Athar Shah Khan (Urdu: اطہر شاہ خان; 1 January 1943 – 10 May 2020) was a Pakistani comedian, poet and writer.

[1] Born on 1 January 1943 in the Indian city of Rampur, Uttar Pradesh,[2][3] Athar Shah Khan arrived in Lahore in 1947 with his family.

[2] He gained popularity by acting out his own-created character Jaidi in a PTV series "Intezar Farmaye" which was aired in 1975.

[3] Athar Shah Khan Jaidi died in Karachi on 10 May 2020, at age 76 from a heart attack and he was also diabetic.

His funeral prayer was offered at Masjid-i-Aqsa in Gulshan-i-Iqbal and he is buried in the Sakhi Hasan Graveyard, Karachi.