Aftab Hasan

Aftab Hasan (Urdu: آفتاب حسن) commonly known as Major Aftab (ميجر آفتاب), was an educationist, linguist, and instrumental in introducing science education in the Pakistani public school system. He was among the leading modern Urdu scholars of 20th-century.

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Aftab Iqbal

Aftab Iqbal (Urdu: آفتاب اقبال‎—Āftāb Iqbāl) is a journalist and television anchor who is from Okara, Pakistan who is the host of Khabardaar on Express News and the former host of the political-humour talk show Khabarnaak on GEO News.Aftab Iqbal currently Anchor at the Khabardaar Show Express News Previously, he hosted the show Hasb-e-Haal on Dunya News before leaving the Geo News channel Previous Show Khabarnaak With Some of Personal Issues. Aftab Iqbal First Coulum Issue in 1985 . Then he works in English media for one year in 1986 Aftab is the son of the Urdu poet Zafar Iqbal.In his Interview to a Channel Geo he Said" I Think That. I never take intrest In Urdu poetry And Urdu Writer If i am not the Son Of Famouse Poet "Zafar Iqbal" . From 1994-95, Iqbal served as Media Adviser to Chief Minister Punjab. He frequently writes a column in The News International. He also wrote an article for Newsweek Pakistan.

As a columnist, Iqbal has written for a number of publications, including the Urdu language Nawa-i-Waqt he completed his early study from Convent of Jesus and Marry at Lahore. He graduated with Masters from the Government College University in Lahore in 1985 and studied media at the San Jose State University in California in 1986. Aftab belongs to Arain Tribe

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Mehdi Hassan

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Mehdi Hassan Khan (Urdu: মিঃ মাহাদি ‎‎; 18 July 1927 – 13 June 2012) was a Pakistani ghazal singer and a film playback singer for Lollywood. One of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of ghazal singing, he is famously known as the "King of Ghazal" or the "Shahanshah-e-Ghazal". Known for his "haunting" baritone voice, Mehdi Hassan is credited with bringing ghazal singing to a worldwide audience. Born to a musical family, he influenced generations of singers from diverse genres, from Jagjit Singh to Sonu Nigam. He earned numerous awards and accolades in his career and remained a leading singer of film industry along with the other contemporary playback singer Ahmed Rushdi.

Early life

Mehdi Hassan was born on 18 July 1927 in a village called Luna, Rajasthan in Jhunjhunu district in India into a family of traditional musicians. He claims to be the 16th generation of hereditary musicians hailing from the Kalawant clan of musicians. Mehdi Hassan had his musical grooming from his father Ustad Azeem Khan and uncle Ustad Ismail Khan who were both traditional Dhrupad singers. Hassan started to perform at a young age and the first concert of dhrupad and kheyal with his elder brother is reported to have been held in Fazilka Bungla, near present DC House (1935) of Undivided Punjab. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, 20-year-old Hassan and his family migrated to Pakistan and suffered severe financial hardships.

2016

2016 (MMXVI) is the current year, and is a leap year starting on Friday (dominical letter CB) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2016th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 16th year of the 3rd millennium, the 16th year of the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2010s decade.

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