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Detective Literature has big importance in the world literature. Detective Fiction is actually a sub -genre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—either professional, amateur or retired— investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around the same time as speculative fiction and other genre fiction in the mid-nineteenth century and has remained extremely popular, particularly in novels. Some of the most famous heroes of detective fiction include C. Auguste Dupin, Sherlock Holmes, and Hercule Poirot. The British Period occupies very important place in the history of Sindh. It was renaissance of Sindhi Literature, when a number new literary branches included into Sindhi language, especially fiction writing. During this period, Detective Literature into Sindhi was at is zenith and a number of magazines, newspapers, publishers were engaged in printing dramas, novels and stories. However, the Detective Literature in Sindhi lost its importance after independence and Movement of Nationalism in Literature during One Unit completely kicked out Detective Literature from Sindhi. Only, Muhammad Bux Johar and a few others tried their level best to survive this genre of literature. Muhammad Bux Johar was a basically a Sindhi journalist from Hyderabad, who worked in the media for more than 45 years. He worked as editor of Hilal Pakistan, Daily Aftab of Sindh and other newspapers. He also edited Sindhi Digest for three decades. He was a great writer and translator of detective, scientific, fantasy and crime fiction in Sindhi language. He wrote more than 120 books. He translated almost series of Sherlock Homes in Sindhi language. After independence, he was the only writer who wrote detective literature. In addition to detective literature, he also wrote many novels and short stories on social and romantic topics. His works on Science Fiction in58 ڪالچي تحقيقي جرنل Journal Research Kalachi cludes Flying carpet )کٽولو اڏام (Army of ants فوج ي Rampant and( ماڪوڙن ج ( Holidays .)ٿالهيون اڏامندڙ (Johar retired from active journalism in late 90’s when Sindhi daily Aftab was closed down. He died June 6, 2010 in Karachi.

Mr. Mukhtiar Ahmed Mallah. (2021) The Contribution of Muhammad Bux Johar with reference to Detective Literature in Sindhi Language, Kalachi, Volume 24, issue 2.
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