Renowned Urdu poet, lyricist and intellectual Naseer Turabi passed away in Karachi on Sunday. He was 75. His funeral prayers will be held on Monday after Zohrain at Imambargah Shuhada-e-Karbala in Ancholi, after which he will be interred at the Wadi-e-Hussain graveyard, Zee News reported.
Turabi was born on June 15, 1945, in Hyderabad, which was then, Deccan. His father, Allama Rasheed Turabi was a renowned religious scholar. The family moved to Pakistan post-partition.
He did his MA in mass communication from Karachi University in 1968, but began to write poetry in 1962. His first collection of poetry, Aks-E-Fariyadi was published in 2000.
The poet fraternity, including Dr Shadab Ahsani, Zaib Azkar, Rehana Roohi, Khalid Moin, Fatima Zehra Jabeen, Dr Hina Ambreen, Shagufta Shafiq, Injila Hamesh, Ishrat Moin Seema, Prof Shahnaz Perveen, Masood Qamar, Ehtesham Anwar and others expressed their deep condolences to the bereaved family and Urdu world for the loss.
It is said Turabi was one of the greatest Urdu poets and linguists.
Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen leaders have also expressed grief over the poet’s demise.
