Urdu poetry has a wide range of forms. The masnavi, for example, is a long narrative romantic poem like The Roman de la Rose of medieval Europe. A marsia is an elegiac poem that grieves over the death ...

The distinguished writer Khushwant Singh was a multi-faceted man. He had a wide range of interests: pursuit of knowledge, literature, Urdu poetry, journalism, religion, nature, travel etc. He ...

Beyond her celebrated image as the “Tragedy Queen” of Hindi cinema, Meena Kumari was an accomplished poet. She wrote under the pen name Naaz, crafting verses in Urdu that reflected her deepest ...

There used to be people who simply mastered so many things at the same time that we now find it hard to believe Ameer Meenai was a master poet of Urdu and Persian but he was also a lexicographer ...

Death anniversary of famous Urdu poet Ahmad Faraz is being observed today. He passed away on this day at the age of seventy-seven in Islamabad. Ahmed Faraz is ranked among the greatest Urdu poets ...

The 49th death anniversary of renowned Urdu poet Saghar Siddiqui was observed today. His real name was Muhammad Akhtar. He was born in Ambala at 1928. At the age of 19, he migrated to Pakistan in 1947 ...

Pakistani expatriates here yesterday mourned the death of renowned Urdu poet Qateel Shifai and a maestro of classical music, Ustad Salamat Ali Khan. Both died in Lahore, the cultural capital of ...

While associated with Radio Pakistan, Nasir Kazmi wrote sketches of classical Urdu poets Mir Taqi Mir, Nazir, Wali, Insha and so on, which became very popular. His first poetry collection was ...