User:Ali Yasir Poet/sandbox/Ali Yasir

ALI YASIR

Ali Yasir a prominent poet, TV anchor, translator and scholar was born on 3rd December, 1976 in a literary family of Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan. His Grandfather Ameer Ali Sathi was a poet of Urdu and Punjabi. Ali Yasir did his Masters from University of Punjab. He did his M. Phil from Allamma Iqbal Open University Islamabad in Urdu Language and Literature. He is a PH. D. Scholar and in these days he is writing his research thesis for Ph. D. He is a prominent poet of Urdu language and his two poetry books named Irada (2007) and Ghazal Bataay Gi (2016) have been published. His prose books on research and critics are also published and admired. He is serving Pakistan Academy of Letters as an officer. His poetry is published in various literary journals and telecasted on different TV channels. He has participated in many international events on literature. He is writing for Pakistan Television in the form of documentaries, scripts, songs, shows etc. He has hosted many literary programmes of PTV and other TV channels. He also conducts Radio Pakistan Islamabad's literary weekly Programme Afkaar. His poetry and writings are respected and admired by literary circles of the country.