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Born on April 19, 1946; Khalid Fateh Muhammad is a renowned and prolific Urdu fiction writer, translator, critic and analyst of Pakistan — known for writing stories of unusual social observation. He has versatile art of writing, highly appreciated in the literary circle. In his short-stories and novels, he has established the ideas about social justice, poverty, hunger, thrust, and socio political issues prevailing in the society with natural, original and out spoken characters. His work has been highly acclaimed by the Urdu critics.His family migrated from Gurdaspur East Punjab and settled in a village of Gujranwala district. While studying in Government College Gujranwala, he joined Pakistan Army. After retirement as Major, he settled in Gujranwala Cantt in 1993, and started writing. He has published twelve novels, seven collections of short stories and six books of translations from English — four Turkish novels, one German novel and one collection of Chinese stories. He also publishes a quarterly literary magazine “𝘈𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘢𝘬” from Gujranwala, Pakistan, which is considered as one of the important Urdu literary journals.

𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦/𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝘣𝘺 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐡 𝐌𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 Early 20th century saw a severe outbreak of famine and plague in Indian subcontinent. A huge mountain formed by city’s refuse was presumed to have skeletons of plague victims which were thrown here and a new housing society is being built by removing the mound. As narrated by the writer the circumstances were: 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴! 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦... 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘶𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴... 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴... .... Read full short story in The LINGO LEXICON.
SHORT STORIES

SHORT STORY 𝒃𝒚 Khalid Fateh Muhammad

𝙃𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨!
𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚.

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𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦/𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘜𝘳𝘥𝘶 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝘣𝘺 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐡 𝐌𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 In his Urdu novel “𝐀𝐢𝐤 𝐙𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐠𝐢…?” (𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞…?), 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐡 𝐌𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 tells the story through protagonist using all the three persons, i.e., first, second, and third person. The story revolves around one person and his feelings. The above excerpt is in second person. An extract from it tells how interestingly the story has been woven: 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘒𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴’ 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘰. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘒𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴’ 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩.
Excerpt from Novel

Excerpt from Novel 𝒃𝒚 Khalid Fateh Muhammad

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙚, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙮 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥. 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 ….

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𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦/𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘍𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯/𝘗𝘶𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘣𝘪 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝐀 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝘣𝘺 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐡 𝐌𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝 This a symbolic story depicting two persons passing through the same dream. The story depicts a man dreaming and imagining his fiancée dreaming the same dream. A fantasy in an eloquent style and depicted deftly by the writer. Here is an extract from the story: 𝘐𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴. 𝘏𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧: 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮?... 𝘏𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘺. 𝘜𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵… 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮… 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺.
FLASH FICTION

FLASH FICTION 𝒃𝒚 Khalid Fateh Muhammad

𝙄𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢, 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢. 𝙃𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚. 𝙃𝙚 𝙛𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙭….

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