Muhammad Qasim Malik

Who is Muhammad Qasim Malik?

Colonel Muhammad Qasim Malik S.I. is a Pakistani soldier and calligrapher. He has held two calligraphy exhibitions, the first of which was inaugurated by Pervez Musharraf, and the second which was inaugurated by Irfan Ahmed Khan, President of the Pakistan Calligraph-Artists' Guild in Islamabad.

Col Qasim Malik has had no formal training in this particular field of art. He started of with making a few oil paintings of different scenes, which were very cleverly done and earned him high praise from his peers. This led to a deepening of passion for his newfound hobby and he excelled in making scenic paintings which can be considered masterpieces in their own right. He matured with every scene that he painted and soon became a master artist.

With time, he changed his style of painting and became more focused towards the branch of art called calligraphy. It is in this field where by far he has excelled and literally produced contemporary masterpieces which are any calligraphy enthusiast’s dream. Col Qasim, in this regard has to be given credit for being the first person who has successfully been able to produce on hardboard, with oil paints, verses of the Quran in Khat-e-Suls. The oil paints are perhaps the most difficult medium to paint with and consequently, are extensively used in abstract art. It is this new exciting presentation of the Quranic verses in such preciseness which has dumbfounded many a critic.