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Ashfaq Hussain Zaidi, PP, (born January 1, 1951) is a leading modern Urdu poet [1] and an author of more than 10 books of poetry and literary criticism. He is considered by many as the foremost expert on the life and works of great Urdu poets Faiz Ahmed...

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Tag(s) : #Progressive Writers Movement, #Canada, #Ashfaq Hussain, #Urdu, #Asian Television Network, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Faiz Ahmad Faiz

Tanwir Phool or Tanwiruddin Ahmad Phool (born 1948 in Muzaffarpur, India) is the pen name of Tanwiruddin Ahmad Siddiqui, a Pakistani author and poet, writing in Urdu and English. Education and career He received his education in Karachi, Pakistan. He...

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Tag(s) : #Tanwir Phool, #Najmul Hoda, #India, #Hira, #Urdu, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #D. J. Science College

Obaidullah Aleem was a modern poet of Urdu language. He is ranked among the best Ghazal writers of modern times. He was born in 1939 in Bhopal, India. His father lived in Sialkot and was from the Butt family. He received an MA in Urdu from the University...

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Tag(s) : #Fazl-e-Omar Hospital, #Sialkot, #University of Karachi, #Urdu, #Obaidullah Aleem, #England, #Karachi, #Bhopal

Mohsin Bhopali (born 1932, Bhopal, British India died January 18, 2007, Karachi, Pakistan) was an acclaimed Urdu poet from Pakistan. Life Born in Bhopal, British India, Mohsin Bhopali later migrated to Pakistan. Bhopali made his mark in poetry with ghazals,...

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Tag(s) : #Ghazal, #Qabil Ajmeri, #Urdu poetry, #Urdu, #Mohsin Bhopali, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Bhopal

ضابطہ ہے کہ باطل کو مت کہوں باطل یہ ضابطہ ہے کہ گرداب کو کہوں ساحل یہ ضابطہ ہے بنوں دست و بازو ئے قاتل یہ ضابطہ ہے دھڑکنا بھی چھوڑ دےیہ دل... یہ ضابطہ ہے کہ غم کو نہ غم کہا جائے یہ ضابطہ ہے ستم کو کرم کہا جائے بیاں کروں نہ کبھی اپنی دل کی حالت کو نہ لاؤں...

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Tag(s) : #Urdu poetry, #Urdu, #Pakistan, #Karachi

Habib Jalib was a Pakistani revolutionary poet, left-wing activist and politician who opposed martial law, authoritarianism and state oppression. Early life Habib Jalib was born as Habib Ahmad on 24 March 1928 [1] in a village near Hoshiarpur, British...

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Tag(s) : #Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, #India, #Hoshiarpur, #Ayub Khan, #Karachi, #Pakistani, #Habib Jalib, #Communism

Mirza Azeem Baig Chughtai (December 30, 1928 – February 17, 2009), known in literary circles by his pen name Shabnam Romani was a renowned Urdu poet based in Karachi, Pakistan. Shabnam Romani wrote a number of books including Jazeera, Doosra Himala, and...

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Tag(s) : #Canada, #Mashriq, #India, #Shabnam Romani, #Urdu, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Budaun

Himayat Ali Shair is a renowned Urdu poet, writer, lyricist, actor,radio drama artist from Pakistan. He is the recipient of Pride of Performance Award given to him in 2002 for his literary services to Urdu literature by then President of Pakistan Pervez...

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Tag(s) : #Sindh University, #Urdu poetry, #Urdu, #Himayat Ali Shair, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Pride of Performance Award, #Urdu Literature, #Nigar Awards

Qamar Jalavi (born Muhammad Hussain in 1887, died 4 October 1968; also known as Ustad Qamar Jalalvi) was a renowned Pakistani poet. He was born in Jalali near Aligarh, India in 1887. After the creation of Pakistan in 1947, he moved to Karachi. Qamar Jalalvi...

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Tag(s) : #Ustad, #India, #Qamar Jalalvi, #Asia, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Pakistan Peoples Party, #Qamar

Niaz Fatehpuri (1884-1966) was the nom de plume of Niyaz Muhammed Khan, [1] an Urdu poet and writer and a polemicist. He was also the founder and editor of Nigar which he turned into one of the most prestigious Urdu literary journals in the Indian subcontinent....

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Tag(s) : #Lucknow, #Uttar Pradesh, #Niaz Fatehpuri, #Love Sonnets of Ghalib, #Urdu, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Farman Fatehpuri