Iftikhar Qaisar (Urdu: افتخار قیصر‎; born 2 May) is a British Pakistani journalist, poet, broadcaster, travel writer and film maker, born in the town of Pakpattan in Sahiwal District, Pakistan. He is known among his peers and fellows as a fearless, humble and thoroughly professional. From a young age his poems were published in the children's section of newspapers such as ‘Daily Imrrose’. Later, he became the editor of his college's magazine and was elected Secretary General of his college's literary society. He was also appointed Poetry Representative for his college and won several student poetry competitions. After moving to London, Iftikhar worked for the same Jang media group for the best part of 31 years, where he had the opportunity of working in almost every different section from subbing, reporting, editing to an interview specialist. In 1991, he started the Jang Forum, the only ethnic media in the UK at the time. Besides his numerous professional accolades he is known as an adventure traveler as he enjoys riding his Harley Davidson motorbike for thousands of miles during summer vacations. He was the editor of the London-based, largest circulated, Urdu newspapers Daily Jang and The News International. In tandem to his positions at the newspapers he was Bureau Chief of Geo News for the UK and Europe.