akhtar, eminent writer, is dead |newspaper=Dawn |date=3 February 2002 |accessdate=15 June 2017}} was an Urdu-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
- [https://www.scribd.com/doc/167325092/Muhammad-Khalid-Akhtar-Stories-Pictures-Articles-Rashid-Ashraf Muhammad Khalid Akhtar's Collection of Stories By Rashid Ashraf]
- [https://www.mafarooqi.com/essays/mohammed-khalid-akhtar Khalid 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.{{Citation needed|date= August 2012}}
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