Tariq Aziz
Tariq Aziz was a man of many talents. Besides being an accomplished television host, he was a film actor, politician, writer and poet.
He was born in 1936. Tariq Aziz’s family came from Jalandhar, in present-day India. He received his early education in Jalandhar. He was a trendsetter and had the distinction of being the first man to be seen on Pakistan Television’s first broadcast in 1964. Tariq Aziz and Kanwal Naseer were the face of PTV during its early days.
His internationally acclaimed TV show, Neelam Ghar, which was first aired in 1974. It was later renamed as Tariq Aziz Show and after that as Bazm-i-Tariq.
He also served as a member of the National Assembly between 1997 and 1999.
He was honoured with the prestigious Pride of Performance Award by the Government of Pakistan in 1992.
Tariq Aziz passed away on June 17, 2020, at the age of 84 due to a heart attack in Lahore.
Alam Lohar
Alam Lohar was born in 1928 in Achh, a village in Kharian Tehsil, Gujrat District of Punjab, British India. He was born into a family of blacksmiths.
poetry.Alam Lohar developed a new style of singing the Punjabi Vaar, an epic or folk tale which made him popular when he toured villages and towns in the Punjab region. He is famous for his rendition of Waris Shah’s Heer along with other songs such as Saif-Ul-Malook. He recorded his first album at the age of 13.
Throughout the period of the 1950s and until his death in 1979, he had dominated folk singing in Pakistan and was a major singer in Punjabi and Sufi singing worldwide.
Alam Lohar died in an accident near Sham ki Bhattian on 3 July 1979 when a heavily loaded truck collided with his vehicle because the truck failed to overtake his car.
He was buried at the outskirts of Lalamusa on GT Road in Pakistan.
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