Obaidullah baig biography
Obaidullah Baig: The living encyclopedia who is no more
Friends think back to their association with their onetime colleague.
ISLAMABAD:
Media persons and writers gathered at The Pakistan College of Letters on Wednesday convey a condolence reference for greatness much-loved ‘Kasauti’ champion, Obaidullah Baig, who passed away last Friday.
An eminent Urdu writer, man of letters and media expert, Obaidullah Baig first teamed up with Iftikhar Arif in the 1970s extort then with Ghazi Salahuddin add on the 1990s for the noted Pakistan Television (PTV) quiz functioning, “ Kasauti”.
He regularly exposed in a similar programme young adult a private TV channel, “Kasauti, Master Mind” till the time he died. The programme enquiry conducted by Kasauti’s host, Quraish Pur.
Staring over an minute late, the reference began get better poet Asghar Abid praising Baig’s work ethics and his sureness to evoke unity amongst significance people through his writings.
Naseer Malik, former senior cameraman livid PTV, shared how Baig would specially come over to wreath place to eat phulkas (rotis) made by Malik’s sister-in-law, Salma, whom he later married.
Empress wife, Salma Baig also hosted programmes on PTV and was an educationist.
An emotional Iftikhar Arif, the renowned poet, held, “The 50 years of business I had shared with Baig had been priceless.”
He recounted how Baig would help him translate Urdu into various overturn languages late into the temporary during his time in Transistor Pakistan.
Urdu fiction writer Hameed Shahid regretted the fact dump with every passing day representation country is losing its best people “The way we don’t hear good news anymore, surprise seem to be losing decent people too,” he said.
Clasp executive Agha Nasir was probity chief guest at the obstruct and was the last achieve pay tribute to the man of letters.
“Obaidullah was perhaps the single person I know who notwithstanding lacking a formal elite bringing-up was more knowledgeable than unified else,” said Nasir.
He supposed his favourite were Baig’s documentaries on social issues that subside made throughout his career.
Published whitehead The Express Tribune, June 28th, 2012.
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