Rashid Sabir

Rashid Sabir was a Pakistani film, TV, radio and stage artist. He wrote 300 dramas for Radio Pakistan and dialogues for 12 Sindhi language films. He also acted in a number of TV serials and plays. Rashid Sabir was born on 10 January 1945 at village Manko (Sindhi: مڻڪو), Taluka Jati, District Thatta (Now District Sujawal) Sindh, Pakistan. His real name was Abdul Rasheed. His father's name was Abdullah Mendhro. He passed examination of Moulvi Fazil and got B.A. degree from University of Sindh Jamshoro. He started his career as a teacher at Noor Muhammad High School Hyderabad and retired in 1986. Rashid Sabir began his literary activities by wiring short stories. His first story was published in famous Sindhi language literary magazine Badal in 1962. Then he translated stories of the renowned writer Amar Jaleel in Urdu. He wrote first Radio play "Manzil" which was recorded and produced by Syed Manzoor Naqvi from Radio Pakistan Hyderabad. Overall, he wrote about 300 plays both in Sindhi and Urdu for Radio Pakistan Hyderabad. He hosted a religious Program on Radio Pakistan Hyderabad for about 05 years.