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PATHANAY KHAN
A legendary folk singer of Seraiki waseb,
Pathanay Khan—earlier named as
Ghulam Muhammad, was born in 1926
in the village Basti Tambu Wali of Tehsil
Kot Addu. He had a distinct style of
singing and mostly sang Seraiki
kafis or ghazals drawing on the Sufi
poetry of Khawaja Ghulam
Farid and Shah Hussain. He was
awarded ‘Pride of Performance’ by the
President of Pakistan in 1979. Though he
bade farewell to the mundane world on
March 9, 2000, his kafis, especially
‘Meda ishq vee toon’, keep his memories
alive in our hearts.

In recognition of his unique and
disconsolate singing style and doleful voice, he was conferred upon the ‘Hilal-
e-Muzaffargarh’ in 2019.
TAUQEER NASIR

A legendary TV actor, director and producer,
Tauqeer Nasir, was born on September 14,
1957. He did his Masters in Mass
Communication from the Punjab
University, Lahore in 1981. He started his
acting career from Pakistan Television in
1978. Kashkol, Sona Chandi, Landa Bazar,
Aik Haqeeqat Aik Afsana, Samundar,
Dehleez, Dard Aur Darman are some of his
many famous TV dramas. He has been
awarded ‘Tamgha-e-Imtiaz’ in 1999 by the
Government of Pakistan.

Tauqeer Nasir has also served as Director
General, Pakistan National Council of Arts
(PNCA) from 2009 to 2011. When it comes
to performing arts, Muzaffargarh has not
produced a face more known than his. He
has therefore rightly been conferred upon ‘Hilal-e-Muzaffargarh’ in 2019.

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