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Bedil Masroor
Sindhi TV producer and a popular writer and singer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bedil Masroor (Sindhi: بيدل مسرور بدوي; born 11 July 1947) is a PTV producer and a writer and singer of Sindhi poetry.[1][2][3]
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Personal life and education
Early life
His father, Faqeer Ghulam Ali Masroor, was a Sufi poet who used to sing his own ‘kalam’.[4] Masroor inherited this tradition from his father and began to write his own poetry.
Education
He attended primary school Kasai Muhalla, Shikarpur and Government High School Shikarpur.[citation needed] Masroor was born at Shikarpur and graduated from the University of Sindh.[5]
Kidnapping of son
On 18 July 2023, his son Hans Masroor, 43, was kidnapped by people wearing police-like uniforms on Shahrah-e-Faisal outside his Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) office in the FTC building.[6]
Background
According to Bedil Masroor, his son left his office at 8:45pm in his car. Unknown people travelling in a White Vigo stopped him at Shahrah-e-Faisal and kidnapped him. Later, Bedil, filed a FIR at Saddar Police Station, Karachi.[6]
Investigation
Police was able to obtain two CCTV footages. One footage showed Hans Masroor getting out of the FTC building and another one shows his car being escorted by the white Vigo.[6]
Aftermath
Sindhi Adabi Sangat an organization of the writers of Sindhi language demanded immediate release of Hans Masroor.[7]
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Career
He joined PTV as a producer in 1974.[5] He produced many prominent Sindhi and Urdu Dramas, these included Hathen Gul Mendi, Dil Ji Duniya, Mohabatoon Ke Safeer.[5] He had also presented programmes in Brahvi language when he was posted in PTV Quetta station.[citation needed]
Awards
He was awarded with "Shaikh Ayaz Award" from Shah Abdul Latif University[8]
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