  :not to be confused with noon meem danish.  nazar muhammad rashed (), (1 august 1910 â 9 october 1975) commonly known as noon meem rashed (urdu: ÙÛ ÙÛ Ø±Ø§Ø´Ø¯) or n.m. rashed, was born as nazar muhammad janjua at alipur chattha district gujranwala formerly akalgarh, punjab, pakistan. he was an influential pakistani poet of modern urdu poetry. ==early years== rashid was born in a janjua family of village kot bhaaga, akaal garh (now alipur chatha), tehsil wazirabad, district, gujranwala, punjab, and earned a masters degree in economics from the government college lahore. he served for a short time in the royal indian army during the second world war, attaining the rank of captain. before independence, he worked with all-india radio in new delhi and lucknow. later on, he worked for the united nations. ==career== rashed served the un and worked in many countries. he is considered to be the father of modernism in urdu literature. along with faiz ahmed faiz, he is one of the great progressive poets in pakistani literature. his themes run from the struggle against oppression to the relationship between words and meanings, between language and awareness and the creative process that produces poetry and other arts. though intellectually deep, he is often attacked for his unconventional views and life-style. in an age when pakistani literature and culture acknowledge their middle eastern roots, rashed highlighted the persian element in the making of his 
1910_births 1975_deaths 20th-century_poets Government_College_University,_Lahore_alumni Pakistani_poets People_from_Gujranwala People_of_British_India Punjabi_people Urdu_poets