Atif Tauqeer (; born 23 July 1979), is a Pakistani journalist, poet, writer, vlogger and media researcher based in Germany.
Tauqeer got his bachelor's degree in political science and master's degree in mass communication from the University of Karachi. In 2012 he got another master's degree in international media studies from the University of Bonn, Germany.
Atif Tauqeer is one of the notable Urdu poets. He has been in Urdu literature scene since early 1990s but he was first noticed when he wrote his famous poem âÂÂShukriaâ in October 1999 in the context of Pakistani military general Pervez MusharrafâÂÂs martial law. In that poem he criticizes militaryâÂÂs role in Politics. Many of his poems have