Farooq Qaiser (Punjabi, Urdu: فاروق قیصر; 31 October 1945 – 14 May 2021) was a Pakistani artist, newspaper columnist, TV show director, puppeteer, script writer, and voice actor.

He was known as the creator of the fictional puppet character Uncle Sargam, introduced in 1976 in children's television show Kaliyan.

[5][6] Qaiser started his career in the early 1970s after graduating from the National College of Arts, Lahore, with a short documentary in the English language.

In 1971, his teacher Salima Hashmi got him involved in her children's television puppet show Akkar Bakkar.

He created his own fictional puppet characters for the show, including Uncle Sargam, Haiga and Maasi Museebte.

[1] He served on the board of governors at the National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage (Lok Virsa), in Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2015.