Khalid Hasan (15 April 1934 – 5 February 2009) was a Pakistani journalist and writer. Author and editor of several books, in addition to being a regular columnist for a number of English-language Pakistani newspapers, he is best known for his translations of the short stories of Saadat Hasan Manto and the poems of Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Khalid Hasan as well as the rest of the family migrated from Jammu to Pakistan during the 1947 communal violence. His two elder brothers (Brigadier General Bashir Ahmed and Saeed Ahmed) served in the Pakistan Army and a younger brother (Masood Hasan) ran an advertising business in Lahore. His sister Surayya was married to K. H. Khurshid who served Muhammad Ali Jinnah as his private secretary, then later became president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. His second sister, Zohra, resides in Peshawar, Pakistan.

Death and survivors

Khalid Hasan died on 5 February 2009, in Washington, D.C., of gallbladder cancer at age 74. It was reported, at that time, that he would be buried in Vermont, where his wife Juanita comes from. He and Juanita had two children, a son Jeffrey and a daughter, Jahan, as well as four grandchildren. The family was present in the hospital, when he died.

Awards

Khalid Hasan received Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award ( Star of Excellence Award ) from the President of Pakistan in 2010.

Published work

Eleven collections of reportage, political, literary and social writings

  1. A Mug's Game, Pub. Ghulam Ali & Sons, Lahore (1968)
  2. The Crocodiles are here to Swim, Pub. The Pakistan Times Press, Lahore (1970)
  3. Scorecard, Pub. Wajidalis, Lahore (1984)
  4. Give us Back our Onions, Vanguard, Lahore (1986)
  5. The Umpire Strikes Back, Vanguard, Lahore (1988)
  6. Private View, Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore (1991)
  7. Question Time, Vanguard, Lahore (1993)
  8. The Fourth Estate, Vanguard, Lahore (1995)
  9. The Return of the Onion, Book Traders, Lahore (1996)
  10. Remembrances – personal reminiscences, Vanguard, Lahore, (2001)
  11. Rearview Mirror: four memoirs, Alhamra, Islamabad (2002)

Edited Work

  1. Politics of the People (3 vols.), the collected speeches and writings of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Pakistan Publications, Rawalpindi (1973)
  2. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, A Centenary Tribute, Embassy of Pakistan, London (1976)
  3. The Unicorn and the Dancing Girl, the poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Allied Publishes, New Delhi, (1988)
  4. Memories of Jinnah, reminiscences of K.H. Khurshid, Oxford University Press, Karachi, (1989)
  5. Kashmir Holocaust, Kashmir Liberation Cell, Muzaffarabad (1992)
  6. Pakistan Rules the World: winning the world cricket cup, Cricket Writers Forum, Islamabad (1993)
  7. Azadi: Kashmir Freedom Struggle, 1924–98, Vanguard, Lahore (1999)
  8. Zia Sarhadi’s Unfinished Memoir (under publication)
  9. Qurratulain Hyder ke Khat ek Dost ke Naam (Urdu), Aaj Books, Karachi