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Abdul Rauf Khalid (Urdu: ???????? ????) (died 24 November 2011) was a Pakistani actor, filmmaker and television writer/director. The Ex-serviceman (bureaucrat), Rauf Khalid is known for his Kashmir based patriotic plays. He has some limited experience working in films and television plays. Rauf Khalid is also a painter, lyrisist, speaker and an educationist. He was a student of Islamia College Peshawar.^{[citation needed]}

In 1989, he wrote and partially directed PTV's thriller, Madaar, a seven-episode serial exposing drug trafficking, telecast from PTV Quetta centre. In 1991, he wrote Guest House a 52-episode comedy series that turned out to be a popular comedy series for PTV.^{[citation needed]} Its characters became household names. Film star Afzal Khan, who played Rambo in the serial, came to be permanently known with the name even in his career in the filmdom.

In 1995, Rauf Khalid directed Angar Wadi, a 15-episode serial for which he was an actor and a producer apart from writing it.^{[citation needed]}

In 1998, Rauf Khalid made Laag, a 27-episodes serial (again written, directed, produced and acted in by him).

In 2003, Rauf Khalid released his debut film Laaj, as (writer, director, producer and actor), which did not do very well on the Pakistani box office.^{[citation needed]} The film LAAJ won 12 Bolan Awards, 14 Graduate Awards, 4 National Film Awards and Luxstyle Award.

In 2008, Rauf Khalid made his third television serial Mishaal (as writer, director & producer), the play was telecast from Pakistan Television on every Tuesday evening [1]. Mr. Rouf Khalid died on 24th, November, 2011. He got heart attack while driving back to Islamabad and it caused a road accident. Rauf Khalid wanted Julia Roberts to work in his film, and even invited her to Pakistan to discuss the project, but she refused because of prior commitments.

Rauf Khalid is the founder President and Chancellor of the National Institute of Cultural Studies, Lok Virsa Islamabad. He also owns a chain of eastern restaurants the VIRSA the HERITAGE CAFE.

His paintings have been exhibited in the World Fineart Gallery New York and the Omma Art Gallery in Crete Greece.

Rauf Khalid died on 24 November 2011 in a traffic accident near Shaikhupura.^[1]