Ali Akbar Natiq

Ali Akbar Natiq is an Urdu poet and short story writer from Pakistan. Ali Akbar Natiq began working as a mason, specializing in domes and minarets, to contribute to the family income while he read widely in Urdu and Arabic. Acclaimed as one of the brightest stars in Pakistan’s literary firmament, Natiq has published two volumes of poetry and one collection of short stories. His latest has been featured in Granta magazine's special issue on Pakistan.[1][2]

Ali Akbar Natiq was born in village 32-2L, in Okara District, Pakistan.[3] In 2012, Oxford University Press, Pakistan, published his first book of short stories Qaeem Deen.[4]He recently taught in LGS for a short period of time and has developed the interest of students across the globe on Urdu. His favourite students include Abubakar Ahmad, Usman Shahid, Hamza Faisal, Ahsan Khan, Zain Khan, Rai Sameer, Azeem Hamid, Muaaz Aslam and Ali Ahsan. He is not recommended for any kind of coaching as he hit the students very harshly.

References

  1. ↑ "Granta: New Voices".
  2. ↑ Natiq, Ali Akbar. "A Mason's Hand". Granta Magazine. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  3. ↑ Zia, Farah. "Building a new world". Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  4. ↑ "Qaim Deen: Stories by Ali Akbar Natiq". Retrieved 19 February 2012.