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Abul Asar Hafeez Jalandhari
(the poet of Pakistan National Anthem)
Abul Asar Hafeez Jalandhari was born as Muhammad Hafeez in 1900. He had an innate bent towards poetry. At a young age, he started reciting poetry and took the tutelage of Maulana Ghulam Qadir Gira.
Abul Asar Hafeez Jalandhari is widely known as the founder of the national anthem of Pakistan in all of the country. He got his first education from his native locality Jalandhar. After 1947 he migrated to Pakistan.
Hafeez Jalandhari poetry deals with many fields such as romantic, patriotic, natural and religious themes. He continued to move forward that one day his excellence awarded him with the highest prize of Pakistan known as Hilal-e-Imtiaz and the pride of performance by the Pakistani Government.
He was born in India, but after partitions, he chose to a Pakistani and came to Pakistan where he died on 12th of December 1982 in Lahore.
List of books
Haft-e-Peykar, Chiyoonti Nama, Tulkhaba,
Sheeren Shahnama e Islam, Naghma Zaar, Sozo Saaz
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