AANIS MOIN – his poetry immortalises him. A life tragically cut short in his 27th year on 4th February 1986 ho jā.egī jab tum se shanāsā.ī zarā aur baḌh jā.egī shāyad mirī tanhā.ī zarā aur kyuuñ khul ga.e logoñ pe mirī zaat ke asrār ai kaash ki hotī mirī gahrā.ī zarā aur phir haath pe zaḳhmoñ ke nishāñ gin na sakoge ye uljhī huī Dor jo suljhā.ī zarā aur tardīd to kar saktā thā phailegī magar baat is taur bhī…
Syed Ahmad Shah better known by his pen name Ahmed Faraz, 12 January 1931 – 25 August 2008 Urdu poet & scriptwriter and chairman of Pakistan Academy of Letters. During his lifetime, he criticised military rule and was arrested for writing poems that criticised military rulers in Pakistan. . Subsequently, he went into self-imposed exile and stayed for 6 years in Britain, Canada, and Europe before returning to Pakistan His contribution to poetry and Urdu literature places him in the…