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Hameed Akhtar (Akhtar Ali) was born on 12 March, 1924 in Ludhiana, British India, is an A pakistani male journalist. Discover Hameed Akhtar's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 87 years old?

Popular As Akhtar Ali
Occupation Journalist, writer
Age 87 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 12 March, 1924
Birthday 12 March
Birthplace Ludhiana, British India
Date of death 17 October, 2011
Died Place Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Nationality India

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Children Saba Hameed (daughter) Huma Hameed (daughter) Lalarukh Hameed (daughter)

Hameed Akhtar Net Worth

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1923

Hameed Akhtar (12 March 1923 – 17 October 2011), was a newspaper columnist, writer, journalist and the secretary-general of the Progressive Writers Association in Pakistan.

He was also the father of TV actresses Saba Hameed, Huma Hameed and Lalarukh Hameed.

Hameed Akhtar finished his basic education in Ludhiana area and was a childhood friend of the now renowned poets Sahir Ludhianvi and Ibn-e-Insha in his school years.

Later, his family migrated to Pakistan.

His birth name was Akhtar Ali which he changed to Hameed Akhtar in high school.

1947

After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, he joined the daily Urdu language newspaper Daily Imroze in 1948 in Lahore and then later became its editor.

1970

In 1970, he co-founded the daily Urdu language newspaper 'Azad' with fellow journalists Abdullah Malik and I. A. Rehman.

Hameed Akhtar was a well-respected newspaper columnist and wrote columns for many newspapers in his lifetime, most recently for Daily Express newspaper.

Writer Intezar Hussain described Hameed Akhtar as a chronicler of the Progressive Writers Movement who worked relentlessly for progressive causes such as achieving equality among humans, and his lifetime contributions are of great value.

He also said, after Hameed Akhtar's death, that he wanted to pass on his bitter and sweet memories of the tough times he had to the next generation through his pen.

Over his lifetime, to name a few, Hameed Akhtar had interacted with writers like Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Munnu Bhai, Hafeez Jalandhri, Ismat Chughtai, Patras Bokhari, Saadat Hasan Manto, Kaifi Azmi, Krishan Chander and Jan Nisar Akhtar.

2011

He died on 17 October 2011 in Lahore, Pakistan after a long battle with cancer at age 88.

Hameed Akhtar's survivors are his wife, 3 daughters and 1 son including his TV actress daughter Saba Hameed.

Saba Hameed first married Syed Pervaiz Shafi.

They were later separated and divorced.

They had a daughter, actress Meesha Shafi and a son, music performer Faris Shafi.

She later married TV actor Waseem Abbas, with whom she had a son named Ali Abbas, also an actor.

After his death, veteran Pakistani journalist and human rights activist I. A. Rehman called him an enlightened person who was an excellent journalist, a good short story writer and a filmmaker.