Career
Sajid began writing short stories during his school days. His first story was published in February 1984 in a popular Urdu short story magazine, Moon Digest. His genres include romance, realism, mystery and horror, sometimes all mixed in a single work. His best selling novel Champoon (2007), is the best example of his writing style. He has also published a collection of horror stories, titled Wahoosh (2006). A book containing his short stories has been published in 2008 under the title Adamzad. In addition to writing original stories he has translated literary works of various Nobel Laureates and renowned American, English, Russian and French short story writers, into the Urdu language. These translations have been published in four volumes. He has also been writing an Urdu column titled "Chae-pe-baat" ("Conversation over a Cup of Tea") in an Urdu Daily, Roznama Pakistan, in the year 2009. His other hobbies include painting, drawing cartoons, calligraphy and compering. Sajid is married and has two daughters. He resides in the twin cities of Rawalpindi-Islamabad.
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