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12 Facts About Agha Nasir

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Agha Nasir, was a Pakistani director, producer, broadcaster and TV playwright.

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Agha Nasir started his career at Radio Pakistan in 1955.

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Agha Nasir later directed TV films and worked in the Pakistani television industry for over 50 years.

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Agha Nasir was considered by many people in Pakistan, as a 'living encyclopedia' of the broadcasting history in Pakistan.

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Agha Nasir was a well-known radio writer, broadcaster and producer before Pakistan Television was launched from Lahore in 1964.

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Agha Nasir was one of the people who developed the logo of the Pakistan Television Corporation.

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Agha Nasir was a member of the pioneering team of people that first introduced television in Pakistan.

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Agha Nasir produced the popular TV serials Girah and Pani Peh Naam and directed the PTV drama Taleem-e-Balighan.

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Agha Nasir guided Pakistan Television through its early days and then helped build it into a national institution.

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Agha Nasir was promoted many times during his career at Pakistan Television from a playwright to a programmes producer and director, a General Manager and then a managing director at Pakistan Television Corporation at its Lahore Center.

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Agha Nasir served as a director general of Pakistan National Council of the Arts.

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Agha Nasir left behind his wife Safia Agha, who died on 26 March 2023, in the month of Ramadan.