About

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Birthday:
1976-12-25
Place of birth:
Karachi, Pakistan
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Haneef Shareef

Overview

Haneef Shareef (حنیف شریف) is a Balochi writer, film director, photographer and medical doctor from Turbat in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. He began his creative career as a short story writer in the 1990s. In 2003, he received his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree from Bolan Medical College in Quetta. He was a member of the Balochistan Students' Organisation (BSO), and wrote articles and poetry on the social conditions of the people in Balochistan. On November 18, 2005, he was picked up by Frontier Corps officers. After his disappearance, his mother and relatives staged a hunger strike in front of the Karachi Press Club. He was returned home alive after nine months of torture. In 2011, he left Pakistan for Oman. He now lives in exile in Goettingen, Germany, where he is a photographer and runs the YouTube channel Radio Balochistan. As a writer, he has published three collections of short stories, Shapa ke Hour Gwareth (2008), Teeran Dask (2014), and Haneefnaam (2020), as well as one novel, Chegerd Poll enth (2010).

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Directing
2014 Kareem Directing Director N/A
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2012 Mani Petha Brath Nest Directing Director 59
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2009 Balochistan Hotel Directing Director 59
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2009 Balach Directing Director 59
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Writing
2014 Kareem Writing Writer N/A
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2014 Kareem Writing Story N/A
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2012 Mani Petha Brath Nest Writing Screenplay 59
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2012 Mani Petha Brath Nest Writing Dialogue 59
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2012 Mani Petha Brath Nest Writing Story 59
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2009 Balochistan Hotel Writing Story 59
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2009 Balochistan Hotel Writing Screenplay 59
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2009 Balach Writing Dialogue 59
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2009 Balach Writing Story 59
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2009 Balach Writing Screenplay 59
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