Taskeen Manerwal

Mohammad Taskeen Manerwal (; 15 September 1949 – 10 January 2022) was a Pakistani intellectual, writer, and author of Pashto literature and poetry. He was also a teacher and retired from the Department of Education in 1999 as a headmaster. He belonged to Maniri Swabi.

Early life Mohammad Taskeen was born on 15 September 1949 (A diary kept by Taskeen's father shows 1948.)

Manerwal began primary school in 1953. He matriculated from Swabi High School in 1965, and finished intermediate college at Government Post Graduate College, Swabi in 1967. He later completed a private B.A. (1977) and B.Ed (1980). He became a schoolteacher in 1969,

Career Manerwal started writing poetry when he was a fifth-grade student, influenced by the Pashto poets Rahman Baba and Khushal Khan Khattak. When Taskeen was studying at Government Post Graduate College, Swabi, he was involved in the publication of the Neelab Magazine. strengthening his reputation as a romantic poet. He was buried at his ancestral graveyard in Maniri Payan, Swabi. Qaumi Watan Party Provincial Chairman Sikandar Hayat Khan Sherpao, Awami National Party Khyber Pakhtunkhwa President Aimal Wali Khan, General Secretary Sardar Hussain Babak and Culture Secretary Khadim Hussain expressed their condolences.

Explanatory notes