Absar Ahmed


Absar Ahmed is a Pakistani researcher and archivist of national songs as well as a journalist, broadcaster, and songwriter.

Life and career

Absar was born in Karachi in 1988. He started his career in 2005 as an intern with Geo TV. Later, he has also been working at ARY News, Express TV, and PTV as a host, researcher, and scriptwriter. He has broadcast some shows and scripted documentaries on Radio Pakistan.
Reportedly, Absar is the first archivist of Pakistan who has preserved more than four and a half thousand rare or almost lost national and patriotic songs. Along with this collection, he has also written several research articles on national songs adapted to music, which have been published in Pakistan's reliable newspapers and magazines, including the Pakistan Army's journal Hilaal.

Books

Yeh Naghmay Pakistan Ke — a catalog and history of Pakistani national songs from 1945 to present.Har Taan Pakistan — a catalog and brief history of Pakistani patriotic songs from 1911 to present.

Radio shows and documentaries

Absar Ahmed Ke SathAwaz-e-Pakistan
  • ''Tehreek e Pakistan Key Sitare''

Songs

Heeray Jaisay SaalPakistan Ki Main TaqdeerZarb-i-Azb songRaddul FasadHum Rangers ke jawan Main Pakistani Aurat hoon (Pakistani women's songDin Aaya Takbeer kaAzb ki hai ZarbLab pe Khan Liaqaut Ali Zaroor Aya- Shaheed-e-MillatArz - E-Pakistan Tere Jan Nisaron Ko SalamMain Hoon Pakistan
  • ''Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad''