Former Director Doordarshan, AIR Srinagar Farooq Nazki is not any extra

Srinagar, Feb 06: Former Director, Doordarshan and AIR Srinagar, and Sahitya academy award successful poet Farooq Nazki is not any extra.

A famend poet, broadcaster and media persona from Jammu and Kashmir, Nazki breathed his final at Narayana Hospital in Katra.

He served as Director Doordarshan & AIR Srinagar from 1986 to 1997. Moreover media head and writing profession, Nazki has additionally served as Editor “Every day Mazdoor” from 1960 a newspaper highlighting the issues labours class, as per his bio on Wikipedia

In 2000, he retired as its Deputy Director Common. He was media advisor to 2 Chief Ministers: Farooq Abdullah (in 1983 and 1990–2002) and Omar Abdullah (2010).

In 1995 he received the Sahitya Academy award in Kashmiri language literature for his e book of poetry, Naar Hyutun Kanzal Wanas (Hearth within the eyelashes).

PDP chief Naeem Akhtar, who’s a nephew of the deceased, advised Larger Kashmir that the physique of Farooq Nazki is being transported to Srinagar from Jammu by the Nationwide Freeway and might be laid to relaxation within the household graveyard at Malkha Kathi Darwaza Srinagar.

“The time for nimaz e Jinazah might be determined after the physique reaches house,” he mentioned.