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Munir Ahmad, better known as Munir
Niazi, was born in Khanpur on 19 April 1928, a village near Hushiyarpur, India.
He was initially educated at Khanpur and after parition of India he migrated to
newly independent Pakistan and settled in Sahiwal, he passed his matriculation
there. He earned the intermediate degree from S.E. College, Bahawalpur and a
B.A. from Diyal Singh College, Lahore.
Munir Niazi launched a weekly,
Saat Rang, from Sahiwal in 1949. He wrote numerous songs for films and made
his name as the foremost movie song writer of Pakistan. He also wrote for
newspapers, magazines and radio. In 1960 he established a publication institute,
Al-Misal. Lately he was associated with Lahore Television and lived in
Lahore till his death.
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Barasaat
aah! ye baaraanii raat
mii.nh, havaa, tuufaan, raqs-e-saayeqaat
shash-jahat par tiirgii uma.Dii huii
ek sannaaTe me.n bazm-e-hadasaat
aur merii khi.Dakii ke niiche
kaa.Npate pe.Do.n ke paat
chaar suu aavaaraa hai.n
bhuule bisare vaaqayaat
jhakka.Do.n ke shor me.n
jaane kitanii duur se
sun rahaa huu.N terii baat
[saayeqaat=bolts of lightning]
[shash-jahat=six directions]
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