Sameer Arshad Khatlani is a journalist with Hindustan Times, India’s second-biggest newspaper. He was a senior assistant editor with the Indian Express until June 2018.

Born and raised in Kashmir, Khatlani began his career with the now-defunct Bengaluru-based Vijay Times in 2005 as its national affairs correspondent. He joined the Times of India in 2007. Over the next nine years, Khatlani was part of the newspaper's national and international news-gathering team.

He has reported from Iraq and Pakistan, and covered elections and national disasters. Khatlani has a master's degree in history from Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi.

He is a fellow with the Hawaii-based American East-West Center and the author of The Other Side of the Divide, A Journey into the Heart of Pakistan, Penguin eBury Press, March 2020.