Muhammad Siddique ناز خیالوی (12 December 1947 – 12 December 2010), pen name Naz Khialvi, was a Pakistani lyricist and
radio broadcaster
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, who is mainly known for his
Sufi
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...
verse ''Tum Ek Gorakh Dhanda Ho'' (You are a Puzzle), later sung by
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ( pa, ; born Pervez Fateh Ali Khan; 13 October 1948 – 16 August 1997) was a Pakistani singer, songwriter, and music director. He was primarily a singer of qawwali — a form of Sufi music, Sufi devotional music. ...
, a legendary
Qawwali
Qawwali ( Punjabi: (Shahmukhi), (Gurmukhi); Urdu: (Nasta'liq); Hindi: क़व्वाली (Devanagari); Bengali: কাওয়ালি (Bengali)) is a form of Sufi Islamic devotional singing, originating from the Indian subcontinent ...
singer, making both of them a household name. He also hosted a
radio program
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Radio networ ...
me, ''Sandhal Dharti'' at
Faisalabad
Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur ( Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pak ...
radio station for 27 years.
Biography
Muhammad Siddique,
pen name
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A pen na ...
Naz Khialvi, born in Jhok Khyal Chak No 394GB, near
Tandlianwala
Tandlianwala ( ur, ) is a town in Punjab, Pakistan and the headquarters of Tandlianwala Tehsil. It is located 40 km from the city of Faisalabad and 45 km from Okara. It is a sub-division of Faisalabad District and has a Tehsil munici ...
, district of
Faisalabad
Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur ( Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pak ...
, 174 km from
Lahore
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, in Province of
Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
,
Pakistan
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. Khialvi later became a broadcaster with state-run
radio
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, and also hosted a
radio program
A radio program, radio programme, or radio show is a segment of content intended for broadcast on radio. It may be a one-time production or part of a periodically recurring series. A single program in a series is called an episode.
Radio networ ...
me, ''Sandhal Dharti'' on
Faisalabad
Faisalabad (; Punjabi/ ur, , ; ), formerly known as Lyallpur ( Punjabi, Urdu: لائل پور), named after the founder of the city, but was renamed in 1977 in honour of late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the 3rd largest city of Pak ...
radio station for 27 years.
He also wrote lyrics in
Punjabi
Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan
* Punjabi language
* Punjabi people
* Punjabi dialects and languages
Punjabi may also refer to:
* Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...
.
Teacher
Naaz Khialvi lived many years with famous Urdu poet
Ehsan Danish
Ehsan Danish (, 2 February 1914 – 22 March 1982), born Ehsan-ul-Haq ), was an Urdu poet, prose writer, linguist, lexicographer and scholar from Pakistan. Ehsan Danish had penned down over 100 scholastic books on poetry, prose, linguistics, lex ...
. According to him, Ehsan Danish is the real inspiration for him. He had learnt much from him.
Books
Khialvi's first Book "SaaiaN Way", comprising Punjabi "kaafi", was published by Misaal Publishers, Faisalabad in 2009; and his second book "Lahu kay Phool" which was later changed to "Tum Ik Gorakh Dhanda Ho", comprising Urdu ghazals, was still under compilation.https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/naz-khialvi-6138967712
Award(s)
Naz Khialvi was awarded the "Excellence in Radio Compering Award" in 2000.