Khalil Tonki’s real name was Khalil Ahmed. He was a great poet of Karachi, Sindh (Pakistan).
The following couplet of his is famous:
Tiira-shabi mein subh numuu-daar ho gai
Wo jab tasawwurat mein jalwa-numaa huaa
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