Wajahat Malik

Wajahat Malik is a filmmaker, television presenter, public speaking instructor, and published writer. He co-founded and chairs the Pakistan International Mountain Film Festival. He has produced and directed numerous adventure and travel films, documentaries, fiction films, and music videos for Pakistan Television and other networks, including National Geographic Channel. He has taught public speaking, communication skills, advertising, and Business English at Hamdard University Islamabad and conducted workshops at various universities, including Lehman College, City University of New York. His poetry book, ‘Charsi Nama and Other Poems,’ was published in 2022, and his work has appeared in various anthologies. The Pakistan International Mountain Film Festival, held annually since 2015 in Lahore and Islamabad, is one of Asia’s three renowned mountain film festivals. An avid outdoorsman and environmentalist, Wajahat is a mountain climber, paragliding pilot, white water rafter, and mountain biking enthusiast.