Khakan Sajid

Khakan Sajid (born as Muhammad Sajid) is an Urdu short story writer from Pakistan. His native town is Bhera, a historical place near Sargodha. He was born on February 15, 1965 at Wah, a small town near the capital city of Islamabad, where his father Mirza Muhammad Saleem served as Railways Station Master. He acquired his early education at Malikwal and Sargodha. He joined Pakistan Military Academy ,Kakul as a junior cadet in Nov 1980.He was commisioned in Pakistan Army(Corps of Signals) as Second Luetinant in September 1984. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Telecommunications from MCS, a constituent college of NUST Islamabad,in 1990. He has also remained on the faculty of MCS.He retired as Colonel in September 2012 and was awarded SITARA-E-IMTIAZ( Star of Distinguished Service) in recognition of meritorous service.