Muhammad Abul Khair Kashfi (Urdu: سید محمد ابو الخیر کشفی) was a Pakistani author, researcher, critic, linguist and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics.
He remained associated with the University of Karachi as professor and chairman in the Department of Urdu from 1958 to 1994.
[citation needed] He was also a visiting professor at the Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Japan.
After retirement Kashfi devoted his time to writing, guiding research, public speaking and media appearances.
The title of his doctoral dissertation was "The Historical and Political background of Urdu Poetry from 1707 to 1857 A.C."[citation needed] He also earned a master's degree in Teaching of English as a Second Language from Teachers' College, Columbia University, in 1968.