Hafeez Tahir ( pa, ) (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).

Early life and career

Hafeez Tahir was born in

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, Pakistan on 2nd of September 1947 and received most of his education in Lahore. He went to Islamia College Railway Road, Islamia College Civil LInes followed by National College of Arts and then the

University of the Punjab The University of the Punjab (Urdu, pnb, ), also referred to as Punjab University, is a public, research, coeducational higher education institution located in Lahore, Pakistan. Punjab University is the oldest public university in Pakistan. ...

, Lahore. He got his master's degrees in Administrative Science and Urdu literature. Politically, he was a founding member of

Pakistan Peoples Party The Pakistan People's Party ( ur, , ; PPP) is a centre-left, social-democratic political party in Pakistan. It is currently the third largest party in the National Assembly and second largest in the Senate of Pakistan. The party was founded ...

in 1967. 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.

Books

*''Aathwaan Rang'' (1980) *''Zair-e-Zameen'' (1993) *''Manzil Manzil'' (2017)

PTV Award

* 'Director of the Decade' Award won by Hafeez Tahir for Ainak Wala Jin (TV series).

References

External links

Hafeez Tahir on IMDb website
1947 births Living people Punjabi people Pakistan Television Corporation people Pakistani television producers Pakistani television directors Pakistani novelists Urdu-language novelists {{Pakistan-tv-bio-stub