Dr Muhammad Iqbal was a great thinker and poet who had presented the concept for creation of a separate homeland for the Muslims of the sub-continent which came to be known as Pakistan. An ever-gratef ...

Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr. Tariq Fazal Chaudhry has said that there are efforts, backed by foreign funding, to weaken Pakistan in the same manner as Palestine, Iran, Iraq, and ...

Allah (SWT) is Al-Muqeet, The Ultimate Sustainer ... being employed in daily conversation, folk melodies, and poetry. Although Urdu and Punjabi are also spoken in Multan, Seraiki is something special ...

“Very few people are familiar with Urdu literature, even through poetry. There were forms such as the qasida — used to praise someone or a marsiya, a song of sorrow that have faded out,” he say ...

The first one, compiled by Ahmed Deen, a close friend of Iqbal, was in fact a critical appreciation of Iqbal but it included a copious selection from Iqbal’s Urdu poetry. Titled Iqbal and ...

Think you have a way with words? The Poetry Slay Challenge by Keno Publications invites poets, writers and logophiles to an evening in Nicosia dedicated to performance poetry. This Thursday night ...

Javed Akhtar, whose participation delighted the audience, said, “Poetry is not about big words or difficult ideas. It’s about saying something simple that touches people deeply. Tonight ...

EXPLORING THE POWER OF POETRY -- A SUMMIT FOR LOCAL KIDS IS TAKING PLACE THIS WEEKEND IN RIVIERA BEACH... THE COMPETITION ENCOURAGING MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO EMBRACE THEIR CREATIVE SIDE.