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• سید ناصر کاظمی - Best of Nasir Kazmi

  02 March 2014 ( #Nasir Kazmi, #Urdu poetry, #Urdu Literature, #Urdu Ghazal )

  امبالہ میں پیدا ہونے والے سید ناصر کاظمی ایک شاعر کا دل لے کر اس دنیا میں آئے تھے، ان کے تخلیقی سفرکی ابتدا زمانہ طالب علمی کے دوران ہی ہوگئی تھی، وہ شاعری کے ساتھ صحافت اور ریڈیو پاکستان سے بھی منسلک رہے۔ قیام پاکستان کے دوران ہونے والے فسادات اور سقوط...

• اے شاعرِ مشرق۔۔۔اے اقبال

  22 October 2019 ( #Urdu, #Urdu poetry, #Urdu Poets, #Allama Iqbal )

  تجھے ایک چمن کا بکھرنا گوارا نہ تھا مگر آج تیرا خواب بکھر گیا ۔۔۔ اسلامی مملکت کا خواب ۔۔۔ جہاں مسلمان آزادانہ اپنے مذہب کی پیروی کریں گے ۔۔ جو اسلام کی تجربہ گاہ ہوگی ۔۔۔ جہاں کا سربراہ حضرت عمر ؓ جیسا خلیفہ ہو گا۔ جہاں سے قرطبہ کی جانب لشکر نکلیں گے...

• ...ان تازہ خداؤں میں بڑا سب سے وطن ہے

  25 January 2014 ( #Allama Iqbal, #Urdu poetry, #Urdu Literature, #Urdu Ghazal )

  از علامہ محمد اقبال ان تازہ خداؤں میں بڑا سب سے وطن ہے جو پیرہن اس کا ہے ، وہ مذہب کا کفن ہے یہ بت کہ تراشیدۂ تہذیب نوی ہے غارت گر کاشانۂ دین نبوی ہے بازو ترا توحید کی قوت سے قوی ہے اسلام ترا دیس ہے ، تو مصطفوی ہے نظارۂ دیرینہ زمانے کو دکھا دے اے مصطفوی...

• Saleem Kausar

  05 December 2013 ( #India, #Muhammad, #World Literature, #Urdu, #Saleem Kausar, #Indian, #Literature, #Poetry, #Arts )

  Saleem Kausar on August 1947, is a Pakistani Urdu poet. [2] [3] He has published several poetry books. He has also written various title songs for different TV play serials. He has attended several poetry gatherings in different countries Personal life...

• Patras Bokhari

  05 December 2013 ( #Patras Bokhari, #Noon Meem Rashid, #Lahore, #Bokhari, #Islamia College University, #Pakistan, #Peshawar, #Faiz Ahmad Faiz, #Government College University Lahore )

  Syed Ahmed Shah (commonly known as Patras Bokhari - پطرس بخاری) HI, (1 October 1898, Peshawar – 5 December 1958, New York) was an Urdu humourist, educator, essayist, broadcaster and diplomat from Pakistan. He is best known for his humorous writings in...

• Ibn-e-Insha

  18 November 2013 ( #United States, #India, #University of Karachi, #Ghulam Mustafa Khan, #Punjab University, #Phillaur, #Urdu, #Ibn-e-Insha, #Jalandhar District )

  Ibn-e-Insha on 15 June 1927 died 11 January 1978, [1] [2] [3] was a Pakistani Leftist Urdu poet, humorist, travelogue writer and columnist. Along with his poetry, he was regarded one of the best humorists of Urdu. [1] [3] His poetry has a distinctive...

• Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi

  17 November 2013 ( #Ahmad Faraz, #India, #Sahiwal, #Urdu, #Pakistan, #Muhammad Iqbal, #Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi, #Faiz Ahmad Faiz, #Fazilka )

  Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi pen name Sahar was an Indian Urdu poet. [1] [2] The Times of India called him a "noted Urdu poet" Personal life Sahar was born in Sahiwal, Punjab, British India in 1920, now in Pakistan and after Partition of India-Pakistan...

• Khumār Barabankvi

  17 November 2013 ( #Naushad, #India, #Uttar Pradesh, #Asia, #Khumār Barabankvi, #Urdu, #K. Asif, #Mohammed Rafi, #Bollywood )

  Khumār Barabankvi (1919 - 1999) was an Urdu poet and lyricist from Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India. His real name was Mohammed Haidar Khan, but he wrote under the takhallus (pen name/ nom de plume) of Khumār, which means intoxication. The word comes from...

