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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Riaz Batalvi<br />
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| birthname = Riaz Batalvi<br />
| birth_date = Feb 1937<br />
| birth_place = [[Batala]], [[Gurdaspur District]], [[Punjab, India]]<br />
| death_date = 15 January 2003 at age 65<br />
| death_place = [[Lahore]], Pakistan<br />
| education = <br />
| occupation = [[Journalist]], [[Writer]]<br />
| family = <br />
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| credits = Ex Editor of Daily Mashriq<br />
| awards = [[Pride of Performance]] Award by the [[Government of Pakistan]] in 1986<br />
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''' Riaz Batalvi ''' (1937 &ndash; 15 January 2003) was a senior [[Pakistan]]i [[journalist]], [[writer]] and a dramatist.<ref name=JP>[http://www.journalismpakistan.com/hall-detail.php?hallid=38&pageid=famed Profile of Riaz Batalvi on Journalism Pakistan website] Retrieved 23 July 2019</ref><ref name=PPF>[https://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/riaz-batalvi-passes-away/ Riaz Batalvi passe away] Pakistan Press Foundation website, Published 16 January 2003, Retrieved 23 July 2019</ref><br />
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==Early life and career==<br />
Riazul Hasan was born on February 1937 in [[Batala]], [[Gurdaspur District]] in [[Punjab, India]]. His family migrated to Pakistan after the [[independence of Pakistan]] in 1947.<ref name=JP/> First, he started working for ''Daily Kohistan'' newspaper which was edited by the veteran journalist and novelist [[Naseem Hijazi]]. Then he switched over to [[Daily Mashriq]] newspaper, when it was launched in 1963 and later became its editor.<ref name=JP/><br />
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==As a playwright==<br />
Riaz Batalvi wrote a short story called ''Dubai Chalo'' which was well-received by the public and was later turned into a highly popular movie by the same name - ''Dubai Chalo'' (1979).<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1234640/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Riaz Batalvi's film ''Dubai Chalo'' (1979) on IMDb website] Retrieved 23 July 2019</ref> He also wrote a popular TV drama ''Aik Haqeeqat Aik Fasana'' for the [[Pakistani television]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LJY2TBb3mg Riaz Batalvi's TV drama on YouTube] Uploaded 7 July 2018, Retrieved 23 July 2019</ref><br />
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==Awards and recognition==<br />
*[[Pride of Performance]] Award by the [[Government of Pakistan]] in 1986<ref name=JP/><br />
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==Death==<br />
Riaz Batalvi died on 15 January 2003 at age 65 in [[Lahore]], Pakistan.<ref name=PPF/><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3017035/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1 Riaz Batalvi on IMDb website]<br />
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[[Category:Writers from Lahore]]<br />
[[Category:Pakistani dramatists and playwrights]]<br />
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[[Category:Journalists from Lahore]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Pride of Performance]]<br />
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