Khalid Ahmad


Khalid Ahmad was a Pakistani Urdu poet and a newspaper journalist.

Early life and career

Ahmad was a newspaper columnist at the daily newspaper Nawa-i-Waqt at Lahore, Pakistan, where he used to write his column 'Lamha Lamha'. He also was a poet and a playwright. Two sisters of Khalid Ahmad Hajra Masroor and Khadija Mastoor are internationally famous Urdu language fiction writers. He received his MSc degree and joined Water and Power Development Authority,, as an employee at Lahore, Pakistan.

Selected bibliography

Ahmad had been publishing his monthly magazine 'Bayaz' for the last 22 years.

Awards and recognition

Ahmad died on 19 March 2013 after suffering from lung cancer for a few months. At the time of his death, he was survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.