KARACHI: On the second day of the four-day “18th World Urdu Conference- 2025 titled “ Celebration of Pakistan” organized by ...

Renowned literary figure Amjad Islam Amjad in a recent live session with Tajdar Zaidi of Qissa Khwaan fame discussed the schism in Urdu poetry following the partition of the Sub-Continent. According ...

Her first poetry collection, Khushbu, published in 1976, brought her immediate recognition at both national and international ...

While Urdu poetry thrives through gatherings, media, social media and living traditions, anglophone verse, caught between ...

“Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.” These are the famous words by the English Romantic era poet William Wordsworth.

Ishrat Afreen is one of the five most influential writers of the feminist movement in Urdu literature and is counted amongst the most renowned poets in Pakistan. She has won numerous awards, and her ...

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 ...

Prose poetry is a literary form that combines elements of prose and poetry to create a unique narrative voice and style. It appears as standard prose, without line breaks, but utilizes poetic devices ...

ISLAMABAD: Poets, writers, former colleagues and members of the Parveen Shakir Trust gathered on Friday to mark the 31st ...

Thirty-one years have passed since the death of renowned Urdu poet Parveen Shakir, whose literary legacy continues to inspire ...