Kaleem Omar Explained

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]

"Selections from the press", Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
News: POETIC LICENCE: The US's reason for invading Iraq was based on a lie. May 29, 2003. Daily Times .
News: The budget for 2008-09. June 23, 2008. Business & Finance Review. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090904192846/http://jang.com.pk/thenews/jun2008-weekly/busrev-23-06-2008/index.html. September 4, 2009.

Web site: Kaleem Omar remembered as a gifted poet | the Nation . 2011-02-22 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20121006053656/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Islamabad/04-Jul-2009/Kaleem-Omar-remembered-as-a-gifted-poet . 2012-10-06 .
Web site: Old Sherwoodians Sherwood College, Nainital - Alumni. www.oldsherwoodians.com.
Web site: Pol Eco, NOS, The News International. jang.com.pk.
Book: 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 . Zulfikar Ghose. Oxford University Press. 1971 .
Book: Wordfall: three Pakistani poets, Taufiq Rafat, Maki Kureishi, Kaleem Omar . Kaleem Omar . Oxford University Press. 1975. 978-0-19-577217-3 .
Book: A Dragonfly in the sun: an anthology of Pakistani writing in English. Muneeza Shamsie. Oxford University Press. 1997. 978-0-19-577784-0. registration.
http://archives.dawn.com/archives/13184 Journalist, poet Kaleem Omar dead