His published books include Tarkash and Lava. Based in Pakistan, Tehzeeb Hafi is one of the young age leaders of Urdu poetry as a result of having digitally spread on social media through the ...

The Shankar-Shad Mushaira, a legacy since 1954, unites poetry lovers in a grand Urdu Shayari event. On 5th April 2025, ...

NISHTER is a Persian word and it means a lancet, a surgical knife or blade. The 72 nishters or lancets, or 72 heart-pricking couplets, of Mir Taqi Mir was the mantra in Urdu criticism ever since ...

Renowned poet Iftikhar Arif bagged Kamal-e-Fun Award for the year 2023 on Thursday for his services for literature. Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) presented this award to prominent poet Iftikhar ...

The ‘mix’ in Mixed Voices came from the inclusion of poets writing in Urdu and the Pakistani languages, a sort of cross-fertilisation taking place in terms of themes and treatment. Thus ...

He remained associated with Radio Pakistan. During his radio career, Nasir Kazmi wrote sketches of classical Urdu poets Mir Taqi Mir, Nazir, Wali, Insha and so on, which became very popular. His first ...

Twenty-third death anniversary of renowned Urdu poet and writer Sehba Lakhnavi is being observed today. Sehba Lakhnavi, whose ...

Lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar, in a conversation with India Today, spoke about the revival of poetry through social ...

Instead of weaving words of praise or appreciation, she approaches him with a voice forged in pain, unheard, unnoticed. What makes this poem a memorable and celebrated piece, is the fact that it is ...

For subsequent years, except when India and Pakistan were at war or diplomatically not aligned, the mushaira featured ...