{{Short description|Pakistani writer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox writer | name = Akbar Jiskani | native_name = اڪبر جسڪاڻي | native_name_lang = sd | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Ali Akbar Jiskani | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1958|09|01}} | birth_place = Johi Sindh, Pakistan | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1999|08|13|1958|09|01}} | death_place = Hyderabad Sindh, Pakistan | occupation = Author | education = MA Sindhi literature | alma_mater = University of Sindh | period = | genre = | subject = Short Story, Novel | movement = Progressive | notableworks = | spouse = | = | partner = | children = | relatives = | awards = | signature = | website = | portaldisp = }} '''Akbar Jiskani''' ({{langx|sd|اڪبر جسڪاڻي}}, {{langx|ur|اکبرجسکانی}}) (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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://affairnews.com/2015/07/%d8%a7%da%aa%d8%a8%d8%b1-%d8%ac%d8%b3%da%aa%d8%a7%da%bb%d9%8a-%d9%88%d8%b3%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d9%88%d9%8a%d9%84-%d8%b4%d8%ae%d8%b5/|title=اڪبر جسڪاڻي – وسري ويل شخص !|last=ايڊيٽر|website=Affair – افيئر|language=en-US|access-date=10 April 2020|archive-date=2 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102175402/http://affairnews.com/2015/07/%D8%A7%DA%AA%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D8%B3%DA%AA%D8%A7%DA%BB%D9%8A-%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%B4%D8%AE%D8%B5/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Niaz Dr. Abbasi, Dadu at Glance by District Govt. Dadu, 2011</ref>
==Career== Akbar Jiskani wrote short stories and novels. He authored four books of short stories and novels.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/130978-initiating-children-in-sindhi-literature|title=Initiating children in Sindhi literature|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref> He was a prominent writer of children's Sindhi literature. After his death, a library was established in his memory in Johi in 1999,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/719285/the-tale-of-a-library|title=The tale of a library|date=1 May 2012|website=DAWN.COM|language=en|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/551951/sorry-state-of-public-library/|title=Sorry state of public library|last=Tribune.com.pk|date=2 May 2013|website=The Express Tribune|language=en|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/110106/akbar-jiskani-library/|title=Akbar Jiskani Library|date=1 May 2012|website=Daily Times|language=en-US|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nation.com.pk/06-Jul-2013/books-the-tool-of-the-wise|title=Books, the tool of the wise|date=5 July 2013|website=The Nation|language=en|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref> under the chairmanship of Makhdoom Muhammad Zaman Talibul Moula, Muhammad Ibrahim Joyo and others<ref>{{Cite web|title=سنڌي ادبي بورڊ : (Sindhianaسنڌيانا)|url=http://www.encyclopediasindhiana.org/article.php?Dflt=سنڌي%20ادبي%20بورڊ|access-date=2020-09-01|website=www.encyclopediasindhiana.org|language=sd}}</ref> Jiskani remained editor of the Sindhi Adabi Board Jamshoro children's magazine ''Gul Phul''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pmonline.co.in/communitiess.php|title=Poorna Manthan|website=pmonline.co.in|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sindhiadabiboard.org/Catalogue/gulphul/Book27/Book_page1.html|title=Sindhi Adabi Board Online Library (Stories)|website=www.sindhiadabiboard.org|access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
==Death== Jiskani died on 13 August 1999 in Sehrish Nagar, Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.encyclopediasindhiana.org/article.php?Dflt=اڪبر%20جسڪاڻي|title=اڪبر جسڪاڻي : (Sindhianaسنڌيانا)|website=www.encyclopediasindhiana.org|language=sd|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=New Page 1|url=http://www.thekawish.com/beta/images/2016/Aug/13-08-2016/Page7/P7-33.htm|access-date=23 June 2020|website=www.thekawish.com}}</ref>
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