Munir Niazi

Munir Niazi (Punjabi, Urdu: منیر نیازی 9 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.

Quotes

• The poet averred that he lived in the hope that prosperity would visit his country. He had beautiful dreams for Pakistan before moving away from his native Hoshiarpur to live and settle in his adopted country. He regretted that we have not been able to build a prosperous homeland.

Munir Niazi had a vision of hope and love for this country and its people. Love, he said was the most enduring quality and poetry reflected the most sublime side of life.

• • [1] Munir Niazi had a vision

• ہمیشہ دیر کر دیتا ہوں

Poet: منیر نیازی By: دُعا ۓ علی , Mardan ہمیشہ دیر کر دیتا ہوں میں ہر کام کرنے میں ضروری بات کہنی ہو کوئی وعدہ نبھانا ہو اسے آواز دینی ہو اسے واپس بلانا ہو ہمیشہ دیر کر دیتا ہوں میں

مدد کرنی ہو اس کی یار کی ڈھارس بندھانا ہو بہت دیرینہ رستوں پر کسی سے ملنے جانا ہو ہمیشہ دیر کر دیتا ہوں میں

بدلتے موسموں کی سیر میں دل کو لگانا ہو کسی کو یاد رکھنا ہو کسی کو بھول جانا ہو ہمیشہ دیر کر دیتا ہوں میں

کسی کو موت سے پہلے کسی غم سے بچانا ہو حقیقت اور تھی کچھ اس کو جا کے یہ بتانا ہو ہمیشہ دیر کر دیتا ہوں میں ہر کام کرنے میں

• • [2] I always do late

• His poetry encircles a wide array of themes emitting from nostalgia, mythology, existential angst, seasons, surrealism, melancholy, starry nights and summer mornings. Niazi’s spontaneity was a class of its own and is admired in literary circles all over. Elements of innocence and truthfulness are conceivably the highlights of Niazi’s 13 Urdu and three Punjabi collections of works. He was awarded both the Pride of Performance and Sitara-e-Imtiaz by the Government of Pakistan in recognition of the mark he left on Urdu and Punjabi literature.

• • [3] Munir Niazi poetry

See also

• Parveen Shakir
• Ijaz Hussain Batalvi
• Pakistan
• Imran Khan
• Amjad Islam Amjad
• Lahore
• Benazir Bhutto