Jalib’s poem 'Dastoor' enhanced the democratic consciousness of the masses at a crucial time in Pakistan’s...

Surprisingly, Urdu memoirists and critics have not at all considered this period of Dagh’s poetry worthy of attention

Bahadur Shah Zafar was one of the three great Urdu poets who witnessed the consequences of the defeat to the British

Ludhianvi discusses that whatever a woman does, a man’s ultimate criteria of judging her will be her gender

Given his extensive body of work, it is shameful that only a handful of people attended his funeral in 1982

Qasir was one of the great but relatively unsung poets from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa who chose to write in Urdu

Ghalib is the closest in our subcontinental tradition to what Shakespeare is in the English tradition

“Hum Dekhenge” remains as prescient today as it was back in 1979, not just in Pakistan but for the entire subcontinent

Rather than having a mournful ring to it, the poem instead celebrates Asma Jahangir’s life

Today marks the 100th birth anniversary of one of the great Urdu satirists and novelists