• Ameer Minai

  13 November 2013 ( #Lucknow, #Ghalib, #Daagh, #Urdu poetry, #Urdu, #Muhammad Iqbal, #God, #Hyderabad India, #Ameer Minai )

  Ameer Minai an Urdu poet of eminence was born in 1828 at Lucknow and died in 1900 at Hyderabad. His full name was Ameer Ahmad Minai, and he also wrote under the pen name `Ameer'. He noted this dual use of his first name in a verse: نام كا نام، تخلص كا...

• Mohammad Ibrahim Zauq

  13 November 2013 ( #Mughal Empire, #Delhi, #Zauq, #Mohammad Ibrahim Zauq, #Ghalib, #Sauda, #Urdu poetry, #Urdu, #Bahadur Shah II )

  Sheikh Muhammad Ibrahim Zauq (1789–1854) was an exceptional and great Urdu poet and scholar of literature, poetics and relegion . He wrote poetry under nom de plume "Zauq", and was appointed poet laureate of the Mughal Court in Delhi just at the of 19....

• سینہ دہک رہا ہو تو کیا چُپ رہے کوئی..........جون ایلیا

  05 December 2013 ( #John Elia, #Ghazal, #Couplet, #Ghalib, #Allah, #Urdu poetry, #Urdu, #Twitter, #Poetry )

  سینہ دہک رہا ہو تو کیا چُپ رہے کوئی کیوں چیخ چیخ کر نہ گلا چھیل لے کوئی ثابت ہوا سکونِ دل و جان نہیں کہیں رشتوں میں ڈھونڈتا ہے تو ڈھونڈا کرے کوئی ترکِ تعلقات تو کوئی مسئلہ نہیں یہ تو وہ راستہ ہے کہ چل پڑے کوئی دیوار جانتا تھا جسے میں، وہ دھول تھی اب مجھ...

• Muhammad Izhar ul Haq

  05 December 2013 ( #Dhaka University, #Yasmeen Hameed, #Urdu poetry, #Urdu, #Pakistan, #Muhammad Izhar ul Haq, #Muhammad Iqbal, #National Language Authority, #Daily Dunya )

  Muhammad Izhar ul Haq, is a columnist and a renowned poet of Urdu language, in Pakistan. He has received international recognition for his contribution to Urdu literature, and has been awarded Pakistan’s highest civil award Pride of performance in 2008....

• Saghar Siddiqui

  18 November 2013 ( #Miani Sahib Graveyard, #Lahore, #India, #Muhammad, #Urdu poetry, #Urdu, #Saghar Siddiqui, #Pakistan, #Ambala )

  Saghar Siddiqui (1928-1974) was an Urdu poet from Pakistan. In spite of his ruined and homeless alone life, he remained famous and successful till his death among the masses. Saghar is also known as a saint and when he died, he left nothing but a pet,...

• Nasir Kazmi

  18 November 2013 ( #Lahore, #Haryana, #Kazmi, #Nasir Kazmi, #Mir Taqi Mir, #Pakistan, #Islamia College, #Basir Sultan KazmiIntekhab, #Ambala )

  Syed Nasir Raza Kazmi, (1925–1972) was an Urdu poet from Pakistan and one of the greatest poets of this era[ citation needed ], especially in the use of "ista'aaray" and "chhotee beher." Kazmi was born on 8 December 1925 at Ambala, Haryana. Education...

• Himayat Ali Shair

  18 November 2013 ( #Sindh University, #Urdu poetry, #Urdu, #Himayat Ali Shair, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #Pride of Performance Award, #Urdu Literature, #Nigar Awards )

  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...

• Shamim Hashimi

  05 December 2013 ( #Shamim Hashimi, #Muhammad, #Urdu, #Persian language, #Muhammad Iqbal, #Hindi, #Arabic language, #Literature, #Arts )

  Shamim Hashimi born Syed Muhammad Shamimuddin on 14 August 1947, is an Urdu and Persian poet. [4] [3] [5] [6] He is basically a poet of Ghazal. He has also written poems of other forms of poetry in different meters Personal life Hashimi was born in Sasaram,...

