Tariq Naeem

Tariq Naeem completed his primary education at Government High School Makhdoom Aali in Multan, earned a BA from Government Sadiq Egerton College in Bahawalpur, and an MA in Urdu Literature from Punjab University in Lahore. During college, he served as an assistant editor for the college magazine.

He moved to Islamabad, where he worked as a senior auditor at the Accountant General Pakistan Revenues and as a producer at Radio Pakistan. For fifteen years, he served as the Public Relations Officer for poet Ahmed Faraz at the National Book Foundation and edited its magazine, Kitab.

Tariq has authored seven books, including ‘Surkh Gulabon ke Mausam Mein’, ‘Diye Mein Jalti Raat’, and ‘Ankh Se Aasman Jata Hai’. He was the secretary of Halqa-e-Arbab-e-Zauq, Islamabad (1985-86), and was honoured as the best young writer by the Pakistan Youth League in 1985. He received the Perveen Shakir Aks-e-Khushboo Award in 2000 for ‘Diye Mein Jalti Raat’.

He is the editor of the quarterly ‘Akkaas’ and has contributed to Jang and Nawa-i-Waqt. Currently, he is the Director of Media at Aiwan-e-Sir Syed and the editor of its journal ‘Ilm-o-Amal’.