| Qari Shakir Qasmi | |
| Birth Date: | September 1943 |
| Birth Place: | Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Death Place: | Ontario, Canada |
| Death Date: | March 2023 (Aged 80) [1] |
| Occupation: | Qari (a reciter of the Quran) |
| Father: | Qari Tahir Qasmi |
| Relatives: | Qari Zahir Qasmi (older brother) Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi (younger brother) |
| Awards: | Pride of Performance Award by the Government of Pakistan in 1981 Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Medal of Excellence) Award by the President of Pakistan in 1979 Pakistan Television (PTV) Award in 1980 |
Qari Shakir Qasmi (Urdu: قارى شاكر قاسمى), was a Pakistani Qāriʾ (a reciter of the Quran) known for his work on Radio Pakistan and Pakistan Television (PTV).
Qari Shakir Qasmi was born in Deoband to Maulana Qari Tahir Qasmi, son of Islamic scholar Hafiz Muhammad Ahmad, who was the son of Maulana Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi.[2] He later immigrated to Karachi, Pakistan. He was a founding member and executive director of the International Quran Recitation Association (IQRA).[3] From 1978 to 1985, he was the host of the children's television program Iqra, which provided lessons and exercises on properly reciting and pronouncing Quranic Arabic.[4] This program aired and re-ran on Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV). It was later hosted by Waheed Zafar Qasmi (his younger brother), and thereon by Qari Khushi Muhammad. He was the author of a famous book called Asan Qaida Dars-E-Qur'an, which came with audio tapes for helping children to read along with proper pronunciation.[5] Qari Shakir Qasmi was also the first person to recite the Quran in the United Nations.