Raj Wali Shah Khattak
Raj Wali Shah Khattak (ډاکټر راج ولي شاه خټک), also known as Rajwali Shah, was a Pashto poet, critic, researcher, professor, and academic, best known for his leadership of the Pashto Academy at the University of Peshawar and for modernizing Pashto literary studies. Born in Dak Ismail Khel village of Nowshera District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, he earned his M.A. in Pashto from the University of Peshawar graduating top of his class and receiving a gold medal and completed his Ph.D. on Da Pukhto Adabi Tehreekoona In 1978, Khattak joined the Pashto Academy at Peshawar University as a Research Specialist and rose to become its Director from 1995 to 2004, during which he established a language laboratory and launched the Academy’s first website, while overseeing over 500 publications in Pashto.