Riaz Shahid was a noted Pakistani filmmaker, movie writer, and journalist. His real name was "Sheikh Riaz", but was called by his nickname "Shahid". Riaz was from Lahore where he started his career as a journalist for newspaper "Chataan" and later joined Faiz Ahmed Faiz's "Lail-o-Nihar". He also wrote a novel named "Hazar Dastaan".