Tag: Poet
Dr MD Taseer remembered
Death anniversary of noted Urdu poet and a great scholar of English literature Dr Deen Muhammed Taseer was marked here on Friday.
Renowned Urdu poet...
Famous Urdu poet Jaun Elia remembered
Noted Urdu poet, philosopher, biographer, and scholar Jaun Elia was remembered on his 10th death anniversary on Thursday.
Jaun Elia was born on December 14,...
Death anniversary of Ahmed Faraz on 25th
The death anniversary of Ahmed Faraz‚ one of the greatest Urdu poets of Pakistan‚ will be observed on the 25th of August. Ahmad Faraz...
‘Poet of the East’ still rules many hearts
According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan, Iqbal continues to be the most popular poet among Pakistanis, liked by...
Rich tribute paid to Bashir Nazim
Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) organised a literary reference to condole the death of eminent scholar and poet, the late Allama Bashir Hussain Nazim.
The...
Prof Afaq Siddiqui passes away
Pakistan’s prominent researcher, poet and writer Prof Afaq Siddiqui died here in Karachi on Sunday after prolonged ailment, he was 86.
“He will be laid...
Ibn-e-Insha remembred
Famous Urdu poet, humorist, travelogue writer and columnist Ibn-e-Insha was remembered on his 85th birth anniversary on Friday.
Ibn-e-Insha was born on June 15,...
Pulitzer Prize-winner picked as US poet laureate
Pulitzer Prize-winning Natasha Trethewey was named US poet laureate on Thursday, an annual honor aimed at promoting poetry among the American public.
Trethewey penned three...
Revolutionary Urdu poet Habib Jalib remembered
Death anniversary of renowned and distinguished revolutionary Urdu poet Habib Jalib was observed here on Monday.
The legend Habib Jalib was born on March 24,...
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...
‘Learn from the poetry of Bhittai’
The younger generation and students of literature and political science should to go through the teachings of great Sufi poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai...
Remembering the poet that stood against dictatorship
Mujahid Barailvi launched his book ‘Jalib Jalib’, the third edition of his work on the renowned revolutionary poet Habib Jalib, at the Alhamra Art...
Veteran Pashto, Urdu poet Fazal Deen Khattak dies
Popular and veteran Pashto and Urdu poet and writer, former Animal Husbandry director and founding president of Pukhtaneh Leekwal, Dr Fazal Deen Khattak passed...
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...
Swedish poet Transtroemer wins the Nobel Literature Prize
Swedish poet Tomas Transtroemer was awarded the the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. Transtroemer, 80, was honoured “because, through his condensed, translucent...
Izzat Majeed: poet, intellectual, music lover
For Izzat Majeed music was part of his soul. His exposure to music left an indelible mark on him and now owner of the...
A poet of revolution
LAHORE - Halib Jalib lived his life by his ideology, prominent lawyer Abid Hassan Manto reminisced at a seminar arranged by the Souh Asia Free Media Association (SAFMA) on the 18th death anniversary of the revolutionary poet Habib Jalib on Friday. Manto said that Jalib's poetry has an emancipatory effect when experienced by the common man. The occasion was graced by a number of Jalib's old companions with Manto accompanied by human rights activist I A Rehman, SAFMA Secretary General
