Tag: Faiz

Maryam Nawaz tweets ‘Faiz’ from jail

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Maryam Nawaz on Saturday tweeted for the first time since her incarceration in the Avenfield reference. The PML-N leader who...

Over a hundred luminaries to shine at Faiz festival

Over 70 sessions planned this year LAHORE: The third Faiz International Festival is going to be kicked off from November 17 to pay homage to one...

Arts Council to pay tribute to Ghalib, Faiz

KARACHI: The Arts Council of Pakistan-Karachi will pay tribute to Asadullah khan Ghalib and Faiz Ahmed Faiz at the auditorium of the council on...

Na ganvao navak-e-neem kash

Na ganvao navak-e-neem kash, dil-e-reza reza ganva dia Jo bachay hain sang samet lo, tan-e-dagh dagh luta diax Mere charagar ko naveed ho, saf-e-dushmana ko khabar...

Naseeruddin Shah speaks on Faiz

Veteran Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah says he first came to know about legendary poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz when he was in class nine. “I...

Tribute to FAIZ AHMED FAIZ

Pakistan People’s Party cultural wing Hyderabad has organized a ceremony to celebrate the 28th death anniversary of revolutionary poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz here on...

Faiz’s ‘Homage’ to Quaid

As we write the Muslims of India and Pakistan are celebrating the birthday of the Quaid-i-Azam. As the man who has propelled, guided and...

The price of Baloch blood

The ‘clink, clink’ reverberates Who are these benevolent youth The gold coins of their blood Clink clink, clink clink –Faiz Ahmed Faiz Salima Hashmi, Faiz sahib’s daughter, dug...

Faiz Aman Mela reiterates poets’ revolutionary message

Unlike last year, the ‘Faiz Aman Mela’ saw people from different walks of life coming together to celebrate the progressive spirit that Faiz Ahmed...

A tribute to Faiz’s ‘progressive’ spirit

The spirit of Faiz was celebrated at the Faiz Amn Mela on Sunday at the Open Air Theatre, Bagh-i-Jinnah where people from different walks...

Enabling DIAlogue between mind and body

If you thought that translation of poetry into artwork is limited to calligraphy, and that too by selected male artists, it is an appropriate...

Remembering Faiz in a democratic Pakistan

Critics have unanimously decided that Meer, Ghalib and Iqbal are the greatest poets of Urdu Literature. Anees, to most of the critics, was capable...

Negative propaganda can be countered with Faiz’s help

Necessary arrangements to set up the ‘Faiz International Forum’ – aimed at helping dissipate negative propaganda against Muslims and Pakistan in the world –...

Let’s celebrate, it’s Faiz time

“Jeay Bhutto – Jeay Faiz. Jeay Bhutto – Jeay Faiz. Jeay Bhutto – Jeay Faiz.” The Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Banquet Hall at the Sindh Chief...

Muzaffar Ali honours the legendary Faiz Ahmed Faiz

Muzaffar Ali, best known for his award winning film ‘Umrao Jan Ada’, recently visited Pakistan. Artist, poet and filmmaker, Muzaffar Ali has made great...

Faiz enthusiasts will be able to read his work in Sindhi

The provincial Culture Department approved six development schemes on Sunday that would cost Rs 184.51 million, including the translation of books written by the...

Poetry of Faiz spellbinds audience

An exceptional performance themed on a poem, reflecting optimism, of Faiz Ahmed Faiz ‘Umeed-e-Sehar ki Baat Suno’ grasped the attention of a jam-packed auditorium...