Kaleem Omar
Kaleem Omar (KO) (1937 – 25 June 2009) was a Pakistani journalist, and an English language poet.[1]
Life
Born in
Jang Group's daily The News International, in Karachi for the past many years. From 1983 to 1988, he wrote a column for The Star Weekend; beginning in 1989, he wrote for The News.[3]
His work is included in the anthologies Pieces of eight, Wordfall and A Dragonfly in the Sun.[4][5][6]
Kaleem Omar died of heart failure on 28 June 2009.[7]
References
- ^ "Kaleem Omar remembered as a gifted poet | the Nation". Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ^ "Old Sherwoodians Sherwood College, Nainital - Alumni". www.oldsherwoodians.com.
- ^ "Pol Eco, NOS, The News International". jang.com.pk.
- ^ Zulfikar Ghose, ed. (1971). Pieces of eight: eight poets from Pakistan: Zulfikar Ghose, M. K. Hameed, Shahid Hosain, Adrian Husain, Nadir Hussein, Kaleem Omar, Taufiq Rafat, Salman Tariq Kureshi. Oxford University Press.
- ISBN 978-0-19-577217-3.
- ISBN 978-0-19-577784-0.
- ^ Journalist, poet Kaleem Omar dead Dawn.com. Retrieved on 26 June 2009.
External links
- "Selections from the press", Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
- "POETIC LICENCE: The US's reason for invading Iraq was based on a lie". Daily Times. May 29, 2003.
- "The budget for 2008-09". Business & Finance Review. June 23, 2008. Archived from the original on September 4, 2009.
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