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{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --><br />
| name = Muhammad Khalid Akhtar<br />
| image = Muhammad Khalid Akhtar-By Rashid Ashraf.jpg<br />
| imagesize = <br />
| caption = ''Khalid Akhtar picture'' <br />
| pseudonym = <br />
| birth_date = 1920<br />
| birth_place = [[Bahawalpur]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2002|02|02|1920|}}<br />
| death_place = [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], Pakistan<br />
| occupation = [[Electrical engineering|Electrical engineer]], writer<br />
| period = 1943 to 2000<br />
| genre = Humour<br />
| notableworks = ''Chakiwara Main Visal''<br />
}}<br />
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'''Mohammad Khalid Akhtar''' ({{lang-ur|محمد خالد اختر}}), (born 1920 in [[Bahawalpur]], died 2 February 2002),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/18219/khalid-akhtar-eminent-writer-is-dead |title=Khalid Akhtar, eminent writer, is dead |newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date=3 February 2002 |accessdate=15 June 2017}}</ref> was an [[Urdu]]-language writer. His satirical novel ''Chakiwara Mein Visal'' from 1964 won the [[Adamjee Literary Award]].<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* ''Chakiwara main Visal'' (1964).<br />
* ''Khoya Hoa Ufaq'' (A collection of stories, sketches, satirical essays, the winner of the Adamjee Award in 1967).<br />
* ''Bees So Giyara'' (A novel published in 1950 and republished in 1999).<br />
* ''Yatra'' (A travelogue published in 1990).<br />
* ''Do Safar'' (A travelogue – 1984<br />
* ''Chacha Abdul Baqi – Stories (Satire) – 1985''<br />
* ''Makatib E Khizar''<br />
* ''Ibn-i-Jubair ka safar'' (A travelogue published in 1994)<br />
* ''Laltain Aur Dosari Kahaniyan'' (Stories and a novella published in 1984)<br />
A complete collection of his short stories, travelogues, and articles is being published by Oxford University Press.<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* [https://www.scribd.com/doc/167325092/Muhammad-Khalid-Akhtar-Stories-Pictures-Articles-Rashid-Ashraf Muhammad Khalid Akhtar's Collection of Stories By Rashid Ashraf]<br />
*[https://www.mafarooqi.com/essays/mohammed-khalid-akhtar Khalid Sahab Has Run Away! Again by Musharraf Ali Farooqi | DAWN, 28 August 2011] <br />
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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}}<br />
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[[Category:Pakistani travel writers]]</div>Ajay Kumar