Hamid Nizami

3 October 1915 – 22 February 1962), was an eminent journalist, literary figure, Pakistan Movement activist, and the founder and editor-in-chief of the Urdu-language newspaper, the Nawa-i-Waqt (lit.

[1][2] Hameed Nizami was born in the remote railway junction town of Sangla Hill, District Nankana Sahi, a few miles from the vintage city Lyallpur (now Faisalabad), Punjab, British India, on 3 October 1915.

[4][5] On 27 March 1940, Nizami left the Orient Press and founded the Nawa-i-Waqt newspaper from Lahore, British India.

[7][5] Nizami's efforts made Nawa-i-Waqt, with all its resources limitations, a powerful voice of the people for the cause of All India Muslim League and he penned several articles for the support of Pakistan Movement.

[7][2] He was noted as a strong spokesman for democracy in the country, and wrote a harsh column against the first martial law imposed by President Iskander Mirza.

[10] In 2013, The Hameed Nizami Memorial Society held an event on his 51st death anniversary in Lahore, Pakistan where noted Pakistani scholars and political leaders spoke to pay him tributes including SM Zafar, Justice Nasira Iqbal and Bushra Rahman.