He started learning poetry at the age of 10 in 1960. At the time of adolescence, he chose “Qais Fareedi” as his pen name which later became popular in the world of Saraiki literature.

The seventeenth century poet, who practiced the Sufi tradition of Punjabi poetry, wrote in a verse form known as Kafi - a style of Punjabi, Sindhi, and Saraiki poetry used by Sikh gurus and Sufis ...