Hameed Nizami

Encyclopedia : H : HA : HAM : Hameed Nizami

Hameed Nizami (October 3, 1915 - 1962) was an eminent journalist from Pakistan. He was the founder of the Urdu newspaper Nawa-i-Waqt, and played an important role in the Pakistan movement.

Contents

1 Life

1.1 Nawa-i-Waqt

2 See also
3 Notes
4 External Links

Life

He was born on October 3, 1915 at Sangla Hill, a small railway junction not far from Lyallpur (Now Faisalabad). He received his early education at here and did his Master's in English from the University of the Punjab, Lahore. He was a self-made man and his early life was a great struggle. While still a student at Islamic College, Lahore, he founded, along with others, the Punjab Muslim Students Federation and became its first elected President. Due to his dynamic role as a student leader, he came close to the Quaid-i-Azam and remained an ardent follower of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the Muslim League; first as a student leader and later as a journalist. After attaining his degree, he choose journalism as his career and worked for a short time in the Press branch of the Punjab Government. After receiving training under a scheme sponsored by the Punjab Government, he also worked for some time on the staff of National Congress, an Urdu daily started by Dr. Satyapal, who represented the liberal wing of the Provincial Congress. Thereafter, he became the Manager of Lahore Office of the Orient News Agency and used the resources of the Orient News Agency for the projection of the League point of view and for helping the cause of Pakistan.

Nawa-i-Waqt

The year 1940 was something of a landmark in the life of Hameed Nizami when he launched his fortnightly paper called Nawa-i-Waqt from Lahore on March 23, 1940. He was elected President of the Punjab Muslim Student’s Federations for the second time in 1942. He was able to convert his fortnightly Nawa-i-Waqt into a Weekly, a newspaper with which his name will remain associated for ever. On December 15, 1942 the Nawa-i-Waqt became a Weekly. Later on, it was converted into a daily paper. The daily Nawa-i-Waqt came out on July 22, 1944 with a prayer and a message of the Quaid-i-Azam. Hameed Nizami made Nawa-i-Waqt with all its limitations a powerful newspaper for the cause of Muslim League and the Pakistan Movement. He was a clear headed, methodical and devoted journalist. With these qualities he made himself a legend. He rendered a lofty service for the cause of Pakistan during the entire period of Pakistan Movement and, later, for the stability of Pakistan. He was a strong spokesman of democracy in the country. The first Martial Law of 1958 greatly hurt him which proved fatal for his life and he departed in February 1962. ¹

Creation of Pakistan
History:	General History - British East India Company - 1857 War of Independence - Aligarh Movement - Partition of Bengal - Lucknow Pact - Khilafat Movement - Nehru Report - Fourteen Points of Jinnah - Allahabad Address - Now or Never pamphlet - Two-Nation Theory - British East India Company - Indian Round Table Conferences - Pakistan Resolution - Indian Muslim Nationalism - Cabinet Mission - Indian Independence Act - Radcliffe Line - Pakistan - Objectives Resolution - Yaum e Azadi
Organisation:	Muslim League
Leaders:	Sir Syed - Iqbal - Quaid-i-Azam - Liaquat Ali Khan - Bahadur Yar Jung - Abdur Rab Nishtar - Fatima Jinnah - Choudhary Rahmat Ali - Muhammad Ali Jouhar - Shaukat Ali - Zafar Ali Khan - Khawaja Nazimuddin - Abdul Qayyum Khan - Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy - Ghulam Ahmed Pervez - Shaukat Hayat Khan - Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan -
Activists:	ZA Suleri - Hameed Nizami - Altaf Husain - Yusuf Khattak -

Hameed Nizami

Life

Nawa-i-Waqt

See also

Notes

External Links