Hafeez Tahir () (born 2 September 1947) is a Pakistani TV producer, director, poet and writer.
He was the director of popular children's TV serial
Ainak Wala Jin
Ainak Wala Jin (, English: ''Spectacled Genie'') is a Pakistani children's television series produced and broadcast by PTV Lahore from 1993 to 1996 and again from 2005 to 2008.
Awards and recognition
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Pride of Performance
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Award by the
President of Pakistan
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in 2023.
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Pakistan Television
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(PTV) 'Director of the Decade' Award won by Hafeez Tahir for
Ainak Wala Jin
Ainak Wala Jin (, English: ''Spectacled Genie'') is a Pakistani children's television series produced and broadcast by PTV Lahore from 1993 to 1996 and again from 2005 to 2008.Lahore
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, Pakistan on 2 September 1947 and received most of his education in
Lahore
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Government Islamia College, Civil Lines, Lahore
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followed by
National College of Arts
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Overview
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and then the
University of the Punjab
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, Lahore, Pakistan. He got his master's degrees in Administrative Science and Urdu literature.
Politically, he was a founding member of
Pakistan Peoples Party
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in 1967.
He joined PTV in 1980 after encouragement from the veteran TV actor
Farooq Zameer
Farooq Zameer was a Pakistani actor.
Early life and education
After earning his Masters in English literature from the Government College University, Lahore he began his acting career in the 1960s while also being a businessman by profession ...
. He first worked there as a production assistant. Hafeez Tahir then went on to work for PTV for 27 years as Programs Producer and later retired in 2017 as Executive Producer.