Siddiq Ismail
Siddiq Ismail (born 10 February 1954 in Karachi, Pakistan) is a Hamd and Na`at reciter and has served for over 50 years on Pakistan Television and Radio Pakistan.
Career
Siddiq Ismail belongs to the Memon community. His parents migrated from India to Pakistan in 1947 after the Partition of India. He started his career at the age of 6 at a local mosque in Old Town, Karachi. He suffered from poliomyelitis at an early age and became physically handicapped. In 1960, he joined Radio Pakistan program Bachon ki Dunya. Since then, he has been selected regularly for Hamd-Naat recitation on various radio and TV shows in Pakistan.
He has achieved various awards internationally and nationally and was placed on the list of '500 Influential Muslims'.[1]
Awards and recognition
- Sitara-i-Imtiaz in 2012[2][3]
- Pride of Performance in 1985[4]
References
- ↑ "Ismail, Al-Hajj Siddiq PROFILE". The Muslim 500. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
- ↑ http://www.brecorder.com/general-news/172:pakistan/1166638:list-of-civil-awards/?date=2013-03-23, Siddiq Ismail receives Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award for 2012 on Business Recorder newspaper, Retrieved 18 April 2016
- ↑ , Dawn,Karachi newspaper,14 August 2012, Retrieved 18 April 2016
- ↑ http://hamariweb.com/islam/siddiq_ismail_naats_nc14.aspx, Siddiq Ismail Pride of Performance Award info on hamariweb.com website, Retrieved 18 April 2016
External links
- "Siddiq Ismail New Naats, Latest 2015 Online & Download Famous Audio MP3 Naat of Siddiq Ismail". hamariweb.com. Retrieved 18 April 2016. , Profile of Siddiq Ismail on hamariweb.com website, Retrieved 18 April 2016
- "Al-Haaj Siddiq Ismail". Alahazrat.net. Retrieved 18 April 2016. , List of Siddiq Ismail available audios
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