ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: It was not a ceremonial reference or a ritual condolence meeting that lamented the passing of a very popular and widely loved and admired poet of our time but a gathering of the ...

ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: Poet Ahmad Faraz passed away in Islamabad on Monday night. He was 78. His funeral prayer will be offered at the Islamabad Graveyard at 6pm on Tuesday, his son Shibli Faraz told a ...

Ahmed Faraz on Ahmed Faraz! That was the unambiguous contention of the Aga Khan University's invitation to have this kind of a programme in its auditorium. There is hardly any doubt that Faraz is the ...

When we talk of contemporary Urdu poetry, a few names come to mind, who by virtue of their direct and unwavering expression have made a lasting contribution to the language. After Faiz Ahmed Faiz, ...

- Ahmad Faraz (1931-2008), in Muhaasara (The Siege), a poem written to protest the attempt of General Zia-ul Haq to silence writers. If Faraz’s lines strike a familiar note, it is because his work ...

It is famously said that there are two poets of the Urdu language who had the honour of kids being named after them, one of them is obviously Iqbal, and the other, Faraz. Born Ahmed Shah and pen-named ...

Sometime after the 1990 decision by Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court declaring land reforms ‘un-Islamic’, Abid Hassan Minto, a veteran constitutional expert and progressive politician, ...

HYDERABAD: Revolutionary poet Ahmed Faraz was paid rich tributes on his 92nd birth anniversary. In this connection, a ceremony was held here at Besant Hall Cultural Centre, which presided over by ...