Absar Ahmed
{{Short description|Pakistani archivist and researcher}}
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| native_name = {{Nq|ابصار احمد}}
| birth_date = 1988
| birth_place = Karachi, Pakistan
| occupation = {{Hlist| Archivist| researcher| songwriter| journalist}}
| years_active = 2005 – present
| organization = Radio Pakistan
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| website = [https://pakpatrioticliberary.blogspot.com/ Pak Patriotic Liberary]
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Absar Ahmed is a Pakistani researcher and archivist of national songs as well as a journalist, broadcaster, and songwriter.
Life and career
Absar was born in Karachi in 1988. He started his career in 2005 as an intern with Geo TV. Later, he has also been working at ARY News, Express TV, and PTV as a host, researcher, and scriptwriter. He has broadcast some shows and scripted documentaries on Radio Pakistan.
Reportedly, Absar is the first archivist of Pakistan who has preserved more than four and a half thousand rare or almost lost national and patriotic songs.{{cite news |last1=Sadiqui |first1=Waseem |title=سرکاری میڈیا بھی نایاب ملی نغمے مجھ سے مانگتا ہے: ابصار احمد |url=https://www.urduvoa.com/a/unique-collection-of-national-songs/2711761.html |work=Voice of America (Urdu) |date=8 April 2015}}{{cite news |title='میرے پاس کچھ ایسے ملی نغمے بھی ہیں جو ریڈیو پاکستان کے پاس بھی نہیں' |url=https://www.urduvoa.com/a/national-songs-collector-of-pakistan/6680865.html |work=Voice of America (Urdu) |date=1 August 2022}}{{cite news |title=Meet the collector, preserver of Pakistan's national songs |url=https://mmnews.tv/absar-alam-the-collector-preserver-of-pakistani-national-songs/ |work=MM News |date=14 August 2022}}{{cite news |title=قومی نغموں کا سب سے بڑا ذخیرہ |url=https://www.independenturdu.com/node/12401/%D9%85%D9%84%D9%B9%DB%8C-%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%A7/%D9%82%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%BA%D9%85%D9%88%DA%BA-%DA%A9%D8%A7-%D8%B3%D8%A8-%D8%B3%DB%92-%D8%A8%DA%91%D8%A7-%D8%B0%D8%AE%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%81 |work=The Independent Urdu |date=29 July 2019}} Along with this collection, he has also written several research articles on national songs adapted to music, which have been published in Pakistan's reliable newspapers and magazines, including the Pakistan Army's journal Hilaal.{{cite news |last1=Ahmed |first1=Absar |title=دل دل پاکستان …نغماتِ وطن کا ایک عہد تمام ہوا |url=https://www.hilal.gov.pk/urdu-article/detail/NDI1NA==.html |access-date=12 October 2022 |work=Hilaal}}{{cite news |title=Afkar: Interview of Absar Ahmed, Archivist of Pakistani National Songs |url=https://www.radio.gov.pk/programme/30-10-2022/afkar-interview-of-absar-ahmed-aarchivist-of-pakistani-national-songs |work=Radio Pakistan |date=October 30, 2022}}
Books
- Yeh Naghmay Pakistan Ke (2021) — a catalog and history of Pakistani national songs from 1945 to present.
- Har Taan Pakistan (2023) — a catalog and brief history of Pakistani patriotic songs from 1911 to present.
Radio shows and documentaries
- Absar Ahmed Ke Sath
- Awaz-e-Pakistan{{cite web |title=Awaz-e-Pakistan |url=https://www.radio.gov.pk/programme/10-05-2022/special-documentary-awaz-e-pakistan |website=Radio Pakistan |access-date=12 October 2022}}
- Tehreek e Pakistan Key Sitare{{cite web |title=Tehreek e Pakistan Key Sitare |url=https://www.radio.gov.pk/programme/15-08-2018/tehreek-e-pakistan-key-sitare |website=Radio Pakistan |access-date=12 October 2022}}
Songs
- Heeray Jaisay Saal
- Pakistan Ki Main Taqdeer
- Zarb-i-Azb song
- Raddul Fasad
- Hum Rangers ke jawan (an official song Pakistan Rangers)
- Main Pakistani Aurat hoon (Pakistani women's song
- Din Aaya Takbeer ka
- Azb ki hai Zarb
- Lab pe Khan Liaqaut Ali Zaroor Aya- Shaheed-e-Millat
- Arz - E-Pakistan Tere Jan Nisaron Ko Salam
- Main Hoon Pakistan
- Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://pakpatrioticliberary.blogspot.com/ Official website]
- [https://jang.com.pk/writer/absar-ahmed/ Columns] at Daily Jang
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Category:Pakistani male songwriters
Category:Pakistani songwriters