Yawar Hayat Khan (18 October 1943 â€" 3 November 2016), was a producer
and director of the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) starting
from 1965 to 2004. He is considered one of the chief architects of
Pakistan Television drama serials in its early years after television
was introduced in Pakistan in 1964.Yawar Hayat Khan was born in
Lahore, on 18 October 1943, the eldest son of Brigadier Azmat Hayat
Khan and grandson of Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan, the Punjabi Jatt[dubious
â€" discuss] Khattar aristocrat and statesman. From his mother's side
he was the nephew of Anwar Kamal Pasha, a famed early film director of
Pakistan and a grandson of the famous Urdu poet and writer, Hakim
Ahmad Shuja. He was initially educated at the Aitchison College, and
then went on for his Bachelor of Arts degree to the Forman Christian
College.Yawar Hayat Khan started his television career at Pakistan
Television Corporation in 1965. As a young producer-director, he
directed the immensely popular rural folk drama Jhok Siyaal (1973),
based on a work written earlier by Syed Shabbir Hussain Shah, the
Punjabi writer (husband of the classical singer Malika Pukhraj and
father of Ghazal singer Tahira Syed). This was followed by serials
such as Samundar , Nasheman, Dehleez, Sahil, Gumshuda and others,
during the 1980s and 1990s. He retired in 2004.
and director of the Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) starting
from 1965 to 2004. He is considered one of the chief architects of
Pakistan Television drama serials in its early years after television
was introduced in Pakistan in 1964.Yawar Hayat Khan was born in
Lahore, on 18 October 1943, the eldest son of Brigadier Azmat Hayat
Khan and grandson of Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan, the Punjabi Jatt[dubious
â€" discuss] Khattar aristocrat and statesman. From his mother's side
he was the nephew of Anwar Kamal Pasha, a famed early film director of
Pakistan and a grandson of the famous Urdu poet and writer, Hakim
Ahmad Shuja. He was initially educated at the Aitchison College, and
then went on for his Bachelor of Arts degree to the Forman Christian
College.Yawar Hayat Khan started his television career at Pakistan
Television Corporation in 1965. As a young producer-director, he
directed the immensely popular rural folk drama Jhok Siyaal (1973),
based on a work written earlier by Syed Shabbir Hussain Shah, the
Punjabi writer (husband of the classical singer Malika Pukhraj and
father of Ghazal singer Tahira Syed). This was followed by serials
such as Samundar , Nasheman, Dehleez, Sahil, Gumshuda and others,
during the 1980s and 1990s. He retired in 2004.
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