Prof. Athar Tahir
M. Athar Tahir is a Pakistani civil servant who is also a poet, author, translator, painter and calligrapher.He studied at Lawrence College Ghora Gali Murree, University of the Punjab, Oxford University, England, and the University of Pennsylvania, United States. Awards for his works include the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz for literature in 1998, the Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai Award in 1990, and the National Book Council Prize in 1991.