ISLAMABAD: Prominent Urdu poet Munir Niazi was remembered on his 16th death anniversary on Monday for his contribution to Urdu language and literature. Munir Ahmed Niazi was born on April 9,1928 in Khanpur, a village near Hoshiarpur, India and used ‘Munir’ as his pen name. After partition, he migrated to Pakistan and settled in Sahiwal. Talking to a state run news agency, poet Muhammad Asad said that Munir Niazi was a great poet of Urdu and Punjabi. “He (Munir) raised the standard of poetry in both the genres, ghazal and nazm” Asad added. “Munir also wrote songs and some prose poems, and he was credited with creating a distinct style, rhythm, and diction. Niazi, a master of the poetic imagery, was bold enough to experiment with the different genres of poetry”, he said. APP
