Hafeez Tahir

Hafeez Tahir (Punjabi: حفیظ طاہر) (born 2 September 1947) is a Pakistani TV producer, director, poet and writer. He was the director of popular children's TV serial Ainak Wala Jin (1993).[1][2]

Awards and recognition

Early life and career

Hafeez Tahir was born in Lahore, Pakistan on 2nd of September 1947 and received most of his education in Lahore. He went to Islamia College Railway Road,[1] Islamia College Civil LInes followed by National College of Arts and then the University of the Punjab, Lahore. He got his master's degrees in Administrative Science and Urdu literature. Politically, he was a founding member of Pakistan Peoples Party in 1967.[1]

He joined PTV in 1980 after encouragement from the veteran TV actor Farooq Zameer. He first worked there as a production assistant. Hafeez Tahir then went on to work for PTV for 27 years as Programs Producer and retired in 2007 as Executive Producer.[1][2]

Books

PTV Award

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Man behind marvelous PTV productions". Dawn (newspaper). 27 May 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Amjad Parvez (3 November 2017). "'Manzil Manzil' — Hafeez Tahir's Astonishing Tales for Children". Daily Times (newspaper). Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  3. ^ "President confers Pakistan civil awards on 253 personalities". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Associated Press of Pakistan. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2023.


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