Noon Meem Rashid

Noon Meem Rashed Nazar Muhammad Rashed
Born	Nazar Muhammad Janjua 1 August 1910 Alipur Chattha, Punjab, British India
Died	9 October 1975 London, England
Occupation	Urdu poet
Nationality	Pakistani
Alma mater	Government College Lahore, Pakistan
Notable works	Mavra,
Spouse	Safia Rashed, Sheila Rashed

Nazar Muhammad Rashid (Urdu: نذرِ مُحَمَّد راشِد‎), (1 August 1910 – 9 October 1975) commonly known as Noon Meem Rashid (Urdu: ن۔ م۔ راشد) or N.M. Rashed, was born as Nazar Muhammad Janjua at Alipur Chatha District Gujranwala formerly Akalgarh, Punjab, Pakistan. He was an influential Pakistani poet of modern Urdu poetry.

Rashid was born in a Janjua family of Village Kot Bhaaga, Akaal Garh (now Alipur Chatha), Tehsil Wazirabad, District, Gujranwala, Punjab, and earned a master's degree in economics from the Government College Lahore.

He served for a short time in the Royal Indian Army during the Second World War, attaining the rank of Captain. Before independence of Pakistan in 1947, he worked with All India Radio in New Delhi and Lucknow starting in 1942. He was transferred to Peshawar in 1947 where he worked until 1953. Later he was hired by Voice of America and had to move to New York City for this job. Then, for a short while, he lived in Iran. Later on, he worked for the United Nations in New York.

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