Hameed Akhtar | |
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| Born | Akhtar Ali 12 March 1923 |
| Died | (2011-10-17)17 October 2011 (age 88)[1] |
| Occupations | Journalist, writer |
| Known for | Journalist, columnist[1] |
| Children | Saba Hameed (daughter) Huma Hameed (daughter) Lalarukh Hameed (daughter) |
| Relatives | Waseem Abbas (son-in-law) Faris Shafi (grandson) Meesha Shafi (granddaughter) Ali Abbas (grandson) |
| Awards | Pride of Performance |
Hameed Akhtar (12 March 1923 – 17 October 2011), was a newspaper columnist, writer, journalist and thesecretary-general of theProgressive Writers Association in Pakistan.[3] He was also the father of TV actressesSaba Hameed,Huma Hameed and Lalarukh Hameed.[2]
Hameed Akhtar finished his basic education inLudhiana area and was a childhood friend of the now renowned poetsSahir Ludhianvi andIbn-e-Insha in his school years.[1]Later, his family migrated to Pakistan. His birth name was Akhtar Ali which he changed to Hameed Akhtar in high school.[1]
After theindependence of Pakistan in 1947, he joined the daily Urdu language newspaperDaily Imroze in 1948 inLahore and then later became its editor.[3] In 1970, he co-founded the daily Urdu language newspaper 'Azad' with fellow journalistsAbdullah Malik andI. A. Rehman. Hameed Akhtar was a well-respected newspaper columnist and wrote columns for many newspapers in his lifetime, most recently forDaily Express newspaper. WriterIntezar Hussain described Hameed Akhtar as a chronicler of theProgressive Writers Movement who worked relentlessly for progressive causes such as achieving equality among humans, and his lifetime contributions are of great value. He also said, after Hameed Akhtar's death, that he wanted to pass on his bitter and sweet memories of the tough times he had to the next generation through his pen.[3] Over his lifetime, to name a few, Hameed Akhtar had interacted with writers likeFaiz Ahmad Faiz,Munnu Bhai,Hafeez Jalandhri,Ismat Chughtai,Patras Bokhari,Saadat Hasan Manto,Kaifi Azmi,Krishan Chander andJan Nisar Akhtar.[3]
He died on 17 October 2011 in Lahore, Pakistan after a long battle with cancer at age 88.[1] Hameed Akhtar's survivors are his wife, 3 daughters and 1 son including his TV actress daughterSaba Hameed. Saba Hameed first married Syed Pervaiz Shafi. They were later separated and divorced. They had a daughter, actressMeesha Shafi and a son, music performer Faris Shafi. She later married TV actorWaseem Abbas, with whom she had a son namedAli Abbas, also an actor.[2]
After his death, veteran Pakistani journalist and human rights activistI. A. Rehman called him an enlightened person who was an excellent journalist, a good short story writer and a filmmaker.[3]
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