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Amjad Parvez
امجد پرویز
Pride of Performance Award by President of Pakistan in 2000
Born(1945-03-28)28 March 1945
Lahore, Punjab Province, British India
Died3 March 2024(2024-03-03) (aged 78)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
NationalityPakistani
Occupation(s)Writer, singer
Known forWriting many books on musicians and history of music in Pakistan
AwardsPride of Performance Award in 2000 by the President of Pakistan[1]

Amjad Parvez (Urdu: امجد پرویز; 28 March 1945 – 3 March 2024) was a Pakistani engineer, writer, and singer.[1]

Parvez served as chief engineer, general manager, vice-president and managing director of NESPAK, [2][3] a Pakistan-based multinational state-owned enterprise and energy contractor,[4] that is a large engineering consultant management company in Africa and Asia.[4][5]

Background

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Amjad Parvez was born in Lahore, British India on 28 March 1945, to Sheikh Abdul Karim who was head of the Chemistry department, Islamia College, Lahore. Parvez's grandfather Khwaja Dil Muhammad was the principal at Islamia College, Lahore. He was also a poet of the Pakistan Movement as his nationalistic poems were read in the annual conventions of Anjuman-e-Himayat-e-Islam mostly presided by Allama Iqbal.[2]

Parvez completed his basic education at Central Model School, Lahore in 1960. He then joined Government College, Lahore (GCU) and University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore (UET) from where he graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1967. After joining UET in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, he proceeded to the University of Birmingham, UK, in 1968, where he qualified for a master's degree in Quality and Reliability Engineering in 1969 and a Doctorate in Engineering Production in 1972.[2]

Parvez died in Lahore, Pakistan on 3 March 2024, at the age of 78. His funeral was held the following day.[6]

Career

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Parvez served Nespak (National Engineering Services Pakistan) for nearly 30 years, rose to the positions of general manager and Vice President, and retired as managing director and President in 2005. During his tenure as managing director, he brought in a significant annual amount of business for Nespak.[2]

After retirement from Nespak, Parvez joined as professor at UET responsible for teaching and research at graduate and post-graduate levels in its Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Department. He also set up a consulting company for UET namely 'Engineering Services UET Pakistan Limited (ESUPAK)'. From 2011 to 2013, he served as the Head of Department for Mechanical Engineering at the University of Lahore. He was a visiting faculty member at Lahore Leads University.[2]

Music

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Parvez had a passion for music since his childhood.[7] He began his career as a child artist in 1954 at Radio Pakistan, Lahore in the children's programme 'Honhaar' before appearing on 'Khatir-e-Ehbaab' in the sixties. He trained in classical singing from the Ustads of Sham Chaurasia gharana such as Ustad Nazakat Ali Khan-Ustad Salamat Ali Khan duo (became their pupil in 1976), Ustad Ghulam Shabbir Khan-Ustad Ghulam Jaffar Khan duo (1992), and music composers Akhtar Hussain Akhian and veteran music composer Mian Sheheryaar. He was a practising singer at the Central Production Unit, Radio Pakistan, where he recorded hundreds of ghazals, geets, and other songs since the 1970s in his monthly performances. For two decades, he performed a raag for the programme "Ahang-e-Khusrovi" every month and rendered more than 50 raags in Khayal form.[3] Parvez performed both light, semi-classical music and classical music songs.[7]

Parvez had also been associated with Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) since its inception in 1964. In his career, he also performed in the US, UK, France, Italy, Norway, Denmark, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Myanmar and India.[7]

Writings

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  • Parvez's writings were widely recognised.[1] He wrote a regular column reviewing books for The Nation (Pakistan), daily newspaper in Lahore, Pakistan for the past three decades of his life.[citation needed]
  • His writings were collected in two volumes: ‘Symphony of Reflections’ (2006), and 'Rainbow Of Reflections' (2011). Both books were published by Jahangir Books, Lahore.[8]
  • Parvez also spoke and wrote on music. His book titled 'Melody Makers of the subcontinent' covers 47 music composers of India and Pakistan from the 1950s to 1980s. It was published by Sange-Meel Publications, Lahore in 2012.[1]

Awards and recognition

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Bibliography

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  • Symphony of Reflections 2006. (Jehangir Books, Lahore) [1]
  • Rainbow of Reflections, Jahangir Books 2011.[8]
  • Melody Makers of the subcontinent, Sange-Meel Publications 2012.[2]
  • Melody Singers 1 (English) Sange-Meel Publications 2015
  • Melody Singers 1 (Urdu) Sange-Meel Publications 2017
  • Melody Singers 2 (English) Sange-Meel Publications 2019
  • Rainbow of Reflections (Under Print)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f REVIEWS: A potpourri of creativity Dawn (newspaper), Published 17 September 2006, Retrieved 1 July 2022
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "The present government needs to convince their parliamentarians to support construction of Kalabagh and other dams". Jworld Times (magazine). 1 March 2011. Archived from the original on 12 June 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b Arts: Learning classical music Dawn (newspaper), Published 7 August 2005, Retrieved 1 July 2022
  4. ^ a b Ministry of Water and Power. "Introduction". Government of Pakistan. National Engineering Services Pakistan (NESPAK). Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Auditors raise objections against NESPAK MD – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Singer Dr Amjad Parvez dies". Dunya News. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  7. ^ a b c "Dr Amjad Parvez – Pakistani singer". Gulf News.com website. 21 May 2001. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Takhleeq and Takhleeqkaar in a literary-musical evening with Amjad Parvez". Daily Times (newspaper). 12 December 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Awards conferred upon former MD of NESPAK". National Engineering Services Pakistan. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Book launch: 'Literature reviews missing in Urdu press". Dawn (newspaper). 26 June 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
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