Syed Waqar Azeem is a well known critic of urdu fiction.His writings are considered very important in fiction criticism.He has written many articles on basis of short stories in which he discussed various techniques and styles of fiction.His books "FAN  E  AFSANA NIGARI","DASTAN SE AFSANAY TAK","NAIYA AFSANA" and "HAMARAY  AFSANAY" are very important to understand the choronological evolution of urdu short stories as well as theories about fundamental of fiction.