About

Sahir Shafiq was born in 1980 in the Khanewal district. After receiving his early education from his village, he moved to District Multan. He did his master’s and doctorate in Urdu from Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. He is working as an Assistant Professor of Urdu at Govt. Graduate College, Dunyapur, Punjab, Pakistan. Sahir Shafiq started his creative writing journey during his school years. Now, he has five books on his credit: four poetry collections, including prose poems and haiku: Sard Mosam Mein Dhoop (Sunshine in Cold Weather) in 2000, Gypsum (Gypsum, 2005), Kaya (Appearance, 2007), and Khud Kashi Ka Dawat Nama (An Invitation to Commit Suicide, 2010). His only short story collection is Akely Logon Ka Hujoom (A Crowd of Lonely People, 2010). He is currently working on his debut novel. Recently, he has founded Khalid Saeed Translation Society, which has produced a plethora of translations of other languages to Urdu.