Raza Ali Abidi is a Pakistani journalist and broadcaster, who is particularly known for his radio documentaries on the Grand Trunk Road

Grand Trunk Road

The Grand Trunk Road also formerly known as Uttarapatha, Shah Rah-e-Azam or Sadak-e-Azam or Badshahi Sadak is one of South Asia's oldest and longest major roads...

 and the Indus River

Indus River

The Indus River is a major river which flows through Pakistan. It also has courses through China and India.Originating in the Tibetan plateau of western China in the vicinity of Lake Mansarovar in Tibet Autonomous Region, the river runs a course through the Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir and...

. His published works include several collections of cultural essays and short stories. He has worked with the BBC Urdu Service and retired in 1996.

Travelogues

• Jernaili Sadak,Sang e Meel Publications, Lahore 1986
• Sher Darya, Sang e Meel Publications, 1992
• Jahaazi Bhai,Sang e Meel Publications, 1995
• Rail Kahani ,Sange e Meel Publications, 1997

Children Stories

• Pehla Taara, Pehli Kiran, Champa, Mun-mun, Meri Ammi, Pyari Maa, Zalim Bhedia, Ulta Ghoda, Qazi ji ka Achaar, Pehli Ginti, Gungunata Qaida, Bandar ki Alif Bay. Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, Kamal ke Aadmi and Nat Khat Ladka (poetry). All published by Sange Meel Publications, Lahore.

Here are the soft links of titles of children books:
http://www.sangemeel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=9693509153 - champa
http://www.sangemeel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=9693509145 mun mun
http://www.sangemeel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=969350917X zalim bhariya
http://www.sangemeel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=9693509137 pyari maa
http://www.sangemeel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=9693509129 meri ami
http://www.sangemeel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=9693509102 pehla tara
http://www.sangemeel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=9693510100 pehli ginti
http://www.sangemeel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=9693510119 nat khat lerka
http://www.sangemeel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=9693510089 chori chori chupkay chupkay
http://www.sangemeel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=9693510097 gungunata qaida
http://www.sangemeel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=9693510070 bandar ki alif bay pay
http://www.sangemeel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=9693511220 qazi ji ka achar
http://www.sangemeel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=9693511212 kamal kay admi

Literary Books

• Kutub Khana
• Urdu ka Haal
• Apni Awaz(short stories)
• Jaan Saheb(short Stories)
• Hazrat Ali Ki Taqreerein
• Jaanay Pehchaaney
• Malika Victoria aor Munshi Abdul Kareem
• Naghama-gar (All about lyrics and the lyricists)
• Pehla Safar (memoirs of his first Indo-Pak journey in 1982 - published in June 2011 from oxford university press)
• Radio ke Din (personal memoirs - published in 2011 from sang e meel publications lahore)
• Akhbar ki ratain ( being published from sang e meel publications lahore)
• Kitaaben apne Aabaa ki(under compilation-All about 19th century Urdu books)