Iftikhar Qaisar
| Iftikhar Qaisar | |
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| Born |
Iftikhar Ahmed Qaisar 2nd May Chishtian Pakistan 
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| Residence | London |
| Nationality | British Pakistani |
| Education | National Film and Television School · Goldsmiths |
| Occupation | Journalist · Writer · Poet · Film Maker |
| Years active | 1981 - present |
| Employer | Daily Jang · Geo TV 1984 - 2015 |
Iftikhar Qaisar (Urdu: افتخار قیصر; born 2 May) is a British Pakistani journalist, poet, broadcaster, travel writer and film maker. Known among his peers and fellows as a fearless, humble and thorough professional.
Besides his numerous professional accolades he is known as an adventure traveller as he enjoys riding his Harley Davidson motorbike for thousands of miles during summer vacations. He was the editor of the London-based, largest circulated, Urdu newspapers Daily Jang and The News International. In tandem to his positions at the newspapers he was Bureau Chief of Geo News for the UK and Europe.
Iftikhar Qaisar was born in the Sufi poet Baba Farid’s town of Pakputtan in Sahiwal District, Pakistan which was also his mother’s town. Although being born in Pakputtan he grew up and studied in another Sufi poet’s (Khawaja Ajmair Chishti) Chishtian Manddi. This is where his father and whole ‘tribe’ emigrated to during partition from Jalendher India. Jalendher was known as a district to produce poets, writers and singers.
Pakistan was created only 11 years before Iftikhar Qaisar was born so he remembers growing up surrounded by immigrants sobbing of home sickness for Jalandher India. They used to say they were cheated by authorities on both sides to move to Pakistan. He recalls how they missed their happy lives in India and their Hindu and Sikh friends who were also their cherished neighbours. They appreciated the multi-cultural and multi-religious Indian society that they were no longer part of. The immigrants used to say they were told by the authorities that their move to Pakistan was only temporary and they would be allowed to move back once the racist attacks stopped. Many of them left the majority of their belongings behind in India as they thought they would return one day.
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