<p>India-born renowned Pakistani Urdu poet and author Naseer Turabi has died of a heart attack in Karachi. He was 75.</p>.<p>Turabi, who was born on June 15, 1945, in Hyderabad Deccan, is survived by his wife and two sons, Dawn News reported on Monday.</p>.<p>He died of a heart attack here on Sunday evening, the paper said.</p>.<p>Turabi was laid to rest at Wadi-a-Hussain graveyard here on Monday.</p>.<p>His father, Allama Rasheed Turabi, was a renowned religious scholar who migrated to Pakistan after partition in 1947 and settled in Karachi.</p>.<p>Turabi obtained an MA in Journalism from Karachi University in 1962.</p>.<p>He started his journey as a poet in 1962. His most famous work includes the ghazal <em>Woh Humsafar Tha</em>, which he wrote against the backdrop of the Dhaka Fall in 1971. This ghazal was later used as the soundtrack for 2011 Pakistani drama serial, Humsafar.</p>.<p>Turabi's first compilation of poetry <em>Aks-e-Faryadi</em> was published in 2000. Along with his literary services, Turabi held key positions in several prominent institutions of Urdu literature.</p>.<p>He served as an executive member of Pakistan Writer's Guild and a member of Area Study Centre, Europe's board of governors.</p>.<p>Turabi was honoured with the Allama Iqbal Award by the Pakistan Academy of Letters.</p>
<p>India-born renowned Pakistani Urdu poet and author Naseer Turabi has died of a heart attack in Karachi. He was 75.</p>.<p>Turabi, who was born on June 15, 1945, in Hyderabad Deccan, is survived by his wife and two sons, Dawn News reported on Monday.</p>.<p>He died of a heart attack here on Sunday evening, the paper said.</p>.<p>Turabi was laid to rest at Wadi-a-Hussain graveyard here on Monday.</p>.<p>His father, Allama Rasheed Turabi, was a renowned religious scholar who migrated to Pakistan after partition in 1947 and settled in Karachi.</p>.<p>Turabi obtained an MA in Journalism from Karachi University in 1962.</p>.<p>He started his journey as a poet in 1962. His most famous work includes the ghazal <em>Woh Humsafar Tha</em>, which he wrote against the backdrop of the Dhaka Fall in 1971. This ghazal was later used as the soundtrack for 2011 Pakistani drama serial, Humsafar.</p>.<p>Turabi's first compilation of poetry <em>Aks-e-Faryadi</em> was published in 2000. Along with his literary services, Turabi held key positions in several prominent institutions of Urdu literature.</p>.<p>He served as an executive member of Pakistan Writer's Guild and a member of Area Study Centre, Europe's board of governors.</p>.<p>Turabi was honoured with the Allama Iqbal Award by the Pakistan Academy of Letters.</p>