Category: People
In Lahore: English Translation of Munir Niazi’s Love Poem
Who knows she may arrive at last On the crest of a wave Hidden within a leaf In the song of a bird In this...
The Lament of Master Yoda – By S. Minhas
This sports article dated back 2005 and reproduced for reference only. Shoaib Akhtar is constantly in the news, generally for all the wrong reasons. Last...
Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum : Yeh Ranginiye No Bahaar Allah! Allah!
Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum : Yeh Ranginiye No Bahaar Allah! Allah! Sufi Tabassum’s poem below is said to be a translation of Hazrat Ameer Khusro’s...
Hum Jaa Rahay Hain Bhai – Funny Urdu Poem by Anwar Masood
Hum Jaa Rahay Hain Bhai – Funny Urdu Poem by Anwar Masood
My friends don’t die they way as before – Poem by Mahmoud Darwish
My friends don’t die the way as before. I beg you. Do not die. Wait another year for me. One year. Just one more year....
Looking Back, Thinking Ahead – By N. Kartik
Looking Back, Thinking Ahead – By N. Kartik This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do...
Patients, Doctors and Academic Medicine – By T. Abid
Patients, Doctors and Academic Medicine – By T. Abid It is an established fact that the curriculum of medical institutes always plays a central role in healthcare....
Proud Pakistani? – By A.A.Khattak
People from all over the world are undoubtedly proud to be nationals of their respective countries except for some unfortunate people of some “unfortunate...
Saadat Hasan Manto’s response to his critics
Saadat Hasan Manto’s response to his critics Manto’s as rightly conceived by Ajoka Theatre, was a Gustaakh fiction writer, who never lived to win a popularity...
Woh Jis Ki Deed Mai Lakhon Musaratin Pinhaan: Abida Parveen sings Faiz Ahmed Faiz
Here is a Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s extremely early poem ‘Ek Rahguzar Par’, which despite being his very early poem manifests his command over weaving...
Hilal-e-Eid: Allama Iqbal Poem from Payam-e-Mashriq
Hilal-e-Eid: Allama Iqbal Poem from Payam-e-Mashriq Translation O’ Crescent of Eid, you cannot hide from glances of people As they have deployed traps from their...
Zamana Khuda Hai – Noon Meem Rashid Poem
Zamana Khuda Hai – Noon Meem Rashid Poem زمانہ خدا ہے تم اسے برا مت کہو مگر تم نہیں دیکھتے — زمانہ فقط ریسمان...
Faiz Ahmed Faiz & Rasul Gamzatov: Two Romantic Socialists
Rasul Gamzatov (Hamzatil Rasul) is regarded one of the most prolific poets of Dagestan, known for his poems in Avar Language. He also belonged to the...
Vera ke Naam – Faiz Ahmed Faiz ویرا کے نام
Vera ke Naam ویرا کے نام – Poem by Nazim Hikmet translated by Faiz Ahmed Faiz Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Nazim Hikmet and Pablo Neruda shared a...
The Mourning of Motamad – Iqbal Poem from Baal e Jibreel
Motamad was the king of Shabilia and a warrior Arab poet. A Spanish ruler defeated him in war and imprisoned him. Motamad’s poignant verses reflects...
Two Epitaphs of Saadat Hasan Manto
I always thought Manto to be like Marmite. Either you love him or loathe him. I guess he was aware of this fact. Yet, it...
The Mosque of Cordova (Masjid-e-Qurtaba) – Allama Iqbal Poem
The Mosque of Cordova (Masjid-e-Qurtaba) – Allama Iqbal Poem from Baal-e-Jibreel Masjid-e-Qurtaba is a poem Allama Iqbal wrote at Cordova Mosque, which is considered one of...
Iqbal Ka Peghaam – Post for GCU Lahore by Dr. Javid Iqbal
Iqbal Ka Peghaam – Post for GCU Lahore [Ravians] by Dr. Javid Iqbal