Syed Akbar was born on 14 February 1946, in Agra. He writes under the pen name, Kamal. After partition, he moved to Pakistan with his parents. His father had a job that required him to move to various cities and according to him, he learnt a lot from different cities. He did his M.A in English and joined academics. He was a lecturer of English, at the Government College Raheem Yaar Khan, Government Islamia College and Government Delhi College, Karachi. Sukhan, Khizan Mera Mosam, Khushbu Jaisi Baat Karo, Ilteja, Kamal Ke Mazameen, Taa’ssurat-E-Tanqeed, are the collections of his works. He was honored with the Aadam Jii Adabi award for Khizan Mera Mausam. Rustam Khan and Aadam Khoron Ka Jazeera are the novels that he wrote for children.