Hameed Nizami

Hameed Nizami was a Pakistani journalist and Pakistan Movement activist who founded the Urdu newspaper Nawa-i-Waqt. While studying at Islamia College, Lahore, he helped establish the Punjab Muslim Students Federation and became its first elected president. Nawa-i-Waqt first appeared on March 23, 1940, and under his direction became an influential platform for Muslim League politics and the Pakistan Movement. He died in Lahore on February 22, 1962.