Ustad Bukhari (Sindhi: اُستاد بُخارِي) Urdu (استاد بخاری) (16 January 1930 – 9 October 1992), born "Punhal Shah", a name he later changed to Syed Ahmed Shah Bukhari, was a prominent progressive Sindhi-language poet of Sindh, Pakistan.
[1][2][3] His creative contributions in the field of poetry changed the thoughts of millions of people and he got recognition in whole Sindh and abroad.
[7] After passing Sindhi Final in 1944, Bukhari was appointed as a teacher in the education department.
[8] He passed his master's degree in Sindhi literature from University of Sindh in 1964, and in 1967 he joined the Government College Larkana as Lecturer.
[8] Paying tribute to his services as teacher and poet, after his death, the Government of Sindh named the Government Boys Degree college Dadu as Ustad Bukhari Degree College Dadu.