User talk:Syed Ali Shazif Baqari

Syed Ali Shazif Baqari was born in Pattoki, a small town of Central Punjab in Pakistan on 8th of March 1977.

He was an average school student in his childhood but learnt a lot about politics and Urdu literature especially poetry from his father Syed Raza Mehdi Baqari. He was inclined towards politics and literature from the begining but soon he realized that he could not choose them as his careers. As he grew up, he became more interested in science subjects and got admission in Quaid e Azam Medical College Bahawalpur in 1993.He achieved his MBBS degree in 2000 and then FCPS (postgraduate degree) in Paediatric Medicine in 2011. He selected Paediatric Oncology as his career in 2012 and completed his fellowship training from Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi in 2014. He worked as pediatric oncologist at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital Lahore till 2019 and then moved to UK. He worked in Royal Marsden Trust Hospital Sutton London for 9 months till May 2020 and then returned to Pakistan. Currently, he is working as a freelancer pediatric oncologist in Lahore. He has published many research articles and case reports in various national and international medical journals and has also presented his work in many national and international Paediatric oncology conferences.

Apart from his professional life, he is also a renowned Urdu poet. His focus is more on writing Urdu ghazals although he has written many Urdu poems as well. He is known for his simple and fluent style of poetry. His poetry can be read on his Urdu Facebook page and famous Urdu website Urdupoint.com. He is yet to publish a collection of his poetry.

He is a passionate Marxist and believes that it is the only solution of social injustice and exploitation caused by global capitalism. He is not a regular member of any political left wing organization but is currently associated with Revolutionary Socialist Movement of Pakistan. He regularly writes about inequalities and oppression in society especially in his medical field. He is bold and blunt in his writing style and openly criticizes the state of Pakistan.

He was married on 23rd December 2006 with Dr Naila Nizami, a neonatoligist working in Lahore. He has one son Syed Ali Fouzan Baqari born in 2008 and a daughter Syeda Ayat Zehra Baqari born in 2010. He has four siblings Sabahat, Shahzab, Saulat and Gulshan Zehra.