Farooq Qaiser (Urdu: ٠اروق قیصر‎) (born October 31, 1945)
in Lahore is a Pakistani artist, newspaper columnist, TV show
director, puppeteer, script writer and voice actor. He has also
written some comic books. Qaiser is well known for his fictional
puppet Uncle Sargam introduced in 1976 in children's television show
Kaliyan. Farooq is also a cartoonist, newspaper columnist and writes
for the newspaper Daily Nai Baat in Lahore and is famous for his
column-writing name Meethay Karelay (English: Sweet Bitter
Melon).Farooq Qaiser was born on October 31 to a Muslim family in
Lahore, Punjab. In 1970, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Fine Arts from the National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore. Later he
received a master's degree in Graphic Arts from Bucharest, Romania in
1976 and also trained for puppetry there. He also received his
master's degree in Mass Communication in 1999 from the University of
Southern California, School for Communication and Journalism, United
States.Farooq Qaiser started his career in the early 1970s after
graduating from the National College of Arts, Lahore, with a short
documentary in the English language. In 1971, his teacher Salima
Hashmi got him involved in her children's television puppet show Akkar
Bakkar. In that show, he worked with Shoaib Hashmi, Muneeza Hashmi and
Faiz Ahmad Faiz on the scripts and puppets.
in Lahore is a Pakistani artist, newspaper columnist, TV show
director, puppeteer, script writer and voice actor. He has also
written some comic books. Qaiser is well known for his fictional
puppet Uncle Sargam introduced in 1976 in children's television show
Kaliyan. Farooq is also a cartoonist, newspaper columnist and writes
for the newspaper Daily Nai Baat in Lahore and is famous for his
column-writing name Meethay Karelay (English: Sweet Bitter
Melon).Farooq Qaiser was born on October 31 to a Muslim family in
Lahore, Punjab. In 1970, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Fine Arts from the National College of Arts (NCA), Lahore. Later he
received a master's degree in Graphic Arts from Bucharest, Romania in
1976 and also trained for puppetry there. He also received his
master's degree in Mass Communication in 1999 from the University of
Southern California, School for Communication and Journalism, United
States.Farooq Qaiser started his career in the early 1970s after
graduating from the National College of Arts, Lahore, with a short
documentary in the English language. In 1971, his teacher Salima
Hashmi got him involved in her children's television puppet show Akkar
Bakkar. In that show, he worked with Shoaib Hashmi, Muneeza Hashmi and
Faiz Ahmad Faiz on the scripts and puppets.
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