Munir Niazi

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منیر نیازی

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| birth_place = Hoshiarpur, Punjab, British India
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| death_place = Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

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| alma_mater = Govt. Sadiq Egerton College Bahawalpur

Dayal Singh College, Lahore

| period = 1960 - 2006 (active years)

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Pride of Performance (1992)

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Munir Niazi (Punjabi, Urdu: {{Nastaliq|منیر نیازی}};09 April 1923 – 26 December 2006), was a Pakistani poet. He mostly wrote in the Punjabi and Urdu languages and also wrote for newspapers, magazines and radio. In 1960, he established a publication institute, Al-Misal. He was later associated with Pakistan Television, Lahore and lived in Lahore till his death.

Early life and career

Munir Niazi was born on 09 April 1923 in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, British India to a Punjabi speaking family of Niazi Pathans. He was initially educated at Khanpur. After the partition of India in 1947, he migrated and settled in Sahiwal, where he passed his matriculation examination. He earned an intermediate degree from Govt. Sadiq Egerton College, Bahawalpur and a B.A. degree from Dayal Singh College, Lahore.{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1098878 |publisher=Dawn (newspaper)|title=A fitting tribute to Munir Niazi |date=10 April 2014|access-date=29 May 2019}} Munir Niazi launched a weekly, Seven Colours, from Sahiwal in 1949. Some of his poetry was used in films and these film songs became popular super-hits among the Pakistani public which established him as one of the foremost movie songwriters of Pakistan in the 1960s. For example, the film song in film Shaheed (1962), Uss Bewafa Ka Shehar Hai Aur Hum Hain Dosto and many others.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375056/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd Munir Niazi hit film song on IMDb website] Retrieved 30 May 2019{{cite web |url=http://www.khybernews.tv/newsDetails.php?cat=12&key=NDkxMTc= |work=Rediff.com |title=7th death anniversary of Munir Niazi today |access-date=18 March 2016 |archive-date=14 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114221829/http://www.khybernews.tv/newsDetails.php?cat=12&key=NDkxMTc= |url-status=dead }}

Popular poetry

Film song	Singers	Song lyrics by	Music by	Film and year
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"Jis Ne Mere Dil Ko Dard Diya"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILBwmz7O_UA Munir Niazi song on YouTube] Published 17 February 2011, Retrieved 30 May 2019 \|Mehdi Hassan \|Munir Niazi \|Hasan Latif Lilak \|Susral (1962)
"Jaa Apni Hasraton Pe Aansoo Baha Ke Sau Jaa" \|Noor Jehan \|Munir Niazi \|Hasan Latif Lilak \|Susral (1962)
"Uss Bewafa Ka Shehar Hai Aur Hum Hain Dosto" \|Naseem Begum \|Munir Niazi \|Rashid Attre \|Shaheed (1962)
"Kaisay Kaisay Loag Hamare Jee Ko Jalanay Aa Jaatain Hain" \|Mehdi Hassan \|Munir Niazi \|Hasan Latif Lilak \|Tere Shehar Mein (1965)
"Zinda Rahein Tau Kaya Hai Jau Mar Jaaen Hum Tau Kaya" \|Naheed Akhtar \|Munir Niazi \|M Ashraf \|Kharidar (1976)

Bibliography

Below are some of his Urdu publications:

Taiz Hawa Aur Tanha Phool{{cite web | url=https://www.mediafire.com/file/12x6svqrb6klnq9/Taiz_Hwa_Aur_Taha_Phool.pdf/file | title=Taiz Hwa Aur Taha Phool }}
Jungle Mein Dhanak
Dushmanoon Kai Darmiyan Sham
Mah-e-Munir
Kulyat e Munir{{Cite web |date=2023-01-17 |title=منیر نیازی |url=https://fruit-chat.com/%d8%b4%d8%b9%d8%b1-%da%a9%d8%af%db%81/munir-niazi-2/ |access-date=2023-09-09 |language=en}}
Jungal Ma Dahanak
Aik Lamha Taiz Safar ka

In Punjabi language, he has published:

Safar Di Raat
Char Chup Cheezan
Rasta Dassan Walay Tarey
Che Rage Arwaze

Effective imagery in his poetry conveys pictures in a few words.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} He had experimented with poetic forms and had tried to create a new style, rhythm and diction in Urdu poetry. Innocence, mythology, nostalgia, dreams, eroticism, and romance are some of his most common themes. Selected English translations of Munir Niazi's poetic works were edited by Suhail Safdar and published in 1996.{{cite book |first=Suhail |last=Safdar |title=The Poetical Works of Munir Niazi, Pakistan Writings |year=1996}}

Death and legacy

Munir Niazi died of respiratory illness on 26 December 2006 in Lahore, Pakistan.[http://www.dawn.com/news/1153292 Death anniversary of poets Parveen Shakir and Munir Niazi being observed today] Dawn (newspaper), Published 26 Dec 2014, Retrieved 30 May 2019

On his 86th birth anniversary, a book titled 'Munir Niazi Ki Baatain, Yadain' was launched to honor him at the Punjab Institute of Language, Art and Culture (Pilac) at Lahore. This book has interviews of the late Munir Niazi and opinion columns about him.

Awards and recognition

Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1992 [http://arynews.tv/en/ninth-death-anir-niazi-today/ Munir Niazi Pride of Performance Award info on ARY TV News website] Published 26 December 2015, Retrieved 30 May 2019
Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) Award by the President of Pakistan in 2005[http://www.dawn.com/news/367548/130-nationals-foreigners-to-get-civil-awards 130 nationals, foreigners to get civil awards] Dawn (newspaper), Published 14 August 2004, Retrieved 29 May 2019