Riaz ur Rehman Saghar

Riaz ur Rehman Saghar
Born	1 Dec 1941 Bathinda, Punjab, British India
Died	2 June 2013 at age 71 Lahore, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Occupation	Poet, film song lyricist
Years active	1973-2013
Family	wife and one daughter

Riaz-Ur-Rehman Saghar (Urdu: ریاض الرحمٰن ساغر‎, born 1 December 1941, Bathinda, Punjab, British India; died 2 June 2013, at Lahore, Pakistan) was a poet and a film song lyricist active in Pakistani cinema. He had been awarded numerous awards in recognition of his services to the Pakistani film industry. He is credited with having written over 25000 songs in his lifetime, including many for noted Pakistani singers such as Hadiqa Kiani ("Dupatta Mera Malmal Da" [دوپٹہ میرا ململ دا], "Yaad Sajan Di Ayi" [یاد سجن دی آوے]) and a duet song with Asha Bhosle and Adnan Sami Khan ("Kabhi to Nazar Milao" [کبھی تو نظر ملاؤ]). Saghar also wrote prose and film dialogue in some of the films.

Riaz-ur-Rehman Saghar was born on 1 December 1941 in [Bathinda]](بٹھنڈا), Punjab, British India to Molvi Muhammad Azeem (مولوی محمد عظیم) and Sadiqan Bibi (صدیقن بی بی). In 1947, his family emigrated to Pakistan as refugees following the independence of Pakistan. During the journey, Saghar's father was murdered by a Sikh extremist, and his infant brother died of starvation. In Walton Cantonment and later Multan, where Saghar and his mother settled, they made their living making and selling paper bags in the marketplace. Saghar enrolled in Millat High School where he discovered his love of poetry. He later entered Emerson College Multan for Intermediate Studies, where his poetry readings attracted large crowds. After several warnings, he was expelled from Emerson, after which he traveled to Lahore to begin his career. He finished his schooling in Multan and then moved to Lahore in 1957.

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