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'''Omer Tarin''' (real name '''Omer Salim Khan''') , born 10 March 1966, is a well-known [[Pakistani]] poet, writer and scholar<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omer_Tarin Full Wikipedia article on Omer Tarin, retrieved 20 October 2012</ref>. 

==Background and early life==
HeTarin was born in [[Peshawar]], [[Pakistan]], in a well-educated and elite [[feudal]] family. He was taught at the [[Burn Hall School]], [[Abbottabad]], the [[Aitchison College]], [[Lahore]], and the [[University of the Punjab]], Lahore.<ref>http://ilyask2.wordpress.com/tag/omer_tarin/ Interview with Poet Omer Tarin, November 2011, retrieved 20 October 2012</ref> He later got [[university]] [[Degree (school)|degrees]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. After teaching as a full-time college and university lecturer for many years in [[Islamabad]] and Lahore, Tarin then returned to his native Hazara region of [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province and started various social assistance and charitable projects there<ref>Report ''Abbottabad'' weekly, Vol 2, No 16, March 2011</ref> in addition to managing his own property matters. He is also active in research and environmental studies and also makes occasional socio-political comments on global affairs in the media<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8025574.stm BBC Pages Retrieved 27 October 2012</ref>.  

==Poetry==
He has published several collections of poetry. Some of his work has been also published in the UK, the [[USA]] and other countries<ref>http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL101176A Open Library Catalog for several editions of Omer Tarin's works Retrived 25 Occtober 2012</ref>. His poetry is said to have a unique [[mystic]], [[transcendental]] tone and and vivid [[imagery]]<ref>See Ahmad Zafar, Review in ''Frontier Post'' Lahore ed, 12 May 1995, p 15; and M(contracted; show full)[[Category:Poets]]






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