Kaleem Omar

Template:Short description Kaleem Omar (KO) (1937 – 25 June 2009) was a Pakistani journalist, and an English language poet.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Life

Born in Lucknow, Omar attended Sherwood College, Naini Tal.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

His work is included in the anthologies Pieces of eight, Wordfall and A Dragonfly in the Sun.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Kaleem Omar died of heart failure on 28 June 2009.<ref>Journalist, poet Kaleem Omar dead Dawn.com. Retrieved on 26 June 2009.</ref>