Fateh Muhammad Malik

Fateh Muhammad Malik فتح محمد ملک
Born	1936 Talagang Tehsil (now in Chakwal District), , British Raj
Occupation	Critic and scholar
Language	Urdu, English
Nationality	Pakistani
Ethnicity	Punjabi
Alma mater	Government School, Talagang Government College, Gordon College, Rawalpindi (Master's degree)
Notable works	Iqbal's reconstruction of Muslim political thought Iqbal Inspired Humour: A Note on Parodies by Selected Urdu Poets Saadat Hassan Manto ek nai taabeer Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi shair aur afsana nigar Faiz shairi aur siyasat Fitnaie-Inkaar-i-Pakistan Khitaah-i-Khak ya Arz-i-Paak Ghulamon ki Ghulami
Notable awards	Sitara-i-Imtiaz in 2006

Fateh Muhammad Malik, (Urdu: فتح محمد ملک‎ ALA-LC: born 1936) is a Pakistani literary critic, linguist and a scholar. He has authored several books including an essay "Iqbal Inspired Humour: A Note on Parodies by Selected Urdu Poets" published in Of Clowns and Gods, Brahmans and Babus - Humour in South Asian Literatures.

Iqbal had a key influence on him and he wrote at least six books on him including his book Iqbal's reconstruction of Muslim political thought published by University of Leicester, England. His major work while working for National Language Authority was a five-volume book on the origin of Urdu as a language.

Malik is the chairman of the National Language Authority. He served as Rector of the International Islamic University, Islamabad until 2012 when he was sacked by then President Zardari under pressureof from the Saudi government. Before being sacked from his post, he criticized Saudi Arabia's practices as uncivilized and anti-women during a seminar.

He also served this university as a dean of the faculty of languages, literature and humanities.

Before starting his career in Pakistan, he taught at Columbia University of New York City, Heidelberg University and Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, and Saint Petersburg University of Russia for ten years.

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