Bedil Masroor ( Sindhi: بيدل مسرور بدوي; born 11 July 1947) is a PTV producer and a writer and singer of

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Personal life and education

Early life

His father, Faqeer Ghulam Ali Masroor, was a Sufi poet who used to sing his own ‘kalam’. Masroor inherited this tradition from his father and began to write his own poetry.

Education

He attended primary school Kasai Muhalla, Shikarpur and Government High School Shikarpur. Masroor was born at

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and graduated from the

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Kidnapping of son

On 18 July 2023, his son Hans Masroor, 43, was kidnapped by people wearing police-like uniforms on

Shahrah-e-Faisal Shahrah-e-Faisal, founded as Drigh Road, is a boulevard in Karachi that runs , from the Bhutto Underpass near Hotel Metropole in central Karachi, to Star Gate near Jinnah International Airport, where it becomes N-5 National Highway.

outside his

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(TCP) office in the FTC building.

Background

According to Bedil Masroor, his son left his office at 8:45pm in his car. Unknown people travelling in a White Vigo stopped him at Shahrah-e-Faisal and kidnapped him. Later, Bedil, filed a FIR at Saddar Police Station, Karachi.

Investigation

Police was able to obtain two CCTV footages. One footage showed Hans Masroor getting out of the FTC building and another one shows his car being escorted by the white Vigo.

Aftermath

Sindhi Adabi Sangat an organization of the writers of Sindhi language demanded immediate release of Hans Masroor.

Career

He joined PTV as a producer in 1974. He produced many prominent Sindhi and

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Dramas, these included ''Hathen Gul Mendi'', ''Dil Ji Duniya'', ''Mohabatoon Ke Safeer''. He had also presented programmes in

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when he was posted in PTV Quetta station.

Awards

He was awarded with "Shaikh Ayaz Award" from

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Bibliography

* ''Ranwal Ramzun Waro'' * chahtin jay tiwatay tay * Kaliyat-e-Masroor * Shaheed-e-Haq Mansoor Hallaj

References

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