Muneer Niazi

Munir Niazi
Munir Niazi reciting his ghazal
Born	Munir Ahmed Niazi (1928-04-09)9 April 1928 Khanpur, Punjab, British India
Died	26 December 2006(2006-12-26) (aged 78) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Occupation	Urdu poet, Punjabi poet
Nationality	Pakistani
Alma mater	Govt. Sadiq Egerton College Bahawalpur Dayal Singh College, Lahore
Period	1960 - 2006 (active years)
Genre	Urdu and Punjabi Poetry
Notable awards	Sitara-e-Imtiaz in 2005

Govt. Sadiq Egerton College Bahawalpur

Munir Ahmad, better known as Munir Niazi, (Punjabi: منیر نیازی )(2006 -1928) Sitara-e-Imtiaz Award recipient, was an Urdu and Punjabi poet from Pakistan.Originally of Pashtun descent, Munir Ahmed used to call himself Punjabi as Punjabi definition is cultural and geographical and most of his poetry also reflected the culture of Punjab.

Niazi was born in Khanpur on 9 April 1928, a village near Hoshiarpur Punjab, British India. He was initially educated at Khanpur. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, he migrated and settled in Sahiwal, where he passed his matriculation examination. He earned an intermediate degree from Sadiq Egerton College, Bahawalpur and a B.A. degree from Dayal Singh College, Lahore, Pakistan. Munir Niazi launched a weekly, Seven Colours, from Sahiwal in 1949. Some of his poetry was used in films and these film songs became extremely popular super-hit songs among the Pakistani public which established him as the foremost movie songwriter of Pakistan. For example, the film song in film Shaheed (1962), Uss Bewafa Ka Shehar Hai Aur Hum Hain Dosto and many others.