ata UL Haq qasmi (Punjabi, Urdu: عطا الحق قاسمی) is a Pakistani Urdu-language newspaper columnist, playwright and poet.

[1] He first joined the Urdu language newspaper Nawa-i-Waqt as a sub-editor where the renowned journalist Majid Nizami was the editor.

[2][4][1] His books and newspaper columns include Rozan-e-Dewar Sey, Column Tamam, Shar Goshiyan, Hansna Rona Mana Hay, Mazeed Ganjey Farishtey and many more while his TV Drama serials include the most popular PTV TV dramas Khawaja and Son (1988), "Shab Daig", Aap ka Khadim popularly known by its character Sheeda Taili and Khoye Hooun Ki Justajoo.

[4][5][3] Veteran Pakistani journalist Altaf Gauhar had once named him the wittiest newspaper columnist in Pakistan.

[2][4][6] In 2015, he was appointed Chairman for Pakistan Television Corporation, a state-owned institution, where he served till December 2017.