Absar Ahmed is a Pakistani researcher and archivist of national songs as well as a journalist, broadcaster, and songwriter.
Absar Ahmed | |
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| ابصار احمد | |
| Born | 1988 Karachi, Pakistan |
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| Years active | 2005 – present |
| Organization | Radio Pakistan |
| Television | |
| Website | Pak Patriotic Liberary |
Life and career
editAbsar was born in Karachi in 1988. He started his career in 2005 as an intern with Geo TV. Later, he has also been working at ARY News, Express TV, and PTV as a host, researcher, and scriptwriter. He has broadcast some shows and scripted documentaries on Radio Pakistan.
Reportedly, Absar is the first archivist of Pakistan who has preserved more than four and a half thousand rare or almost lost national and patriotic songs.[1][2][3][4] Along with this collection, he has also written several research articles on national songs adapted to music, which have been published in Pakistan's reliable newspapers and magazines, including the Pakistan Army's journal Hilaal.[5][6]
Books
edit- Yeh Naghmay Pakistan Ke (2021) — a catalog and history of Pakistani national songs from 1945 to present.
- Har Taan Pakistan (2023) — a catalog and brief history of Pakistani patriotic songs from 1911 to present.
Radio shows and documentaries
editSongs
edit- Heeray Jaisay Saal
- Pakistan Ki Main Taqdeer
- Zarb-i-Azb song
- Raddul Fasad
- Hum Rangers ke jawan (an official song Pakistan Rangers)
- Main Pakistani Aurat hoon (Pakistani women's song
- Din Aaya Takbeer ka
- Azb ki hai Zarb
- Lab pe Khan Liaqaut Ali Zaroor Aya- Shaheed-e-Millat
- Arz - E-Pakistan Tere Jan Nisaron Ko Salam
- Main Hoon Pakistan
- Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad
References
edit- ^ Sadiqui, Waseem (8 April 2015). "سرکاری میڈیا بھی نایاب ملی نغمے مجھ سے مانگتا ہے: ابصار احمد". Voice of America (Urdu).
- ^ "'میرے پاس کچھ ایسے ملی نغمے بھی ہیں جو ریڈیو پاکستان کے پاس بھی نہیں'". Voice of America (Urdu). 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Meet the collector, preserver of Pakistan's national songs". MM News. 14 August 2022.
- ^ "قومی نغموں کا سب سے بڑا ذخیرہ". The Independent Urdu. 29 July 2019.
- ^ Ahmed, Absar. "دل دل پاکستان …نغماتِ وطن کا ایک عہد تمام ہوا". Hilaal. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Afkar: Interview of Absar Ahmed, Archivist of Pakistani National Songs". Radio Pakistan. October 30, 2022.
- ^ "Awaz-e-Pakistan". Radio Pakistan. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "Tehreek e Pakistan Key Sitare". Radio Pakistan. Retrieved 12 October 2022.