Name Sehba Akhtar Role Poet | Died February 19, 1996 | |
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Sehba Akhtar reciting his poetry [Mehfil e Mushaira]
Sehba Akhtar (September 30, 1931 – February 19, 1996) was a poet and a film songwriter in Pakistan.
Contents
- Sehba Akhtar reciting his poetry Mehfil e Mushaira
- Early life and career
- Super hit poems
- Death and legacy
- Awards
- References
Early life and career
He was born Akhtar Ali Rehmat to Rehmat Ali Rehmat, a poet and a contemporary of the renowned playwright Agha Hashar Kashmiri, in Jammu, British India. Sehba originally belonged to Amritsar, Punjab, India. He started writing verses in his school days. He finished his high school from Bareilly and later attended the Aligarh Muslim University. Later, before Pakistan's independence in 1947, he visited Karachi along with Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah to attend a public gathering organised by Karachi students. Soon after the independence of Pakistan in 1947, he shifted to Pakistan and also started writing poems and songs for Pakistani movies and people of Pakistan.
Super-hit poems
He wrote many famous poems and songs for the Pakistani people and also became involved in writing film songs for some Pakistani films.
Death and legacy
In late 1995 he became very ill in London, but insisted on returning to Pakistan to launch his poetry book, Mashal. He died on Monday, February 19, 1996. In Karachi, Pakistan, there is a 'Sehba Akhtar Road' named after him and a library in Karachi also carries his name.
Awards
He received the Pride of Performance award from the President of Pakistan in 1996.