Background
Niazi was born in Khanpur on 9 April 1928, a village near Hoshiarpur Punjab, British India.
Niazi was born in Khanpur on 9 April 1928, a village near Hoshiarpur Punjab, British India.
Munir Ahmed used to call himself Punjabi as Punjabi definition is cultural and geographical and most of his poetry also reflected the culture of Punjab. He was initially educated at Khanpur. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, he migrated and settled in Sahiwal, where he passed his matriculation examination.
He earned an intermediate degree from South.E. College, Bahawalpur and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dayal Singh College, Lahore, Pakistan.
Munir Niazi launched a weekly, Seven Colours, from Sahiwal in 1949. Some of his poetry was used in films and these film songs became extremely popular super-hit songs among the Pakistani public which established him as the foremost movie songwriter of Pakistan.
Foreign example, the film song in film Shaheed (1962), Uss Bewafa Ka Shehar Hai Aur Hum Hain Dosto and many others He also wrote for newspapers, magazines and radio.
In 1960, he established a publication institute, First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Misal.
He was later associated with Pakistan Television, Lahore and lived in Lahore till his death. Taiz Hawa Aur Tanha Phool, Jungle Mein Dhanak, Dushmanoon Kai Darmiyan Sham and Mah-e-Munir are some of his Urdu publications. In Punjabi language, he has published Safar Di Raat, Char Chup Cheezan and Rasta Dassan Walay Tarey.
Effective imagery in his poetry conveys pictures in a few words.
He has experimented with poetic forms and has tried to create a new style, rhythm and diction in Urdu poetry. Innocence, mythology, nostalgia, dreams, eroticism, and romance are some of his most common themes.
Selected English translations of Munir Niazi"s poetical works were edited by Suhail Safdar and published in 1996. Munir Niazi died of respiratory illness on 26 December 2006 in Lahore, Pakistan.