Azeem Sarwar was a Pakistani broadcaster, sports producer, columnist, and dramatist. He was the creator of

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's programs like ''Subh-e-Pakistan'', ''Jaidi Ke Mehman'', and ''Aalmi Sports Roundup''. Renowned broadcaster Azeem Sarwar passes away
Radio Pakistan.

Early life

Sarwar was born in

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, in 1943. His family was originally from

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. When he was 4, he lost his father who was an army contractor.

Career

Sarwar was only 16 years old when he joined

, Quetta, as an announcer on 4 April 1958. During his career spanning over 44 years, he conceived, anchored, and produced several radio shows such as ''Aalami Sports Round-Up'', ''Awaz Khazana'', ''Rang Hi Rang Jaidi Ke Sung'', ''Jaidi Ke Mehman'', and ''Subh-e-Pakistan''. In 1974, he produced a live broadcast of the second Islamic Summit Conference held in

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. He is also credited to have scouted, trained, and groomed several youngsters who later became success stories in the media industry. As a sports journalist, Sarwar covered

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's tour to

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(1987),

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(1988-89), and

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(1998). He also participated as an Urdu commentator in Men's Hockey World Cup (1986) in England, Cricket World Cup in Australia, and FIFA World Cup (1990) in Italy. As a dramatist, he wrote and performed several plays for

and

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. One of his plays, "''Khabar Azaad Hai''" was named the best play of Radio Pakistan Karachi's 1969 Drama Festival. Since 1969, he had also been penning columns in the Urdu daily '' Jang''. At the age of 60, he took retirement from his position as Deputy Controller at Radio Pakistan on 2 August 2002. In the later years of his life, he managed to record

Abul A'la Maududi Abul A'la al-Maududi (; – ) was an Islamic scholar, Islamist ideologue, Muslim philosopher, jurist, historian, journalist, activist, and scholar active in British India and later, following the partition, in Pakistan. Described by Wilfred C ...

's Quranic commentary

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and some other Islamic books in his voice.Sports broadcaster Azeem Sarwar passes away
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Death

Sarwar died on 12 September 2021 in

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at the age of 79.

References

External links

Azeem Sarwar on Daily Jang
1943 births 2021 deaths Pakistani journalists 20th-century Pakistani sportsmen {{Pakistan-tv-stub