Kaleem Omar

Kaleem Omar (KO) (1937 – 25 June 2009) was a Pakistani journalist, and an English language poet.[1]

Life

Born in Lucknow, Omar attended Sherwood College, Naini Tal.[2] He was associated with the 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

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2011-02-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Old Sherwoodians Sherwood College, Nainital - Alumni". www.oldsherwoodians.com.
3. "Pol Eco, NOS, The News International". jang.com.pk.
4. 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.
5. Kaleem Omar, ed. (1975). Wordfall: three Pakistani poets, Taufiq Rafat, Maki Kureishi, Kaleem Omar. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-577217-3.
6. Muneeza Shamsie, ed. (1997). A Dragonfly in the sun: an anthology of Pakistani writing in English. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-577784-0.
7. 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.