Recipients of the Pride of Performance for Arts
Authority control databases
| International | |
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| National | |
Sehba Akhtar | |
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| Born | Akhtar Ali Rehmat[1] 30 September 1931[1] Jammu, British India |
| Died | 19 February 1996 (aged 64)[1] Karachi, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Occupation(s) | poet, film songs lyricist |
| Awards | Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan (1996) |
Sehba Akhtar (30 September 1931 – 19 February 1996) was a poet and a film songwriter in Pakistan.[2][1]
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.[1] 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 the Pakistani public.[1]
He wrote many famous poems and songs for the Pakistani people and also became involved in writing film songs for some Pakistani films.[1]
In late 1995 he became very ill in London, but insisted on returning to Pakistan to launch his poetry book, Mashal. He later died on 19 February 1996.[1] In Karachi, Pakistan, there is a 'Sehba Akhtar Road' named after him and a library in Nazimabad No.4, Karachi also carries his name.[6][7]
He received the Pride of Performance award from the President of Pakistan in 1996.[1]
