LITERARY WORK OF POET COL MUHAMMAD KHALID KHAN – CRITICAL ANALYSIS BY: AIZAZ KHAN YOUSAFZAI SOURCE: www.mehrpoetry.com

3.  Colonel Muhammad Khalid Khan lives in Abbottabad. He
did his FSc and BA from Government Post Graduate
College Abbottabad afterwards he did his LLB, Masters
in Educational Administration and Master in English
Language and Literature from University of the Punjab
Lahore, he also did Masters in TEFL and diploma in
TEIL, he started his career as lawyer and then switched
to PAKISTAN ARMY where he served for 25 year of his
life . As an editor his appreciable work is in Pakistan
Army Journal, Pakistan Defence Review, Army Green
Book and The Rising Crescent...,His Seven books are
already published as PA BE-GILL, ANAP SHANAP,
FEELINGS, GULAB REHNAY DAY, CHAINS OF LIFE,
RAFLIAN, KHAKE LAFAFA, DA MEENAY DASTAK and
GOLDEN GLOW.

4.  Colonel Muhammad Khalid Khan is a poet of sanguine
sentiments and sensibilities enriched with profound
personal experience. These strongly felt and
internalized emotions find a natural expression in his
poetry. Although he seems drugged and drowsy with
the pain of living, he remains conscious of the vibes
and vicissitudes that shape the events around him.
That is why the passions do not cloud his
consciousness, which continues to filter through the
fog of feelings like beams of light. The imagery of
songs and sounds, of darkening shades and half-light
mystifies and beautifies his poetry at the same time.
He feels caged like a bird but there is a strong urge to
break it open and fly for a war into the sky where he
dreams his destiny is.

5. However, while in the cage of life he finds strong solace and
protection in his faith and love. (Preface to Feelings - Brig Dr.
Safdar Ali Shah, PMA). Khan is a follower of rich traditions of
classical poetry and so looks to be impressed by poets like
John Donne, John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley. He is a
true lover of God, humanity and his country, which is evident
from his poems. It gives me immense pleasure to see that
Khan, who has been my student, has created such a
wonderful piece of work. My Department and University can
be rightly proud of having students like Colonel Muhammad
Khalid Khan. (Preface to Chains of Life - Professor Dr. Abdul
Hafeez, AIOU). Mehr knows the art of writing poetry. His
poetry is full of feelings, emotions and rhythm. His work is
amalgamation of grief and sorrow, yearning and desire and
fantasy and delight. His poetry pertains to his beloved.

6. His poetry is without any over embellishment and
unnecessary decorations. He communicates his feelings
beautifully. The language of his poetry is simple and
fascinating which attracts audience. (Preface to Paba Gill -
Iftikhar Arif Chairman PAL). Mehr is new to the world of
humourous poetry. His work was being published in different
magazines which I used to read. Now he has published a
humourous Urdu poetry book and became an established
member of society of humourous poets.(Preface to Anap
Shanap - Dr Inam-ul-Haq Javed, AIOU)

31. LIFE SO SERIOUS