Ali Akbar Natiq
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Ali Akbar Natiq | |
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| Native name | Punjabi: علی اکبر ناطق |
| Born | December 22, 1974 [Okara, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Pen name | Natiq |
| Occupation | Writer, poet, Activist |
| Language | Punjabi, Urdu |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Education | M.A |
| Alma mater | Bahauddin Zakariya University |
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Ali Akbar Natiq (born 22 December 1972) is a Pakistani poet, novelist and short-story writer. Acclaimed as one of the brightest stars[citation needed] in Pakistan's literary firmament, Natiq has published many books.
Ali Akbar Natiq was born at village 32/2L, in Okara District, Punjab, Pakistan.[1] His ancestors migrated from Faizabad, near Lucknow, to Firozpur district in Punjab at the turn of the 20th century, and then during the partition of India in 1947, they emigrated to Pakistan, coming from Firozpur via Sulemanki Headworks, and settled in Okara.[2][3]
Natiq studied up to matric at his village high school and passed FA exam from Government College, Okara. After that, due to poor economic circumstances, he started working and got his BA and MA degrees privately from Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan.
Natiq started working as a mason and was skilled at building domes, minarets and mosques. Meanwhile, his studies of Urdu literature and history also continued. He also read the Arabic books which his father had brought from Iraq and Kuwait where he had gone to work.[4] Whenever he got free time from work, he was busy studying. In 1998, he also stayed in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East for some time as a laborer.