Bazm-e-Urdu Qatar (BUQ), established in 1959 to promote Urdu language and literature, hosted the launch of the poetry ...

That 300,000 people celebrated Urdu verse during a three-day festival was testament to the peculiar reality of the language in India. The inaugural day of the Urdu poetry festival Jashn-e-Rekhta ...

In Urdu, prose poetry or ‘nasri nazm’ is purported to have begun with Sajjad Zaheer, and subsequently crafted, among others, by Meeraji, Ahmad Hamesh, Wazir Agha, Kishwar Naheed, M. Salim ur ...

He was born to a Pakistani father ... “It is time for Urdu to shine,” says singer Usama Ali. “This is really what motivates us because it’s a beautiful language rich in meaning and poetry.

The provenance of Urdu literature produced in Pakistan in the last 75 years lies in the poetics of modern-national literature which began in response to colonial conditions of the late 19th Century ...

Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi recently launched an Urdu poetry album 'Shayarana - Sartaj'. The heart and soul behind the Urdu album is Satinder Sartaaj. It comprises beautiful poetries in the ...

Ramu Kharel on screens at the Geo TV studio as he talks about the Pakistan Life Savers Programme and recites Urdu poetry. A member of the Southasia Peace Action Network (Sapan) that works for ...

In her book "Untold Journeys", Malaika Gilani, 16, pays tribute to Pakistan, Abdul Sattar Edhi, and touches other important subjects that she believes are not clearly expressed in the world.

Javed Akhtar Gets Slammed By Pakistani Netizens Over His Statement ‘Urdu Belongs To Hindustan'(Photo Credit –Still From Show) Famous screenwriter and poet Javed Akhtar is well known for his ...

Urdu Poetry –Translated and OriginalBy Syed Afsar Sajid1. ‘Beginning of Tomorrow’- (Urdu Poetry of Karamat Bukhari)Translated by: Amina Rizwan2. ‘Charagh-e arzoo shab bhar jaleiN’ by ...