Naseer Turabi ( ur, نصير ترابی; 15 June 1945 – 10 January 2021) was a Pakistani poet.

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Biography

His father, Allama Rasheed Turabi, was a religious scholar. He came to Pakistan after the

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in 1947. He did his

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in 1968. He lived in Karachi. He began writing poetry in 1962. His first collection of Poetry ''Aks-e-Faryadi'' was published in 2000. Pakistan's singer

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provides vocal rendering for his poem of ''Woh hamsafar tha''. The same Ghazal was later used as a theme song for

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drama series. He also wrote lyrics for the theme song "Dil Ka Jo Mol Chukatay Honge" of Mol and

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drama series. He has also written lyrics of ''Dil Aitebaar'' for ''

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'' and for

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Death

Naseer Turabi died in Karachi on Sunday, January 10, 2021. His funeral prayers were held on Monday after Zohrain at ''Imambargah Shuhada-e-Karbala'' in Ancholi, after which he was interred at the ''Wadi-e-Hussain'' graveyard Karachi.

Work

− ❖Executive Member - Pakistan Writers Guild, Sindh (1978–83) − − ❖Member Syndicate - Karachi University (Governor's Nominee (1994–97) − − ❖Member Board of Governors - Area Study Center for Europe (1994–97) − − ❖Member Board of Governors - "REHAB" (NGO) (1998-2001) − − ❖Re-nominated Member Syndicate - Karachi University, by the Governor Sindh (2001–04) − − ❖Member Board of Governors, Institute of Clinical Psychology (2001–04) − − ❖Coordinator Legal Aid Committee headed by Justice (R) Nasir Aslam Zahid (2007–09) − − ❖Participated in Mushairas and Literary Seminars locally and internationally and all over Pakistan as a Prominent Urdu Poet from Pakistan (1979-) − − ❖Conducting Literary Programs on National Radio and Television for the past 45 years. − − ❖Contributed weekly columns in the daily "Jahan Pakistan" (Oct 2013-May 2015) − − ❖Author of Poetry collection – "AKS Faryadi" which includes his globally famous poem "Wo Hamsafar Tha", with the maximum hits on any Pakistani poetry on YouTube in the shortest duration (2000). − − ❖Research compilation of Linguistic requirements of Urdu in "Shairiyat". This book is prescribed by Board of Secondary Education Sindh, Pakistan in the Intermediate syllabus (2013). − − ❖Printed Second poetry collection "Laraib" (2016). − − ❖Advised in Hamdard University, Pakistan to develop Curriculum for Bachelors and Masters Level Programs. − − ❖Mentored research students for thesis on Urdu Poetry and Literature. − − ❖Conducted, hosted, and presided over seminars for the promotion of Urdu Language. − − ❖Developed a concept after research on Mir Anees (Great poet) Marsia and connecting it with the Video Camera - film making technique. − − ❖Worked on world-famous Urdu Poet, "Ahmed Faraz's Intikhab" of his poetry collection.

External links

Selected Poetry of Naseer Turabi

Wo Hamsafar The Ghazal - Naseer Turabi

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Turabi, Naseer Urdu-language poets from India Pakistani poets Urdu-language poets from Pakistan Muhajir people 1945 births 2021 deaths Pakistani people of Hyderabadi descent University of Karachi alumni