• Akhtar Shirani

  16 November 2013 ( #Lahore, #India, #Akhtar Shirani, #Urdu, #Akhtar, #Islamia College, #Literature, #Poetry, #Arts )

  Akhtar Shirani (also spelled 'Sheerani', 'Sherani', 'Shirani', 'Shairani'), (Born 4 May 1905 – 9 September 1948) is considered one of the romantic poets of Urdu. Early Life Akhtar Shairani was born as Muhammad Dawood Khan to the Aghani tribe, Shirani...

• Noon Meem Rashed

  17 November 2013 ( #Noon Meem Rashed, #Urdu poetry, #Urdu, #England, #Gujranwala, #Alipur Chatha, #Punjab, #Pakistani, #Urdu Literature )

  Nazri Muhammad Rashed (August 1, 1910 – October 9, 1975) commonly known as Noon Meem Rashed or N.M. Rashid, was born as Nazri Muhammad Janjua at Alipur Chattha District Gujranwala formerly Akalgarh, Punjab, Pakistan. He was an influential Pakistani poet...

• Faiz Ahmad Faiz

  17 November 2013 ( #Liaquat Ali Khan, #Progressive Writers' Movement, #Lenin Peace Prize, #Urdu poetry, #Faiz, #Pakistan, #Faiz Ahmad Faiz, #Akbar Khan, #Hum Dekhenge )

  Faiz Ahmad Faiz born 13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984) MBE , NI , was an influential left-wing intellectual, revolutionary poet, and one of the most famous poets of the Urdu and Punjabi [1] language from Pakistan. A notable member of the Progressive...

• Ehsan Danish

  17 November 2013 ( #Lahore, #Jahan-i-Danish, #Josh Malihabadi, #Ehsan Danish, #Diwan-e-Ghalib, #Uttar Pradesh, #Urdu poetry, #Pakistan, #Persian language )

  Ehsan Danish was a prominent Urdu poet from the Indian subcontinent. [1] [2] At the beginning of his career his poetry was very romantic but later he wrote his poems more for the labourers and came to be called "Šāʿir-e Mazdūr" (Poet of the workmen) by...

• Tanwir Phool

  09 December 2013 ( #Tanwir Phool, #Najmul Hoda, #India, #Hira, #Urdu, #Pakistan, #Karachi, #D. J. Science College )

  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...

• Anwer Zahidi

  05 December 2013 ( #Zahidi, #Carl Jung, #Nishtar Medical College, #Iran, #Urdu, #Pablo Neruda, #National Language Authority, #Anwer Zahidi )

  Anwer Zahidi (born July 9, 1946) is a Pakistani Urdu author [1] of more than twelve books of poetry, short stories, travelogue and translations. After completing his graduation in science from Punjab University, Anwer Zahidi received a degree of MBBS...

• Javed Akhtar

  05 December 2013 ( #Salim-Javed, #India, #Kaifi Azmi, #Salim Khan, #Mumbai, #Javed Akhtar, #Bhopal, #Bollywood )

  Javed Akhtar born 17 January 1945) is a poet, lyricist and scriptwriter from India. Akhtar is a mainstream writer and some of his most successful work was carried out with Salim Khan as half of the script-writing duo credited as Salim-Javed between 1971...

• Zia Mohyeddin

  05 December 2013 ( #Zia, #Zia Mohyeddin, #Pervez Musharraf, #National Academy of Performing Arts, #Lawrence of Arabia, #Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, #Pakistan, #Assam Garden )

  Zia Mohyeddin born June 20, 1933) is a Pakistani actor, narrator, producer, director and television broadcaster who has appeared in both Pakistan and British cinema throughout his career. He was born in Faisalabad, British India in a Urdu speaking family....

• Bashir Badr

  04 December 2013 ( #Sangeet Natak Akademi, #Aligarh Muslim University, #India, #Ayodhya, #Bashir Badr, #Urdu, #Padma Shri, #Arts )

  Bashir Badr born Syed Muhammad Bashir on February 15, 1935, is an Indian poet of Urdu. Biography Badr was born in Ayodhya, India. [2] He is an alumnus of Aligarh Muslim University. He is married and has two sons Nusrat Badr and Masum Badr and a daughter....