Muhammad Zafar Iqbal was born on December 23, 1952 in Sylhet, East Pakistan [now in Sylhet, Bangladesh]. He is a writer, known for
Amar Bondhu Rashed (2011),
Ankhi O Tar Bondhura (2017) and
Dipu Number 2 (1996). He has been married to Yasmeen Haque since 1978. They have two children.