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Nisar Muhammad Khan
Nisar Muhammad Khan (1940-2018) was a Pashto writer, director, producer, playwright, broadcaster and researcher. He was born in Shah Mansoor, Swabi to Khawaja Muhammad and Zaitoon Bibi. He received his early education from Post Graduate College, Mardan and joined Radio Pakistan, Karachi as a Newsreader and Anchor. He later did his Masters in Pashto from Peshawar University as a Private Candidate. He was the former Director of Radio Pakistan Peshawar. He was the author of many books, the most famous one of which is a book called Syeddina Hazrat Bilal R.A and another on the history of Pashto Music called Speen Tambal. He is considered a pioneer of Pashto films. He performed as an actor in only the second Pashto film ever, Orbal. Later he appeared in a negative role in Makhroor opposite Asif Khan. He also wrote the scripts for many world renowned Pashto PTV dramas and movies.

Illness & Death
Nisar Muhammad Khan was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. He passed away on 07 September, 2018 at his Peshawar residence. The 76-year-old was laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard in Shah Mansoor by thousands of mourners. He is survived by a widow, two sons and nine daughters to mourn his death. The illness forced him to curtail his activities and stay at home.

Legacy
During his time with the national radio broadcaster, Nisar explored the hidden musicians and recorded their work. This can now be found in the Radio Pakistan library at its Peshawar centre.

Apart from pursuing his passion of recording the history and evolution of Pashto music, Nisar also produced dramas for Radio Pakistan. During his stint in the section, he is said to have worked on and created around 150 dramas in which he worked to highlight the culture and issues of the common man.

He has also worked as an actor is a few famous radio and television dramas.

Radio Pakistan sent him to the Netherlands in 1975 to study modern drama art.

After he retired, the Radio Pakistan in 2002 handed him the award for best drama writer.