Urdu poetry is well renowned for its rich past, enormous beauty, and complexity in expressions. For those willing to start to ...

Modern Poetry of Pakistan offers many offshoots of the classical tradition of Muslim poetry in India. Although Amir Khusrau (1253-1325), considered by some to be the first poet writing in a ...

Acharya Janki Ballabh Shastri, born on February 5, 1916, at Maigra village of Bihar, was a Hindi poet, writer and critic of ...

Poems for Gaza with Manto’s Letter To Uncle Sam’Author: Ejaz RahimPublished by: Phoenix Printers IslamabadPages: 139 – Price: ...

Manika Kaushal, an English lecturer at Amritsar, has revolutionised classroom teaching by turning textbook lessons into ...

In our fortnightly literary series, our Pakistan-based reporter Masood Mallhi reviews 'Valghan' a collection of Punjabi poetry by Pakistani poet and writer Sultan Kharvi. Listen to this feature in ...

There are around two main scenes related to the theme of appreciating one’s culture – one in the flat where the two first start reading Pakistani poems, and another at the end, when Hamid ...

Sukkur Chapter at Sukkur IBA University, Pakistan Literature Festival (PLF) is set to make a grand return on February 25-26, 2025. Organised by the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi in collaboration ...

Tune into this podcast to listen to the review. Munir Niazi is one of Pakistan's most distinguished poets, who wrote in Urdu as well as Punjabi, but made no secret of his love for the latter.

“Originally, in Pakistan, poetry slams were only accessible to a select few,” he says. “Now, it’s become a cultural phenomenon. The goal is to encourage different classes to interact with ...