Poet, Critic, Playwright, Essayist, Columnist, Politician, and Scholar. He was born to Amiruddin Ahmed Khan and his wife Syeda Jamila Baigum Khan on January 20, 1925. He came from a literary family and was educated locally and later attended and graduated from the prestigious Anglo Arabic College in Delhi, India, where he received his Bachelor of Arts (or BA) in Economics in 1944. He later moved to Karachi, Pakistan, with his family and started a career as an Assistant to the Ministry of Commerce on August 13, 1947. He also joined the Pakistan Taxation Service after passing an examination of the Civil Service of Pakistan (or CSS) in 1951. He later served as an Officer on Special Duty at the President House from 1959 to 1963 and became a Member of the National Bank of Pakistan in 1967. He continued his education and then received an FEL and LLB law degrees from the University of Karachi in Karachi, Pakistan, in 1971. A Member of the Pakistan Peoples Party, he ran for a seat in the National Assembly Elections in 1977 but lost to Jamaat-e-Islami Islamic movement member Munawwar Hasan. He also served as Vice President of the National Bank of Pakistan until his retirement in 1988, and was elected and served as a Member of the Pakistani Senate for a six-year term with the support of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement Political Party in 1997. His literary career began while he was still a child growing up in British India. He became an honorary secretary of the Anjuman-i Taraqqi-i Urdu (or Association for the Promotion of Urdu Language), following the death of renowned scholar and linguist Baba-e-Urdu Maulvi Abdul Haq (1870-1961), in 1962, and played an important role in that post for many years working alongside Farman Fatehpuri (1926-2013), to make sure that the association survives and grow. His published works include a 22-volume Urdu dictionary, and travel books, "Duniya Mere Aagye," "Tamasha Mere Aagye," "Iceland," and "Hurfay." He also wrote important Pakistani songs including, "Aye Watan Ke Sajelay Jawanoo," "Jeevay Jeevay Pakistan," "Hum Mustafavi Mustafavi Hain," "Mein Chota Sa Ek Larka Hoon," "Mera Paigham Pakistan," "Ab Yeh Andaz-e-Anjuman Hoga," "Hum Maain, Hum Behnain, Hum Baitiyan," "Jo Naam Wahi Pehchan, Pakistan Pakistan," "Aye Des Ki Hawaao, Kushboo Mein Bas Ke Jao," "Itne Bare Jewan Sagar Mein, Tu Ne Pakistan Diya," and "Yeh Kavita Pakistani Hai." He also wrote, "Dohay," which was printed in three editions and one in Devnagari, and ballads including, "Aye Mere Dasht-e-Sukhan," "Ghazlain Dohay Geet," "Jeeway Jeeway Pakistan," "La Hasil," and "Nai Kiran." His newspaper columns, which he had been writing for a record 50 years, played a significant role in awakening the people to the need for intellectual pursuits and mature thoughts on contemporary national and international issues. For his contributions, he was awarded several honors including the Adamjee Literary Award (1960), Dawood Literary Award (1963), United Bank Literary Award (1965), Habib Bank Literary Award (1965), Canadian Urdu Academy Award (1988), Sant Kabeer Award – Urdu Conference Delhi (1989), Pride of Performance (1991), Urdu Markaz New York "Nishan-e-Urdu" Award, in the First International Urdu Conference at UNO on June 24, 2000, and the Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence) Award (2004). During his impressive career, he was also known as Aaliji. He was married to Tayyba Bano with whom he had three sons and two daughters.