Qari Shakir Qasmi

Qari Shakir Qasmi (Urdu: قارى شاكر قاسمى), is one of the most renowned Qurra' (Qur'an reciters) of South Asia. He was the host of the program Iqra (Read) for children that provided lessons and exercises on properly reciting and pronouncing Qur'anic Arabic. This program aired and re-ran on the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) from 1978 to 1985. It was latter hosted by Qari Khushi Mohammad Al-Azhari.

Awards

• Pride of Performance Award 1981
• Government of Pakistan Tamgha-e-Imtiaz 1979

See also

• Quran
• Qirat
• Tajweed
• Iqra

External links

• "Learn to Read Quran", based on Dars Quran
• Qur'an recitations by Shakir Qasmi, English translations by Mohammad Marmaduke Pickthall, translations read by Aslam Azhar