journalist
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social worker
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Pakistan
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He is the founder president of the Pakistani welfare organisation "Burncare".
Early life and education
S. M. Taqweem was born in
Lahore
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...
. He received his primary education at
Abbottabad
Abbottabad (; Urdu, Punjabi language(HINDKO dialect) آباد, translit=aibṭabād, ) is the capital city of Abbottabad District in the Hazara region of eastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the 40th largest city in Pakistan and fourth ...
and afterwards studied at Lahore until he matriculated, and then again proceeded to Abbottabad, where he studied for his degree (FSc). After graduating from Lahore, he was admitted to the
University of the Punjab
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journalism
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Journalistic career
S. M. Taqweem is a senior journalist, with a quarter of a century's experience. He has worked for almost all of Pakistan's major newspapers. His career started in 1979 as a cartoonist for the "Saadat". In 1980 he joined the " Nawai-i-Waqt" in Lahore as a trainee, and then the "
Pakistan Times
''Pakistan Times'' (1947–1996) was a Pakistani newspaper, originally established by the leftist Progressive Papers Limited based in Lahore, Pakistan.
Historical background
It was owned and operated by Mian Iftikharuddin, a Punjabi politici ...
" in 1982. He joined the " Jang" newspaper in Lahore as a sub-editor, where he continued until 1990. Taqweem joined the
Daily Pakistan
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In 1995 he applied to the
London School of Journalism
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in the
United Kingdom
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; his application was accepted, but he was unable to follow up on it due to the severe illness of his wife.
He has worked as a newsreader for
Radio Pakistan
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