Author: Khurshid Anwar Jilani
Born: 3 Sep 1904
Died: 28 Feb 1963
Bio: Born September 3, 1904, to Abdul Haq, a land commissioner of Zira (Punjab in British India), earned his law degree in 1938 from Punjab University Law College Lahore.

1949, K.A. Jilani founded the " Rawalpindi Public Library ", the first ever public library established in the new country, Pakistan. 

Promoter of cricket, K.A. Jilani initiated the Abdul Haq Cricket Trophy, the 1st for the Rawalpindi Club in 1950. 

He authored "Flora Neelofer", "Chughatta", "Do Musafir" and "Anvarat" in Urdu fiction and poetry. He also translated Masnavi Maulana Rome and Rubatayet Omar Khayam, from Persian to versified Urdu and English. 

His mini article series "reportaz" and "Bhukshu ki Dua" enjoyed large readership. He left behind unpublished works, recently found plagiarized in certain publications.

He died of throat cancer 28th February 1963 in Rawalpindi.