Akbar Jiskani

Akbar Jiskani (, ) (b. 1 September 1958, d.13 August 1999) was a Pakistani writer from Sindh Pakistan.

Early life According to the Sindhi Affair News Karachi, Jiskani was born to Jaam Khan Jiskani on 1 September 1958 at Johi, Pakistan. Jiskani became an orphan in childhood when his father died in Saudi Arabia. Jiskani's grandmother raised him. He earned a Master's degree in Sindhi literature.

Career Akbar Jiskani wrote short stories and novels. He authored four books of short stories and novels. He was a prominent writer of children's Sindhi literature. After his death, a library was established in his memory in Johi in 1999, under the chairmanship of Makhdoom Muhammad Zaman Talibul Moula, Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo and others Jiskani remained editor of the Sindhi Adabi Board Jamshoro children's magazine Gul Phul.