Career
An ex-serviceman and bureaucrat, he worked in films and television plays after attending Islamia College, Peshawar. 1989: he wrote and partially directed PTV"s thriller, Madaar, a seven-episode serial exposing drug trafficking, telecast from Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV). 1991: he wrote Guest House, a 52-episode comedy series that turned out to be a popular comedy series for PTV. 1994: Khalid directed Angar Wadi, a 15-episode serial for which he was an actor and a producer apart from writing lieutenant
1998: Khalid made Laag, a 27-episodes serial (written, directed, produced and acted).
2003: Khalid released his debut film Laaj as (writer, director, producer and actor), although it reportedly did poorly at the box office. 2007: Khalid established a college of television & Film Direction in Lok Virsa Shakrparian Islamabad.
He was the chairman of National Institute of Cultural Studies. 2008: Khalid made his third television serial (Mishaal), for which he served as writer, director and producer, which was telecast on Tuesday evenings.
His paintings have been exhibited in the World Fineart Gallery New York and the Omma Gallery in Crete Greece.
Rauf Khalid died on 24 November 2011, aged 53, in a traffic accident near Sheikhupura as he was coming to Islamabad from Lahore via motorway.