Mir Mohammad Farooq Nazki, veteran broadcaster, poet and Sahitya Akademi winner, passed away in Katra at the age of 83.

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Mir Mohammad Farooq Nazki, veteran broadcaster, poet and Sahitya Akademi winner, passed away in Katra at the age of 83. Nazki held several important positions in All India Radio Kashmir and Doordarshan and inn 1995, Nazki was awarded the Sahitya Academi award in Kashmiri for his poetry book Naar Hyutun Kanzal Wanas (Fire in the eyelashes). He was also the media advisor to two chief ministers -- Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah. Farooq Nazki was born in 1940. Throughout his career, he produced gems like Kashmiri Dastkariyan and Lafz. He also served as Director of Doordarshan and All India Radio Kashmir Srinagar (AIR Srinagar) from 1986 to 1997 under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India).


     

     

     

 

     


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