Syed Ali Shah, News Desk:
Jan Muhammad Khilji, 50, is now a father to 60 children after the birth of his 60th child on Sunday morning. “My target is 100 children”, Mr. Khilji told Daily Quetta Voice via telephone. The name of the 60th child is Haji Khushal Khan, he informed.
Jan Muhammad has three wives and trying to find the fourth one. “I am in search of the fourth one”, Mr. Khilji said. He preferred not to give details about the number of male and female children. This is not good, just count 60 children, he said. “The number of girls is high as compared to boys”, he responded to a question asked by this scribe. Shagufta Nasreen, the elder daughter of Jan Muhammad says the girls outnumbered the boys. Shagufta was also seriously injured a few years back when a gas cylinder exploded while cooking.
Jan Muhammad lives in a mud-walled house in the Eastern part of Quetta
Five children of Jan Muhammad Khilji have died, whereas, 55 are alive. Earlier, Jan Muhammad’s monthly expenditures were Rs.100,000. Now expenditures doubled because of the increasing number of children and inflation, he mentioned.
Jan Muhammad lives in a mud-walled brick house on the Eastern outskirt of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan province. Jan Muhammad’s children came into the limelight in 2016 when the census officials got a long list of his children. A long list of his daughters and sons was widely shared on social media outlets.
Finally, this scribe found Jan Muhammad and spoke to him about his life and children. The video on Facebook was watched by millions across the globe.
