Absar Ahmed

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Absar Ahmed
ابصار احمد
Born1988
Karachi, Pakistan
Occupations
  • Archivist
  • researcher
  • songwriter
  • journalist
Years active2005 – present
Organization Radio Pakistan
Television
Website Pak Patriotic Liberary

Absar Ahmed is a Pakistani researcher and archivist of national songs as well as a journalist, broadcaster, and songwriter.

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Life and career

Absar 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

Radio shows and documentaries

Songs

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References

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  2. "'میرے پاس کچھ ایسے ملی نغمے بھی ہیں جو ریڈیو پاکستان کے پاس بھی نہیں'". Voice of America (Urdu). 1 August 2022.
  3. "Meet the collector, preserver of Pakistan's national songs". MM News. 14 August 2022.
  4. "قومی نغموں کا سب سے بڑا ذخیرہ". The Independent Urdu. 29 July 2019.
  5. Ahmed, Absar. "دل دل پاکستان …نغماتِ وطن کا ایک عہد تمام ہوا". Hilaal. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
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