Anwar Maqsood Hameedi commonly known as Anwar Maqsood Urdu: انور مقصود) is a Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

i playwright, poet, television host, satirist, humorist, infrequent actor and painter. He has worked in the entertainment industry for over 35 years.

Life and career

Anwar Maqsood studied at the Gulbarga trust School Aurangabad. He has worked as a host for a variety of shows on PTV

Pakistan Television Corporation

The Pakistan Television Corporation is Pakistan's national television broadcaster. The first live transmission of PTV began on November 26, 1964, in Lahore...

. His work has included Studio Dhai (Studio 2:30) and then Studio Ponayteen (Studio 2:45) along with Show Sha and numerous other shows. His work incorporates humour, satire, and an approach to hard subjects in lighter vein.

Family

He belongs to one of the more literary families based in Karachi, Pakistan. His sisters include the famous Fatima Surayya Bajia

Fatima Surayya Bajia

Fatima Surayya Bajia PP , is a renowned Urdu novelist, playwright and drama writer of Pakistan. She has been awarded various awards at home and abroad including Japan's highest civil award in recognition of her works...

, Zohra Nigah

Zohra Nigah

Zehra Nigah PP, is one of the foremost female Urdu poets from Pakistan. She was one of two female poets to gain prominence in the 1950s when the scene was dominated by men...

, Mrs. Kazmi and Zubaida Tariq

Zubaida Tariq

Zubaida Tariq, often called Zubaida Aapa, is a renowned chef and cooking expert from Pakistan.-Family:Originally from Karachi, Zubaida was born into a prominent Muhajir family known throughout the country for producing litterateurs, intellectuals and artists. Her maternal grand-uncle was Bahadur...

 (cooking expert). His son Bilal Maqsood is a pop singer affiliated with the highly famous international band Strings.

Plays

On PTV

Pakistan Television Corporation

The Pakistan Television Corporation is Pakistan's national television broadcaster. The first live transmission of PTV began on November 26, 1964, in Lahore...

• Fifty Fifty
  Fifty Fifty
  Fifty Fifty is a popular Pakistan television series which was aired on the national television PTV during the early 1980s, based loosely on US comedy show Saturday Night Live. The programme was a sketch comedy considered by many critics as one of the best television shows to be produced in Pakistan...
  
  (sketch comedy)
• Show Time (Comedy interactive show)
• Aangan Terha
  Aangan Terha
  Aangan Terha was a satirical Pakistani television serial presented by the PTV network in the late 1980s. The show starred Salim Nasir, Shakeel, Arshad Mehmood, Durdana Butt and Bushra Ansari in lead roles, was directed by Qaiser Farooq and written by Anwar Maqsood.- Ideology:The Drama is based on...
  
  (Mini series)
• Half Plate (Theatrical teleplay)
• Silver Jubilee show
• Studio Dhaai
• Studio Paunay Teen

On NTM

Network Television Marketing

NTM - A former Shalimar Television Network ChannelThe Network Television Marketing was Pakistan's first ever private sector Television Channel. NTM had started its transmission in 1990 under a 3-year agreement with Shalimar Recording & Broadcasting Company . NTM succeeded in acquiring much...

• Sitara Aur Mehrunnisa (Drama)
• Nadan Nadia (Comedy sitcom)

On ARY

ARY Digital

ARY Digital, a subsidiary of the ARY Group, is a popular Pakistani television network available in Pakistan, the Middle East, North America and Europe. The ARY Group of companies is a Dubai-based holding company founded by a Pakistani businessman, Abdul Razzak Yaqoob . The network caters to the...

• Loose talk
• Majoo Mian

External links

• Anwar Maqsood A Versatile Artist - Pakistan Television
• YESTERDAY ONCE MORE: Meet Anwar Maqsood - DAWN.com
• The Satirist by Asif Noorani
  Asif Noorani
  Asif Noorani is a Pakistani newspaper and television writer. He belongs to a Memon family migrated from Bombay, British India in 1950....
  
  - LiveVison USA