Munir Niazi Poetry - Munir Niazi Shayari, Urdu Ghazal, Nazam Collection

Munir Niazi Poetry

Munir Ahmad Niazi was a famous poet of Urdu and Punjabi language. He was born in the Pathan village of Khanpur on 9 April 1928. He started his education career in Khanpur. In 1947, he migrated from India to Sahiwal, Pakistan, and started his education journey again. He passed his matriculation from Sahiwal. He got an FA and BA degree from Sadiq Egerton College, Bahawalpur, and Dyal Singh College Lahore.

In 1949, after his bachelor's degree, he started writing poetry in the weekly magazine "Seven Colors". Few lines of his poetry were used in Pakistani film songs. These film's songs were super hits at that time. In 1960 he started his career as a songwriter in Pakistani films. Many songs are very famous, for example, "Os bewafa ka shehar hai or hm hain dosto" and "Shaheed". Munir Niazi Ahmad also wrote poetry in the Punjabi language. He also wrote articles and poetry in newspapers, magazines.

Minor Ahmad Niazi founded the "Al Misal" institute of publication. He also worked with Pakistan Television.

Famous publications

He wrote amazing and mind-blowing poetry in a very different style. His poetry includes every taste, like nostalgia and romance.

Suhail Safdar translated and published Munir Ahmad Niazi's poetry in English in 1996.

Urdu publications

Following are the Urdu publications of Munir Niazi.

• Taiz Hawa Or Tanha Phool
• Jungle Mein Dhanak
• Dushmanoon Kai Darmiyan Sham
• Mah-e-Munir

Punjabi publications

Following are the Punjabi publications of Munir Niazi.

• Safar Di Raat
• Char Chup Cheezan
• Rasta Dassan Walay Tarey

Famous songs

Munir Niazi wrote many songs, but few popular songs are following:

• Jis Ne Mere Dil Ko Dard Diya
• Jaa Apni Hasraton Pe Aansoo Baha Ke Sau Jaa
• Uss Bewafa Ka Shehar Hai Aur Hum Hain Dosto
• Kaisay Kaisay Loag Hamare Jee Ko Jalanay Aa Jaatain Hain
• Zinda Rahein Tau Kaya Hai Jau Mar Jaaen Hum Tau Kaya

Achievements

Munir Niazi received the following two awards from the president of Pakistan.

• Pride of Performance in 1992
• Sitara-e-Imtiaz in 2005

Death

Munir Ahmad Niazi died in Lahore on 26 December 2006 cause of respiratory disease. "Yadein" and "Munir Niazi ki Baten" two books were launched and awarded him at PILAC (Punjab Institute of Language and Art Culture) on his birth anniversary. "Munir Niazi ki Baten" book has a brief introduction of Munir Ahmad Niazi.